NINTH ANNUAL MARK TWAIN PRIZE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON
Actress Christina Applegate arrives for a program honoring 2006 Mark Twain Prize recipient Neil Simon at the Kennedy Center in Washington on October 15, 2006. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas)
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BUNKER, Mo., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Officials say a big fire in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest was the work of an arsonist, but they have few leads as to who started it.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Actor and comedian Will Ferrell was honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- U.S. writer Justin Halpern, a pioneer of celebrity Twitter feeds, says Mark Twain recently put the rapid-fire communications platform in perspective for him.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A new "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" edition's replacement of 219 "nigger" references with "slave" is causing a furor over Mark Twain's American novel.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Almost 85 percent of stamps sold are now "forever" issues that keep their first-class value even if rates rise, the U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Washington state high school teacher says it's time to retire Mark Twain's classic novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from school curricula.
LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) -- Robin Williams, Ben Stiller, Kevin Smith and Jay Leno have all expressed their sadness over the death of U.S. comedy great George Carlin.
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