Ex-Presidents at Graham library opening
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Visitors to the new, presidential-style museum honoring evangelist Billy Graham enter and exit the building through crosses as tall as 40 feet high, a design meant to emphasize that the $27-million complex is an extension of the minister's work.
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Microsoft will provide the technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) to first take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see, the two organizations announced Thursday.The project will include the Myloc.gov Web site, to be launched in April, linked to information kiosks at the LOC&#39;s Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. Interactive galleries will allow visitors to the Myloc.gov site to view and sometimes interact with items such as a rough draft of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible, and a 1507 map that first used the word &quot;America.&quot;The new technology is designed to assist people who want to visit the library in person, said John Sampson, director of federal government affairs at Microsoft. Visitors to the Web site will be able to bookmark areas of interest, then use a bar code at the LOC&#39;s information kiosks that will point them to more information in person, he said. Visitors both online and on-site can also engage in a game called Knowledge Quest that sends them searching for clues in the LOC&#39;s art and artifacts, Microsoft said.The library has thought hard about how to bridge the online experience with an in-person visit. Sampson said. The on-site kiosks will help visitors build a custom tour of the library, he said.The library&#39;s plan is to cycle online exhibits in and out but gradually make more information available online, Sampson said. &quot;What they&#39;ve realized is they have a vast collection of amazing, historic artifacts, documents and manuscripts that would take far too long to put on display,&quot; he said. &quot;To say they have great content ... is almost an understatement. It&#39;s the nation&#39;s most prized treasures.&quot;Microsoft is donating software, funding, and training to the project, and in return, the company gets to work with one of the premier libraries in the world, Sampson said.&quot;For us, it&#39;s a unique showcase to show the breadth and the depth of the technology,&quot; said Keith Hurwitz, a platform strategy advisor at Microsoft.Microsoft is helping put the library&#39;s &quot;unparalleled educational resources literally at the fingertips of students and lifelong learners alike, both on site at the Library of Congress and virtually through the Web,&quot; Librarian of Congress James Billington said in a statement. &quot;The Library of Congress and the causes of inspiration and creativity will benefit immensely from this act of generosity and expertise.&quot;Interactive presentation software for kiosks will run on Windows Vista and its Web equivalent, built using Microsoft Silverlight. The project will also use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web content management software.The library&#39;s Exploring the Early Americas&quot; exhibition, which opened Dec. 13, offers a sampling of the new experience.
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From the queen of soul to a king of comedy, celebrities are set to fete the opening of the Clinton Library.
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As Bill Clinton&#39;s library is unveiled at a gala opening this week, one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display.
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Aretha Franklin sang with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, performing her hits including &quot;Respect&quot; and &quot;Chain of Fools,&quot; in advance of the opening of former President Clinton&#39;s library.
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The First Lady - and the former President - find a common cause
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Ex-US leader Bill Clinton is to open his presidential library, housing millions of documents from his time in office.
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PASADENA, Calif. (BP)--Helped by his son Franklin, the aging evangelist Billy Graham made his way to the pulpit on a rare chilly Sunday afternoon in Pasadena Nov. 21.
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Pomp and controversy attend the opening of Clinton's presidential archives.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library has finally opened after months of delay and years of political infighting - conditions to which the Civil War president could certainly have related.
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Oprah Winfrey's new youth club opened Tuesday, a day after she returned to her native Kosciusko to dedicate the 32,000-square-foot facility she helped sponsor.
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Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton crossed campaign paths for the first time Sunday as they paid homage to civil rights activists who they said helped give them the chance to break barriers to the White House.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - Bill Clinton reveled in the  spotlight on Thursday as political friend and foe alike,  including two presidents named Bush, helped him dedicate his  $165 million presidential library, which highlights his  achievements with a little bit of Monica Lewinsky mixed in.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: A posse of presidents will mix with rock royalty and an expected 30,000 guests at the grand opening today of Bill Clinton&#39;s presidential library.
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Jack Valenti took a break from cleaning out his office the other day to expound on a subject he knows well: the art of persuasion. Over minestrone soup and hummus at his usual table at the restaurant in the Hay Adams Hotel, Valenti, the 82-year-old dean of Washington lobbyists, reflected on how Washington has changed and how lobbyists should operate here.
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On Saturday Itzhak Perlman  brought recent alumni of his Perlman Music Program to the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for the first event in a new three-concert series.