Audio Bible CDs took 600 actors to record

By Rick Kogan, McClatchy-Tribune News

JoBe Cerny, most famous for being the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, was on one recent rainy morning sitting in a studio at his Cerny/American Creative, a production company/recording studio on Illinois Street in Chicago. He was drinking coffee and nibbling at some doughnuts and lis-ten…

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Centering on Buddhism

BY LES O'DELL, FOR THE SOUTHERN

Expert on Buddhist philosophy, meditation to speak in Carbondale

Nov 07, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…

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Making sense of today's news is difficult

By Jim Davidson

Have you heard the news? If your answer is "no," that's because it's not out yet.

Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

A new beginning

By Ron Orozco, McClatchy-Tribune News

Wiccans celebrate new year today, take chance to explain practices

Oct 31, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…

Technology: Cost versus benefits

By Jim Davidson

When you say the word "technology" to one person, it means one thing, but when you say it to someone else it may mean something entirely different. This is because the word "technology" is often used as the generic term to encompass all the technologies people develop and use in their lives.

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The Sound of Mission

By Marleen Shepherd, For The Southern

Elisabeth von Trapp shares her grandparents' story with the world, or at least the Hollywood version. Because of the mega-hit musical "The Sound of Music," the tale of how Maria and Baron von Trapp used a burgeoning music career to flee Austria with their family during the Nazi takeover i…

Oct 24, 2009 | 12:45 am | Loading…

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Lessons to learn from Paducah school shooting

By Jim Davidson

The date Dec. 1, 1997, will be indelibly etched deep into the minds and hearts of the citizens of West Paducah for a long, long time.

Oct 24, 2009 | 12:30 am | Loading…

Interfaith worship service honors children: U.N. Rights of the Child emphasized

BY MARLEEN SHEPHERD, FOR THE SOUTHERN

Children from several churches and Carbondale's Muslim and Jewish communities will come together in a special worship service recognizing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 at Carbondale Civic Center.

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All work and no play

There is an old saying that goes, "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy." Perhaps you have heard it. However, there is another saying that should follow, "All play and no work makes Johnny a candidate for the poor house."

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Women still heeding the call to become nuns

BY LISA GUTIERREZ, MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - A happy, party noise filled Annunciation Chapel on the last day of August, a breezy day that felt more spring than end of sum-mer.

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Helping out with a widow’s luncheon

There is an old Chinese Proverb that says that a widow is "A rudderless boat."

Oct 10, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…

Masons have tradition of service, fraternity

By Mark Barna, McClatchy-Tribune News

Its members are male, mostly conservative and many retired. They advocate living a moral life and doing charitable work.

Oct 03, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…

Can you read between the lines?

One of the most embarrassing moments I ever had in high school happened one night during a basketball game. Back in those days, I thought I was pretty good with an 18-point average my senior year. That is until I went to college and went out for the team. It was here that I learned the me…

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