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Wimbledon takes over New York City as the tournament expands beyond UK borders
ABC News via Yahoo Canada Sports· 17 hours agoIt might not be as big as the British Invasion -- a cultural movement in the mid 1960s when all...
Dorothy Lichtenstein, President of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Dies at 84
ARTnews· 6 hours agoDorothy Lichtenstein, the philanthropist widow to Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and the cofounder of...
Martin Stolar, Lawyer Who Fought for Social Justice, Dies at 81
New York Times· 10 hours agoMartin R. Stolar, a prominent civil rights lawyer who in the early 1970s defended war resisters and...
Writers & Writing: Hatten biography recalls baseball glory days
telegraphherald.com· 21 hours ago“Joe Hatten: Bancroft Major Leaguer,” by Gene E. Miller (Wasteland Press, ISBN 978-1-68111-58-0)
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
New York Times· 19 hours agoLast summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the...
How has the spelling bee become cool?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoLET’S UNPACK THAT: How the American Revolution led to formal spelling contests – and the spelling bee started a revolution of its own, one that even AI...
On this day in history, July 7, 1930, Hoover Dam construction begins
AOL· 22 hours agoOn this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Ninety-six workers died during the construction of the dam from 1931 to 1936, according to a report from the U.S.