Harper Lee
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As jobs vanish, factory towns slow to see stimulus
Nov 01, 2009 18:19 EST
As plants close and mills go idle, factory towns slow to see effects of Obama stimulus plan. Many communities hit hardest by job losses, those built around dying factories and mills, have been slowest to see relief from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan, underscoring how hard it is for Washington policymakers to create lasting work in areas that need it most.
As jobs vanish, factory towns slow to see stimulus
Nov 01, 2009 15:37 EST
As plants close and mills go idle, factory towns slow to see effects of Obama stimulus plan. This southwest Missouri city, tucked amid endless fields of winter wheat and soybeans, felt the recession ahead of the rest of the country, when furniture-maker O'Sullivan Industries closed in mid-2007. That threw 700 employees out of work and turned an economic cornerstone into a million-square-foot vacancy.
'To Kill a Mockingbird' actress dies in NC
Oct 22, 2009 16:23 EDT
Actress who played false accuser in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' dies of brain cancer in NC. Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who portrayed the false accuser in the movie classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died of brain cancer just months after the diagnosis. She was 74.
'To Kill a Mockingbird' actress dies in NC
Oct 22, 2009 15:02 EDT
Actress who played false accuser in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' dies of brain cancer in NC. The actress who portrayed the false accuser in the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" has died of brain cancer in North Carolina.
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| Harper Lee | |
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 Harper Lee (right) with producer Alan J. Pakula in a 1962 publicity photo for the film of To Kill a Mockingbird | |
| Born | April 28, 1926 Monroeville, Alabama |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Subjects | Literature |
| Literary movement | Southern Gothic |
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