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Fundraisers planned for Sacramento student fatally struck by car
January 27, 2012

West Campus High mourns student who was hit by car
January 23, 2012

'Theatre of Lights' continues to brighten up Old Sacramento
December 23, 2011

Christmas tree lighting event tonight in Old Sacramento
November 23, 2011

Between the Lines: Holiday themes abound in books for adults, too
December 05, 2011

Mono Lake like another planet east of Sierra
November 27, 2011

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Mark Twain Videos

January 24 is National Compliment Day
January 24, 2012 | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC

Mark Twain's "Monument to Adam" Raising Some Eyebrows
January 16, 2012 | WETM NBC 18 Elmira

Mark Twain Cultural Center closes at Lake Tahoe
January 09, 2012 | KRNV Reno

Mark Twain Wikipedia Information

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel,...

Quotes

"While the novel is primarily about freedom, it is one of the first to deal with prejudice."

— Mark Twain on August 21, 2011

"I am not hurrying my love- it is my love hurrying me.... As to what I am going to be, henceforth, it is a thing which must be proven & established. I am upon the right path- I shall succeed, I hope. Men as lost as I, have found a Savior, & why not I?"

— Mark Twain on April 20, 2010

Sacramento Connect

“Mark Twain” Returns to Sacramento and Encourages Family Reading
September 30, 2011
Mark Twain, in the person of McAvoy Layne of Incline Village, entertained a large audience at the Central Library Thursday September 29. The Access Sacramento...

Special Railtown train ride honors Mark Twain
July 19, 2011
Railtown 1897, home of the "movie star" locomotives, is offering a special evening train ride honoring the great American writer Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain...

Mark Twain stamp to be unveiled in Old Sacramento
June 21, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring Mark Twain with a new stamp that will debut in Old Sacramento. The public is invited to attend the stamp's dedication which...

Road trip to the Mother Lode
July 27, 2011
Huell Howser, the avuncular host of the PBS California's Gold series, recently took his Road Trip crew on a ramble through the Mother Lode country of Tuolumne...

Not a review of the California State Fair
July 18, 2011
Ah, the California State Fair. Where mobs and mobs of people pay outrageous parking fees and then fork over $395 at the admission gate. Actually, that’s just an...

KVMR to build new home in reconstructed “tin sheds” behind Nevada Theatre
July 07, 2011
Here’s a press release from KVMR: NEVADA CITY, CA — KVMR community radio 89.5 fm and the historic Nevada Theatre will join forces to build a new home for the...

Other local news reports

Thomas D. Elias: State's big water deals look shaky
November 26, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
'' Often attributed to Mark Twain, circa... Regardless of whether America's greatest author and wit of the 19th century actually made that pithy comment, and some Mark Twain... ...

PERCEPTIONS: Second chair
October 31, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Lately, I have been enjoying the writings of Mark Twain. I keep coming across passages that are so perfectly written that I read them over and over. I also vow never to write...

Steven Greenhut: Find reform at city hall, not in Sacramento
September 18, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
As Judge Gideon Tucker (and also attributed to Mark Twain) exclaimed,'' No Man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.'' You are... ...

From around the web

Beneath the Planet of the Twains
February 10, 2012 | MetaFilter
On January 20th, 2012 Hodgman's impossible dream became reality: Presenting Dana Gould as Doctor Zaius as Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain. ...

Blog: Guinness confirms world's oldest living twins - Scottish sisters age 102
February 07, 2012 | Latest news updates from RGJ.com
The pair were born when Mark Twain and Florence Nightingale were still alive and humans had not yet made it to the South Pole. ...

Dan Carpenter: Waking' em up to Naptown
February 05, 2012 | indystar.com
But as Mark Twain and our own Kurt Vonnegut had occasion to do, let us declare rumors that we were dead to be greatly exaggerated. It's a shame they've been resurrected. And...

A Timeless 5 Step Sales Philosophy From Mark Twain
January 30, 2012 | Small Business Trends
They actually have changed very little since 1865, when Mark Twain created what might be one of the first sales training manuals...

The Cost of Doing Business: Foxconn, Apple and the Fate of the Modern Worker
January 27, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
'' - Mark Twain Image: Samsung Galaxy Tab The dilemma created by the source of our products can be explained in a utilitarian framework. Utilitarianism,'' is generally held to...

Aside from new parent, no changes expected at St. Joseph's, Mark Twain
January 23, 2012 | Recordnet News Headlines
STOCKTON - The largest health care providers in San Joaquin and Calaveras counties are now part of Dignity Health, the new name of San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West. ...

Mark Twain on twitter

	RT @Seerat_Deep: RT @FamilyiTrips: “The only person who likes change is a wet baby.” ~ Mark Twain #quote Twitter: @Eme_Morales
	RT @Deisterweg: “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” - Mark Twain Twitter: @andre_beer
	"Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied." Mark Twain Twitter: @salvimaris
	Although change is inevitable, we find it hard to embrace it. Mark Twain once said, “The only person who likes change is a wet baby.” :-D Twitter: @nonynonz
	Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ― Mark Twain Twitter: @mhelhanee
	Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain http://t.co/0zdrBrqO Twitter: @HADumais