Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair

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Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair



In this Sept. 11, 2012, photo Hemingway curator Susan Wrynn, right, and intern Jessica Green collate documents from the Hemingway collection at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. Among letters written to Ernest Hemingway slated for repair are dispatches from public figures including Hollywood stars Ingrid Bergman and Marlene Dietrich, writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein, and Hemingway's editor Max Perkins. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)Ernest Hemingway was the famous writer, but it's the letters his friends wrote to him that are getting special treatment now.












Freeman redemption lifts Braves into playoffs



Atlanta Braves first baseman Freeman catches a pop fly hit by Baltimore Orioles' Wieters during the first inning of a spring training baseball game in Sarasota(Reuters) - Freddie Freeman put the bitter ending to last season behind him with a walk-off, two-run home run that clinched a National League playoff berth for the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. Freeman blasted the game-winner to give the Braves a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins, one year after he made the final out of the season that saw the team blow an 8 1/2-game lead in the wild card race. "This is the coolest thing I've ever had happen to me in my life," Freeman told reporters after being mobbed by team mates celebrating Atlanta's return to the post-season. "This is a dream come true. ...









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