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• The United States Mint this week began shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program. The quarter design depicts Angelou with outstretched arms. Behind her are a bird in flight and a rising sun, images inspired by her poetry. Angelou, an American singer, actress, author, poet and civil-rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis in 1928, she moved with her older brother to Stamps, where their grandmother owned a grocery store, when her parents divorced. Both Angelou and her brother eventually moved with their mother to San Francisco. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama. The mint's program will issue 20 quarters over the next four years honoring women and their achievements in shaping the nation's histor ....
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri has named a choral hall after musician Sheryl Crow who graduated from the school in 1984 with a degree in music education. The Columbia Missourian reports that the newly named hall is located inside of the Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center. ....