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Continue reading "`Andrzejewski' makes 'Blagojevich' look like C-A-T"

Campaign materials tell us to pronounce the last name a oeAnd-G-F-Ski." Easy enough.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Stabroek News

The face of a scrabble champion

What is one word that describes the new National Scrabble Champion Abigail McDonald? You could use simple or grounded and then there is humble as well as passionate.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Azcentral.com

I'm back from furcation to talk about hot doggie feet

I've had a week of furlough - i.e., squeezing blood from a turnip - and a week of vacation and now here I am again.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Associated Content

Lexulous: the Best New Place to Play Free Scrabble Online

Where can I play free Scrabble online, you ask? Or do you wonder what happened to Scrabulous? Because Hasboro filed suit against Scrabulous stating that it was infringing upon its trademarked board game Scrabble, Scrabulous closed down its doors to the confusion and disappointment of many of its online players worldwide who played on Facebook or on ...

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Nelson Mail

This is your life

Where were we? Ah yes, I'd just walked out of the Founders Book Fair with two arms stretched half a foot by bags of second-hand splendour.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Games, Opinion

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Smart City Memphis

Herenton Resignation Ushers In Political Junkie Heaven

Thursday, June 25, 2009 It seems that a lot of people won't believe Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton is really leaving City Hall until he turns in his keys July 10.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Fayetteville Flyer

To-do: Tuesday 6/23

Do you like competitions? Are you way into forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

BBC

Wordsmith wonder dog wows force

A police dog who found a huge drug haul is also a keen student of the word game Scrabble, his handler says.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Right Wing News

Teachers Kill Time on Your Dime in Rubber Rooms

Ever wonder why we spend more and more and more on education, and yet kids keep learning less? Here's a clue : Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the ...

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Games

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Boston.com

700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing

Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.

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Freshmeat

Tux Math Scrabble 0.6.5

TuxMathScrabble challenges young people to construct compound equations and consider multiple abstract possibilities.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

StartupJournal

Maine Battles Over 'Squa'

Out of Deference to Tribes, State Outlaws It in Names of Public Places, Prompting a Squall By PHILIP SHISHKIN STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine -- For nearly a decade, locals here have been fighting American Indians over the name of a dead-end dirt road.

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Related Topix: Maine, Maine Government, Stockton-Springs, ME, Games, Penobscot, ME

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Zagat Buzz

Spelling in Anglais

Who needs Wimbledon when there are triple-word scores? On 7 July, Le Cafe Anglais is holding its inaugural meeting of "Scrabble Club," where for 50, attendees get a drink before the match, two rounds of Scrabble and a two-course dinner followed by two more rounds of the game.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

NBC Channel 10

Puzzlemaster Presents Problem for Apple to Solve

Don Rubin's "Lots of Luck" on the left, iPhone App "ParkingLot" on the right. Copyright infringement? You be the judge.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Country Life Online

Surviving summer weddings

Depending on your role, weddings are a minefield of social faux pas. Read our guide to how to survive the day whether you’re bride, best man or simply a guest.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Home News Tribune

Space remains for RVCC summer programs

The Corporate & Continuing Education division at Raritan Valley Community College in North Branch has a few openings in the following youth programs: Chess I - Students 7 to 14 learn the rules of chess, along with basic checkmating techniques, opening ideas and chess notation.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Englishman in New York

When Scrabble Lost Its Innocence

According to the letters page of the UAE's The National , Scrabble tournaments in the Gulf have become a little too competitive of late: To clarify the rules of the Gulf Scrabble Tournament referred to in the editorial Strong Words , following last year's tile picking controversy, this year the Gulf tournament organisers were very stringent on how ...

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

TheNational

Lost innocence at Scrabble contest

To clarify the rules of the Gulf Scrabble Tournament referred to in the editorial Strong Words , following last year's tile picking controversy, this year the Gulf tournament organisers were very stringent on how tiles were drawn before each turn.

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Related Topix: Games, United Arab Emirates, Opinion

Tue Jun 09, 2009

BornRich

Contemporary game table by Geoffrey Parker stores 33 games

Last time, we introduced you to the luxury coffee game table in automotive leather veneer from Geoffrey Parker and this time, we have the GT/33 Contemporary Game Table, and they call it the "worlda s most comprehensive game table ever made." Trimmed in polished stainless steel and bound in Dauphin calf leather, this contemporary piece stores 33 ...

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

Fort Morgan Times

Long Meadow news 06-04

John and Paula Kopetzky took Dorothy Kopetzky to the Memorial Day service at Hoyt.

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