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36 min ago | Patch.com

5 Things: Braintree High Senior Finals, Board of Health and Assessors

Born on this day in history: Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , conservative oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens , gay rights activist Harvey Milk , MLB pitcher famous for his surgery, Tommy John and English singer Morrissey .

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Related Topix: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal, Gay/Lesbian, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Milk, Pop/Rock, Morrissey, Braintree, MA

Mon May 20, 2013

Cape Cod Times

For Easy Rawlins, the big sleep is over

Say hallelujah: Easy Rawlins has risen from the dead. At the end of his 2007 novel "Blonde Faith," his 11th book about the Los Angeles private detective, Walter Mosley left Easy hanging between life and death and Mosley hasn't written about him since.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Crime Movies, Devil in a Blue Dress, Thriller, Mystery Movies

Fri May 17, 2013

University City Review

Curio Theatre Company's The Hound of the Baskervilles Is a Howl

Hound cast: back row from left to right, Harry Slack and Steve Carpenter. Down front, CJ Keller.

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Related Topix: Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

Thu May 16, 2013

Bellingham Herald

Sherlock Holmes lecture examines the detective's cultural staying power

Solve the mystery behind the allure of Sherlock Holmes - the most enduring character from literature, radio and film over the past century - during a special free lunchtime lecture.

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Related Topix: Sherlock Holmes, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Publishing, Media, Seattle Times, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

Tue May 14, 2013

Crooked Timber

Do not name these things

MMash-ups are everywhere these days: zombies keep finding their way into historical novels, and softcore porn into Jane Eyre.

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Related Topix: Vocal

Mon May 13, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Robbinsville mom explores the dark side of good people in 'Opium Dreams'

ROBBINSVILLE - Until recently, township native Jennie Giardine Smith was a part-time teacher and full-time mom with a passion for creative writing.

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Related Topix: Home, Home Listing, Vocal, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arts, Literature

Sat May 11, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Review: Walter Mosley brings Easy Rawlins back from the brink

At the end of his 2007 novel Blonde Faith , his 11th book about the Los Angeles private detective, Walter Mosley left Easy hanging between life and death - and Mosley hasn't written about him since.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Crime Movies, Devil in a Blue Dress, Thriller, Mystery Movies

Wed May 08, 2013

University City Review

Curio Theatre Company spoofs The Hound of The Baskervilles in Philadelphia premiere

Cast photo: from left to right, Harry Slack as Sir Henry, CJ Keller as Doctor Watson and Steve Carpenter as Sherlock Holmes.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Baskervilles, Vocal, Havertown, PA

Mon May 06, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Book Review: Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Goal by Gyles Brandreth

In May of 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years of hard labor in prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, Vocal

Sat May 04, 2013

Wyoming PBS Welcome!

MASTERPIECE "Mr. Selfridge, Part 6"

In Episode 6 of Mr. Selfridge, two dead relatives show up at a store seance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Jeremy Piven

Thu May 02, 2013

Business Finance

Risk Chat: How Can Companies Mitigate ERM Data Risks?

Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is supposed to have said, "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." But what about theorizing before one hasclean, high-quality data? The answer is elementary: at least 40 percent of business initiatives fail due to poor-quality data, according to IBM.

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Related Topix: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

Wed May 01, 2013

KUAT-TV Tucson

Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge, Episode 6

Two dead relatives show up at a store sA©ance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Related Topix: Vocal

Queen Anne View

Attention Sherlock Holmes buffs - free presentation on the staying power of Holmes next Tuesday

Sherlock Holmes first came to life in 1886 in the page of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A" Study in Scarlet" - a work that he wrote in 3 weeks and published in 1887.

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Related Topix: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal, Eastlake (Seattle, WA)

TIME.com

Fight Like Sherlock Holmes: A Victorian Martial Art Makes a Comeback

Sherlock Holmes, of course, is a fictional creation-but, for a long time, the sleuth's fans thought that his preferred method of hand-to-hand combat was fictional too.

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Related Topix: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Vocal

Rediff.com

Why the Saradha mess is NOT a 'chit fund' scam

One could not have imagined that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bertrand Russell will have anything to do with Saradha Realty - the company that has been making the headlines lately.' In the absence of any accessible and reliable records, various estimates of questionable authenticity, ranging between Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 22,000 crore , are being ... (more)

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Sherlockians to meet May 6

The group will discuss "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger," a story that appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes." The evening also will feature a quiz about the story and a presentation by film student Monica Schmidt, who will discuss a little-known silent film made in 1922 in which John Barrymore plays Holmes.

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Related Topix: Iowa City, IA, Vocal

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Bournemouth Echo

Author's new book is inspired creation

Andrew Lane has already penned a series of Young Sherlock adventures that have been published in 37 languages and sold more than 200,000 copies all over the world.

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Related Topix: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal

Wed Apr 24, 2013

Alabama Live

'Displaced Detective' author Stephanie Osborn to discuss Sherlock...

When Stephanie Osborn wrote her first Sherlock Holmes story in high school, a teacher thought she'd plagiarized the work - from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Elementary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal, Arts, Literature, Madison County, AL

Tue Apr 23, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Thinking lessons from Sherlock Holmes

'You see, but you do not observe,' Sherlock Holmes tells his faithful chronicler, Dr.

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Related Topix: Sherlock Holmes, Vocal, Columbia University

Scientific American

Follow That Bike

The direction a bicycle has traveled can be determined by examining its tracks and thinking about tangent lines, geometric constraints and the bike's steering mechanism The question goes back to the early days of the bicycle age and a 1903 Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called "The Adventure of the Priory School." Surprisingly, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Vocal, University of Minnesota