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The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.
President Barack Obama says he will accept the Nobel Peace Prize with "great humility", though it's not an honor he feels he deserves.
Linden MacIntyre, an investigative journalist who wrote a novel about sexual abuse by Catholic priests, has won one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards.
French-born writer Marie NDiaye won France's top literary prize Monday for "Three Strong Women," her moving tale of the struggles of women in Europe and Africa.
Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld will salute fellow funny man Bill Cosby with the nation's top humor prize at the Kennedy Center, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work.
The European Union's parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.
The organizer of a $10 million contest to develop next-generation green vehicles said Monday it narrowed down its list of competitors by half, with qualifying teams ranging from Indian car giant Tata Motors to a team of Cornell University engineering students.
In a snub to recent ex-presidents and heads of state in Africa, organizers of a multimillion-dollar annual prize for good governance on the continent said Monday they had decided not to give out the award this year.
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on Tuesday received the first ever $1 million dollar Birgit Nilsson award at a formal award ceremony in Stockholm.
While Russia's president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they're using it to raise campaign money.
President Barack Obama's Kenyan step-grandmother on Saturday advised this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner to be of good character and continue to work for peace.
The winners of ArtPrize, a new art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich., were announced Thursday. The event offers one of the world's biggest art prizes: $250,000 for first place.
A Brooklyn, N.Y., artist has won the $250,000 top prize offered in a new art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich.
A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of King Henry VIII won the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction Tuesday.
Artworks by four artists shortlisted for Britain's controversial Turner Prize have gone on display at central London's Tate Britain gallery.
A former Kansas radio executive who admitted that he embezzled to support an addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets won a $96,000 lottery prize.
A Houston-area school district where 84 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch on Wednesday won the nation's top prize in public education, winning $1 million for making strides in student achievement.
German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger was awarded Denmark's 2010 Sonning Prize on Wednesday, which honors work that benefits European culture.
Information about the first ArtPrize art competition:
A school of glimmering, silvery-white fish wriggle high above a downtown river. A few blocks away on a Michigan sidewalk, four stark red piranhas have taken large bites out of a running man's briefcase and rear end. A purple, 10-foot-tall jelly bean stands outside a nearby castle.
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Berlin, reunited as one city after decades of division during the Cold War, won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize on Thursday for its contribution to promoting peace and harmony.
John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called 'pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.
John Tantillo's Brand Winner... And Loser: Letterman and the Nobel PrizeJohn Tantillo applauds Letterman for apologizing in way consistent with his personal brand and also criticizes the Nobel Prize committee for their actions--while maintaining that Obama has handled the (undeserved) reward in the best way possible for his own personal political bra …
Nobel prize story leads to expulsion of journalist the country of Chad expelled a journalist who criticized a government official's suggestion that the president of Chad was fit for the nobel peace prize.
Latest conservative attack on Obama Nobel: Prize is "unconstitutional""Following the Nobel Committee's announcement that it would award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, conservative media figures have launched numerous attacks on Obama and the award, asserting, for instance, that Obama won the prize "for trashing America," in Sean Hannity' …
President Obama attended a college football game and was awarded the Heisman Trophy. President Obama gave an inspiring speech and was given an Oscar.
Morris claims the reason Obama "delaying the decision to commit troops to Afghanistan is because he wanted [Nobel] prize"Hannity: Think about this. He had to be nominated 12 days into his office! Morris thinks this is the European attempt to colonize the United States and thinks Obama delayed troop deployment because he was going to wait unti lthe award was "safely in his pocket."
Who else has won the Nobel Peace Prize2009 -- Barack Obama, United States 2008 -- Martti Ahtisaari, Finland 2007 -- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Switzerland; Al Gore, United States 2006 -- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh; Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
Limbaugh: "We All Agree With The Taliban And Iran" On Nobel Prize"Elaborating on his statement earlier this morning to the news that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Rush Limbaugh wasted no time when his show began today, declaring that there weren't words for this.
Even the President -- Caught Completely By Surprise -- Admits That He Doesn't Feel That He Deserves to Receive the Peace Prize After Less Than Ten Months in Office, But Nobel Committee's Decision Shows How Deeply the World Holds Obama's Predecessor in Contempt
Right again makes an anti-American ass of itself following Obama's Nobel win"On Friday, the nation awoke to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to President Barack Obama. "I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said that morning.
No one has ever, at least in my adult lifetime, been questioned whether or not he or she has been worthy of a Nobel or any other gracious recognition respectfully given to them.
Obama Rewarded for a Lifetime of MediocrityIt's been pretty much talked about since he became president, how Obama has never really stuck his neck out and made a stance on an issue and god forbid it be a hot political topic.
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize to the Shock of Journalists and Pro-Life Leaders"The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more. Good grief."
Last week there were those who rejoiced that America lost the Olympics in Chicago because in their sort of twisted way they saw it as a slap in the face of Barack Obama instead of a slap in the face of America. They showed that they hated Barack, more then they love America.
It's official: War is Peace. : Dailycensored.comYes, war is peace. Ignorance is power. Slavery is freedom. Hail the great leader! The Nobel committee says so! If you want to see the SNL skit about President Obama's accomplishments so far, check out this article. The links will blow your mind.
I think the President is deserving from the point of view he expressed. It's not just for him, but for the country. People should stop hatin'.
I was going though the article in Guradian.I can not say or use the word "surprised".My only contention of this posting is February 1 was Commitee deadline and how they evaluated a person's performance who assumed office on January 20.Can a person's achievement for which this ape …
Those Norwegians are not all there! What has the guy done? He's only been in office for one year? He's been running around with his head cut off! If he lives past this term, I'll fall over! What were these Norwegians thinking? Linda Barrett …
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U.S. President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace PrizeU.S. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his "extraordinary efforts" to strengthen global diplomacy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday, in a surprise choice that comes less than nine months into Obama's presidency.
UPDATE 3-U.S. trio wins medicine Nobel for ageing research | U.S. | ReutersThree Americans won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzyme that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.
Kiryat Yam to be sued over 'mermaid'? American organization says $1 million prize offered by northern Israeli city to whoever can prove existence of imaginary sea creature off city's shores 'badly and outrageously damages the legendary mermaid legacy'
It has been so long since I last submitted an article for publication that I fear a mere political pass might not be appropriate and that I should delve into some new genre that I have not heretofore rendered for public consumption. Let's see....I have done poetry.
Young scientists earn Nobel nodMt. Hope students compete in Reno, Nev., earn praise from 2008 Nobel Prize winner
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