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Penning the loving ode to bridge poets
A few years ago at Christmas time, my wife surprised me with something that she spent many months compiling but was one that was worth the project and I still read to this day: a collection of photo...
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A Native American tale with international pedigree

CANNES, France (AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen.

By Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer , May 18, 2013

Ewes-ful: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns

PARIS (AP) — Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral?

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press , April 06, 2013

New bells are rung at Notre Dame cathedral

Thousands have gathered outside Notre Dame Cathedral to hear the inaugural ringing of nine gargantuan new bells at the Paris landmark.

By Associated Press , March 23, 2013

France to return 7 paintings looted during the Holocaust

France to return 7 paintings looted during the Holocaust France is returning seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, part of an ongoing effort to give back hundreds of looted artworks that still hang in the Louvre and other museums.

February 19, 2013

Givenchy makes menswear combatorial

Gladiatorial combat is in the air for Givenchy's ever-creative Riccardo Tisci.

January 18, 2013

No easy exit for French fighting terror in Mali

PARIS (AP) — France, breaking its own rules with a surprise military intervention in Mali, appears to be halting the lightning advance of radical Islamists seen as a threat to Europe.

By Elaine Ganley, Associated Press , January 14, 2013

Gay marriage protest converges on Eiffel Tower

PARIS (AP) — Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and thus allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.

By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press , January 13, 2013

Hollande makes 'friendly' mistake in note to Obama

French President Francois Hollande's attempt to sign a note congratulating Barack Obama for getting re-elected wound up lost in translation — and all over Twitter.

November 09, 2012

'I do?' Opposition dogs French gay marriage plans

PARIS (AP) — A plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt was a liberal cornerstone of Francois Hollande's election manifesto earlier this year. It looked like a shoo-in for the French President, supported by a majority of the country, and an easy way to break with his conservative predecessor. But that was then.

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press , November 05, 2012

Scallop spat: UK, French fishermen in catch clash

PARIS (AP) — A bumper season for the French national dish of Coquilles St. Jacques has turned into a bitter dispute in the English Channel, as French fishermen angry over British expansion into their waters surrounded British boats in a show of maritime force.

By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press , October 11, 2012

France boosts security at religious sites

PARIS (AP) — France is boosting security at Jewish and other religious sites after blanks were fired at a synagogue and police accused a suspected cell of radical Islamists of ties to a grenade attack on a kosher grocery.

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press , October 07, 2012

France looks to upend school year traditions

PARIS (AP) — French children go to school four days a week. They have about two hours each day for lunch. And they have more vacation than their count

By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press , October 05, 2012

2 minor injuries in French nuclear plant incident

PARIS (AP) — A steam blast at France's oldest nuclear plant Wednesday left two workers with slight finger burns and revived calls to reduce this country's heavy reliance on nuclear power.

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press , September 05, 2012

France opens murder inquiry into Arafat's death

France opens murder inquiry into Arafat's death PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors opened a murder inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday, his widow's lawyer said, after she and a TV investigation raised new questions about whether the Palestinian leader was poisoned.

By Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press , August 28, 2012

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Rude surprise: French fed up with own incivility

PARIS (AP) — It's a July evening on the terrace of the legendary Cafe Flore. A coiffed woman sips chilled wine, another savors her chocolate eclair.

By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press , July 27, 2012

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