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A teenaged couple is convicted of murder on Vancouver Island in That Night by Chevy Stevens.

By MPL Staff on Jun 30, 2014 7:18 PM

It’s 1996 and Toni Murphy can’t wait to graduate from high school and get out of town. It’s the usual problems, her parents don’t like her boyfriend, Ryan and her little sister, Nicole has started hanging around with the ‘cool’ kids who love to torment Toni. But then Nicole is killed. Toni and Ryan are imprisoned and found guilty of her murder. Whomever killed Nicole has…

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Freedom Summer 1964 and Our Voting Rights

By Heather on Jun 27, 2014 4:13 PM

Last week we told you about the Freedom Summer Exhibit coming to Central Library starting next week and the book talk with Michael Edmonds, editor of Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader, on July 12th. MPTV aired an interview with Michael Edmonds on this week's episode of Black Nouveau...

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It's Time to Fire Up the Grill!

By MPL Staff on Jun 27, 2014 12:12 PM

Don't let our recent series of rainstorms and John Carpenter levels of fog deter you from celebrating the Fourth of July just how our Founding Fathers intended: cooking meat with great fire outdoors [citation needed].

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The bubble houses of Wallace Neff are something to behold indeed. Take a look...

By MPL Staff on Jun 20, 2014 10:19 AM

  Weird white bubbles of concrete, these houses look more like science fiction than suburban subdivision. No Nails, No Lumber by Jeffrey Head shows the beauty and versatility of Neff 's design. The first bubble houses were built in Falls Church, VA during World War II as housing for government families. The small community was nicknamed “Igloo Village” because all the houses are odd white domes. After…

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