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The Atlantic· 4 hours agoIn Show Boat (from which, with the help of Jerome Kern, came the most appealing American opera in existence), in So Big, and in Cimarron, Miss...
Harvard’s Taylor Swift Scholars Have Thoughts on ‘Tortured Poets’
New York Times· 4 days agoSwift’s works in an English class devoted entirely to the artist. The undergraduate course, “Taylor...
Weekly Student News Quiz: Dubai, College Protests, Caitlin Clark
New York Times· 9 hours agoHave you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you...
Major property tax reform under threat in one state
Newsweek· 5 days agoA bill that would significantly reduce property taxes in Nebraska is facing stiff opposition as it faces the last hurdle of the legislative process....
Leading Off: Comedian Jeff Dunham on playing the big arenas and feeding his kids' sea monkeys
Lincoln Journal Star· 7 hours agoLast fall, Netflix released a special celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Improv, a chain of...
Hubert H. Humphrey statue could be going to U.S. Capitol
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHubert H. Humphrey could be going back to Washington — as a statue. State legislators have proposed...
History in the making: Dallas Symphony to perform Wagner’s complete ‘Ring’ cycle
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoThere is nothing in the history of classical music like the Ring cycle of Richard Wagner. This year,...
Nebraska one of 14 states to participate in new lottery game
Lincoln Journal Star· 1 day agoLotto America is coming in May, the Nebraska Lottery's director announced on Friday. The game, to...
Leading Off: Nobel Prize-nominated comedian will have plenty to say in Lincoln
Lincoln Journal Star· 3 days agoStand-up comic Steve Hofstetter, who has the distinction of being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize...