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Virginia jail seeking books for inmates

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A city in Virginia is looking for donations of books for a library that serves jail inmates. The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office says its jail’s library is stocked only with donations, which have to be replaced as the books become damaged or worn out. The sheriff’s office says the library serves

Illinois residents donate books for damaged libraries

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ROUND LAKE, Ill. — Residents in a northern Chicago suburb are donating books to the local school district after it lost two libraries in a summer flood. The Round Lake Area School District said it has received at least 100,000 books so far to stock new libraries at Murphy and Ellis elementary schools. “The flooding

Family will remember the 2017 eclipse – with moon tattoos

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LATROBE, Pa. — You think full moons make people a little nutty? The Aug. 21 solar eclipse already is affecting people’s behavior, including that of a Latrobe librarian who was moved to get a moon tattoo on her ankle to sorta match tattoos on the wrists of her anti-tattoo librarian sister and her niece. And

Library in eastern Illinois recalls solar eclipse glasses

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MARSHALL, Ill. — A public library in eastern Illinois is recalling solar eclipse glasses given to the public earlier this month because they have the potential to be unsafe for watching Monday’s eclipse. The (Terre Haute) Tribune Star of Indiana reports the maker of the glasses was an authorized manufacturer of NASA glasses. But the

Registered sex offender caught filming girl at library

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A registered sex offender caught filming a 13-year-old girl at a Washington library was charged with first-degree voyeurism. The Kitsap Sun reports (http://bit.ly/2wa09tj ) 44-year-old Travis Wade Moore was confronted in the children’s section of the Poulsbo Library on Friday by a Poulsbo Police sergeant. The man told police he had

University librarian suffers stroke after UVA protest injury

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University of Virginia librarian Tyler Magill was among the counter-protesters surrounded by torch-bearing white supremacists Friday night at the school’s famous Thomas Jefferson statue. On Sunday, Magill was shouting down and disrupting a press conference by Jason Kessler, who organized Saturday’s so-called Unite the Right rally that devolved into violence, including the death of 32-year-old

Civil rights marker honors challenge to library segregation

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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi has dedicated a new historical marker honoring African-American students who challenged segregation at a public library in 1961. Eight of the “Tougaloo Nine” are still living, and seven attended a ceremony Thursday to unveil the marker in downtown Jackson. It is the 25th entry on the Mississippi Freedom Trail — a

Acclaimed modernist architect Gunnar Birkerts dies at 92

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NEEDHAM, Mass. — Gunnar Birkerts, an internationally acclaimed modernist architect who designed buildings including the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, and the University of Michigan Law Library, has died. He was 92. His son, Sven Birkerts, said his father died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at

Water-damaged Phoenix library to stay closed until June

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PHOENIX — Phoenix’s main public library won’t reopen until next June, nearly a year after it was heavily damaged by water from a corroded fire-sprinkler pipe that burst during a July monsoon storm, the city’s top administrator said Friday. City Manager Ed Zuercher also disclosed that inspection reports from recent years warned of pipe corrosion

Man pleads guilty after shooting at Columbus main library

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man has pleaded guilty to felonious assault after being charged with firing gunshots in the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s main branch downtown. The Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2fUObNg) 28-year-old Joseph Steward entered the guilty plea Thursday in Franklin County court. The felonious assault charge included a gun specification. Steward also pleaded guilty to inducing

Libraries training staff to administer overdose antidote

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WESTMINSTER, Md. — Some library workers in Maryland are learning how to administer an opioid overdose antidote. The Baltimore Sun reports that library systems in Harford, Carroll and Anne Arundel counties have begun offering training to staff in administering naloxone, commonly known as Narcan. Carroll County libraries Director Lynn Wheeler says 121 of her employees

Library, university team up to offer fake news seminar

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CENTREVILLE, Va. — Tired of getting sucked in by fake news? Learn how to spot it at a media literacy seminar Tuesday in northern Virginia. George Mason University’s School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and the Fairfax County library system are sponsoring a workshop titled News Blues and How to Defuse. The interactive program is

Portland police arrest man who waved gun in college library

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested a man who they say barricaded himself at a home after waving a gun in the library at Portland Community College. Portland police Sgt. Chris Burley says officers went to the library Tuesday after getting a report of an armed man. Burley says the officers were told the man ran

Police: 19-year-old man assaulted girl in library bathroom

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LEBANON, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire have arrested a Vermont man who they say assaulted a 13-year-old girl in a library bathroom. WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2wDzWn3 ) the 19-year-old White River Junction man was arraigned on charges including aggravated felonious sexual assault and felonious sexual assault on Tuesday. Police say the assault occurred at the

Couple gives $3 million for Kansas State library renovation

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MANHATTAN, Kan. — A couple from Florida has donated $3 million for renovation of the university’s Hale Library. The university said the gift from Dave and Ellie Everitt, of Marco Island, Florida, is first major donation toward the $6.5 million first-floor renovation and modernization project. The Manhattan Mercury reports the renovation will create a more

Man charged in stabbing of Alabama librarian

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ODENVILLE, Ala. — Police say they’ve made an arrest in the death of a middle school librarian who was stabbed dozens of times. Authorities say 27-year-old D’Kota Chance Griffin of Lineville was arrested at a home in Anniston in the slaying of 46-year-old Michael Collins. Collins was a librarian at Odenville Middle School and also

Library reopens in Montgomery County

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BETHESDA, Md. — Local officials in Montgomery County are celebrating the reopening of a renovated library in Bethesda. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Saturday for the Montgomery County Public Libraries Little Falls branch. The improvements include a new information and circulation customer service desk and a redesign of the children’s area. A new chiller and

‘Book Buggy’ brings Mattoon library to children

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MATTOON, Ill. — Children at West Park Plaza ran outside shouting “Book Buggy!” as this Mattoon Public Library vehicle arrived with a back hatch full of books for them to potentially borrow. The children displayed a level of enthusiasm that typically greets the arrival of ice cream and snow cone trucks. This enthusiasm was a

Drag queen reads stories to children at Wisconsin library

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MADISON, Wis. — A southern Wisconsin library has invited a drag queen to read stories to children, replicating a trend that began at a library in San Francisco. Pinney Library in Madison started Drag Queen Storytime earlier this summer, Wisconsin Public Radio reported . Miss Gretta, played by Craig Schlagel, reads a book, and then

New Mexico officials: 2 dead, 4 injured in library shooting

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CLOVIS, N.M. — Two people were killed and four others were injured when gunfire erupted inside a public library on Monday, throwing an eastern New Mexico community into a panic as officers swarmed the building with their guns drawn. The gunman surrendered and was taken into custody without incident after police entered the downtown building,
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