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New Federal rules "disqualified publications with paid circulations of less than 5,000 from receiving CPF assistance, with the result that virtually all the country's literary magazines (among them The Malahat Review, Descant, Grain and Prairie Fire) were removed from government rolls."...
"The award comes from the William Penn Foundation, which specifically cited the orchestra's new leadership as an impetus and stipulated that the money be split into three separate allocations....
"Tuesday's inaugural performance of the new White House Dance Series transformed the stately room into a stage for some of the world's most talented dancers to strut their stuff: Endless pirouettes, gravity-defying leaps, and some crazy one-handed spinning handstands, too."...
"The proceeds released from the sale of the painting will enable us to realise our core aims of securing the restoration and long-term preservation of Belvoir Castle and Estate. Following the successful sale of 'Ordination', it is our hope that the four remaining paintings will go back on public display at the National Gallery in London."...
John James Audubon's Birds of America sold for $8.8 million ten years ago. "The book contains 1,000 life-sized illustrations of almost 500 breeds. Only 119 complete copies of the 19th-century book are known to exist, and 108 are owned by museums and libraries."...
"A dispute between the Chicago Federation of Musicians and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance over the theater's proposal to engage non-union musicians for performances by the Mark Morris Dance Group has been resolved. But neither side can claim victory."...
"Spanish-language broadcaster Univision made history last week, beating all other broadcast networks in the coveted 18-49 demographic for the first time ever. Univision also managed to beat both Fox and the CW in viewers for the week."...
"The key to the next generation of TV is likely to be search, and the biggest drag on search is going to be text entry. If Google TV is really going to be the "one screen to rule them all," it has to solve that problem."...
A woman claiming to be the great niece of Konrad Kujau, author of the mother of all forgeries, the "Hitler Diaries," has been convicted of selling forged versions of paintings made by Kujau in his later years, themselves copies of famous masterpieces....
"Some new Google features designed to predict what you're typing before you've finished it are lately inspiring creative flashes across the Web - and not just among the people who make a living promoting these high-tech innovations."...