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Local news in brief

Macomb Police are investigating accusations that county Commissioner Joan Flynn stole about 100 pieces of campaign literature Tuesday that her opponent, Commissioner Phil DiMaria, placed on doors and porches of homes. Flynn is firing back, saying DiMaria offered her money to back out of the race, a contention he denies.

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Cereal box derby

It’s long been a joke that cereal boxes are among the nation’s most-read literature. After they pour milk over the cereal, Americans across the country slump down at their breakfast table and stare at their cereal box as their eyes adjust to the bright light of a new morning. In …

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Czech Literature Portal now has Web site in English (The Prague Post)

“Poets are the antennae of the race,” declared the American poet Ezra Pound more than 50 years ago, a statement that optimists - and poets - still hold to be true.

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Czech Literature Portal now has Web site in English (The Prague Post)

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Nigeria : Bayelsa and Foreign Direct Investment (AllAfrica.com)

Lagos — There is a vast literature establishing the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and economic growth especially in transitional societies. In a broad sense, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) consists of a flow of capital, expertise, and technology into the host country or State.

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Longwood professor studies the culture of NASCAR (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

John D. Miller teaches early-American literature at Longwood University, but lately he has lectured on a more contemporary theme: NASCAR and globalization. A fan himself, Miller says the lure of NASCAR is not so much the cars and the race as the spin they bring to an archetypal American narrative

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Longwood professor studies the culture of NASCAR (Richmond Times-Dispatch)