Sound of Things Falling by Vasquez in Colombia’s narc war
A prize winning tour de force by Juan Gabriel Vasquez set in Bogota and Medellin during Colombia’s drug wars. The narrator Antonio Yammara recalls a friend's murder linked to Pablo Escobar and a 1960s world on the brink of change, shaping a nation’s violent history.
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Colombia
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
South America
Vasquez
Bogota
Antonio Yammara
Pablo Escobar
Antonio
Escobar
Medellin Cartel
Mario Vargas Llosa
Drunken boating citations rise on the Great Lakes
The Coast Guard reported 89 drunken boating citations on the Great Lakes through August 13, up from 84 last year but down from 262 in 2005. Captains are urged to plan sober returns, with about 1 percent of vessel checks leading to a DUI citation and penalties ranging from 1000 to 5000 dollars.
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Great Lakes
U.S. Coast Guard
Five Lakes
Davey Connor
Coast Guard
Cleveland
Cmdr
David Beck
Andy Pero
Deau
Connor
Marblehead
Ohio
Kelleys Island
Lake Erie
9Th District
Perodeau
Ninja style workouts draw central Ohio fans and cards
The rise of ninja style fitness rides on TV shows like American Ninja Warrior. Central Ohio followers test obstacles at home gyms and in monthly contests led by Michelle Warnky behind Vertical Adventures on Busch Boulevard. Trainers cite balance and endurance gains, while community Ninja workouts foster camaraderie and new obstacle races like Mud Ninja and Tough Mudder expand the appeal.
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Columbus
Kent Weed
Jim Steffen
XT Fitness
Findlay
Steffen
Seth Caskey
Gallo Way
Dublin
Marty Parker
South Salem
Ross County
Dayton
Cincinnati
Britnee Powell
Worthington
Powell
Big Red Rooster
Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalists named
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation released the 2013 finalists for fiction and nonfiction with 72 nominations this year. Winners receive 10 000 dollars, runners up 1000, and the ceremony is November 3 hosted by Nick Clooney.
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Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
Dayton
Nick Clooney
Sharon Rab
Rab
Louise Erdrich
Billy Lynn
Ben Fountain
Adam Johnson
Susanna Moore
Robert Olmstead
Kevin Powers
Katherine Boo
Karl Meyer
Shareen Brysac
Carmen Bugan
Camp 14
Blaine Harden
Gilbert King
Andrew Solomon
U.S
Bosnia
Wendell Berry
Richard C. Holbrooke
Dayton Daily News Life & Arts
Obituary: Mandy South 1931 2013 Middletown KY
Mandy South aged 82 of Middletown died August 17 2013 at Atrium Medical Center born August 12 1931 in War Creek Kentucky to Roscoe and Myrtle Taulbee a homemaker avid gardener and rummy player she is survived by her sons James and Edgar South grandson Anthony five great grandchildren and sister Ginny Shepherd visitation August 21 and service August 22 at Baker Stevens Parramore Funeral Home interment Mt Pleasant Cemetery condolences to family available online at bakerstevensparramore.com
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Middletown
Atrium Medical Center
War Creek
Kentucky
Roscoe
Myrtle
Johnson) Taulbee
Mandy
Edgar South
Howard Taulbee
Wave Woolum
James South
Edgar
Connie) South
Anthony South
Ginny Shepherd
Baker-Stevens, Parramore Funeral Home
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Bakerstevensparramore.com
Funeral notices for Floyd Gene Spencer and Dorothy Cole Thomas
Obituary notices for Floyd Gene Spencer of Campton Kentucky and Dorothy Cole Thomas of Carlisle Ohio. Floyd Gene Spencer born August 12 1940 died August 18 2013 funeral August 22 at Porter and Son in Campton with Masonic services. Dorothy Cole Thomas born October 31 1954 died August 19 2013 funeral August 21 at Anderson Funeral Homes Franklin Ohio with burial in Woodhill Cemetery.
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Carlisle
Ohio
Pleasant Plain
Leonard
Ivory Cole
Jers Cole
Bonnie Asby
Dorothy
Richard
Kimberly
Craig) Harris
Richie
A. Thomas Ll
Catherine M. Harris
Christa J. Harris
Charlotte Collins
Gary
Linda) Cole
Mike
Brenda) Cole
Anderson Funeral Homes
East Second Street
Franklin
Anderson Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Anderson-Fh
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Meredith. Moss
Coxinc.com
South, Amanda J
Spencer, Floyd Gene
Campton
Jackie Bame
Earlie Ray
Mamie G. Coomer Spencer
Floyd
F & AM Lodge
Camden
Jackie Bamne
LeRoy
Sara Spencer
D.J. Lilly
Dalton Powell
Porter & Son Funeral Directors
Spencer Cemetery
Porterandsonid.com
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