MacArthur Foundation Gives Out âGenius Awardsâ
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The soprano Dawn Upshaw, the playwright Lynn Nottage, the writer Stuart Dybek and the installation artist Whitfield Lovell are among the 24 recipients of this yearâs $500,000 âgenius awards.â
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By Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 12--Greeley firefighters have been recognized for their fundraising efforts with two awards from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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NEW YORK -- Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.
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Artist donates four keynote works to the nation as part of multi-stage gift
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The big-bang theory of the universe, microcredit and literature exploring Turkey's clash of cultures will be honored as six American scientists, a Bangladeshi economist and a Turkish novelist receive the Nobel Prizes Sunday in Stockholm and Oslo.
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LOS ANGELES  - Putting its own stamp on  2004, the American Film Institute has selected nine "Moments of  Significance" as an adjunct to its annual AFI Awards, which  will be presented to the creators behind 10 previously  announced film and TV shows at a luncheon Jan. 14.
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Two surgeons who developed prosthetic heart valves that have prolonged millions of lives are among the winners of this yearâs awards.
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The X Prize Foundation, famous for its 2004 Ansari award aimed at encouraging private space travel, offered 10 million dollars to the team of researchers able to develop technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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Poet Adrienne Rich and two founders of The New York Review of Books have been named recipients of honorary National Book Awards medals, the National Book Foundation announced Wednesday.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts  and Sciences kicked off its run up to the Oscars, the U.S. film  industry's top awards, by honoring six fledgling screenwriters  Thursday night with its annual Nicholl Fellowship and a check  for $30,000.
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Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Pasadena, Calif., was awarded on Aug.
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The writer Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, jazz violinist Regina Carter, astrophysicist Matias Zaldarriaga and saxophonist John Zorn are among those selected to receive a $500,000 Âgenius award.Â
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The campaign, called ÂGenerous Nation,Â aims to persuade Americans to donate to charities even when there are no tragedies or disasters in the headlines.
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An MIT inventor bent on public service creates practical solutions to life-threatening problems around the world. Her approach: be a master of the obvious. Second in a series profiling this year's MacArthur 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
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U2 frontman Bono is honoured with an award for his charity work at an Aids charity fundraiser in New York.
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Designer James Carpenter understands the poetics of light and material, working with architects to enhance public places. Fourth in a series profiling this year's MacArthur 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
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Author Stuart Dybek, already a winner this week of a MacArthur "genius" grant, is this year's recipient of the $30,000 Rea Award for "originality and influence" on the short story, Rea officials announced Tuesday.