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For the third consecutive year, Salisbury University and the Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts will ...

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Trump sending Marines to LA will cost $134 million, and folks think he'll cut the check to ultimately get what he wants.

Produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts, the National Folk Festival began in 1934 and has since become the nation's longest-running traditional arts event, according to its website.

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We’ll get the question with a little less suspense out of the way first, as we asked whether or not you fine folks were ...

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