Archive - Feb 27, 2010

AFP - More than 70,000 people fled vulnerable coastal areas of Japan Sunday as a tsunami churned up by the huge earthquake in Chile slammed into the country's long Pacific coastline.

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flies to Latin America on Sunday, working to buff a lackluster U.S. image in a region where Brazil is emerging as a regional power with global aspirations.

AP - Employees wept and audience members grew silent Saturday at SeaWorld as the theme park's popular killer whale show resumed with a photo montage memorial for a trainer who was killed by one of the orcas in front of horrified spectators three days ago.

Source: Reuters MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Authorities in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka region have lifted a tsunami alert after a series of small waves appeared to cause no damage, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies ...

Snowtime For Comedy.  This Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon was originally released on August 30, 1941 and was re-released with the Blue Ribbon on April 12, 1952.

Produced by Leon Schlesinger.  Directed by Charles Jones.  Animation by Robert Cannon, Ben Washam, and Ken Harris.  Written by Rich Hogan.  Film Editing and Sound Effects Editing by Treg Brown.  Orchestration by Milt Franklyn.  Original Music and Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling.

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AP - Finland refused to be finished.

"New Writings on Jefferson" features a panel of historians speaking about their books on President Thomas Jefferson. Part of the 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book, the event takes place at the University of Virginia, which President Jefferson founded.
Length: 1 hr. 2 min.

Published: Today at 10am (ET)

As part of a University of Virginia-sponsored conference on the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, teaching faculty take part in a discussion of about 25 recently published Civil War books. The panelists have written many books on the subject.
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Published: Today at 10:59am (ET)

In a speech on foreign policy, health care, energy and other issues, former President Bill Clinton discusses the legacy of President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Clinton delivered the keynote address during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.
Length: 1 hr. 30 min.

Published: Today at 11:56am (ET)

Photojournalists chronicle the events of history, and for

forty-four days in 1979, David Burnett captured the images

of the Iranian Revolution. The Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

was overthrown and replaced by the revolution leader, the

Ayatollah Khomeini. He presented his photos recently at

the Wilson Center in Washington.
Length: 56 min.

Published: Today at 1:21pm (ET)