Flood-prone Hallig Groede Home To Small German Community
On Hallig Groede a 684 acre flood-prone island off Germany's coast hosts 15 residents in four houses with a school and church. Fiete Nissen ferries mail from Schluettsiel when tides allow while stockpiled food covers months. Residents rely on warften, seasonal tourism, coastal protection work, and grazing duties for income.
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Allig
Halligen
Wadden Sea
Warften
Groece
Germany
Christine Fleeth
Mommsen
Erik
Tade
Groede
Hallig Groede
National Coastal Protection Institution
Petersen
Fiete Nissen
Reiner Mommsen
Nissen
North Sea
Schluettsiel
Langeness
Foehr
Helmut Petersen
Lucy Hikmat
Frieda Mommsen
Perak Sultan Names Yeoh Datuk For Honors
The Sultan of Perak awards Michelle Yeoh the title of datuk in recognition of her acting career. Yeoh, once Miss Malaysia and star of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Tomorrow Never Dies, resides in Hong Kong.
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Knight Ridder
Ichelle Yeoh
Perak
Agence
France-Press
Yeoh
John to auction 20 cars from rock star collection
Associated Press reports John plans a June 5 auction of 20 cars from his long held collection. Christies in London will handle the sale with items from Aston Martin Bentley and Rolls Royce. Highlights include a 1973 Rolls Royce Phantom VI, a blue Aston Martin V8, and a 1963 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Saloon.
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Associated Press
John
Christie’s
London
Aston Martin
Bentley
Rolls-Royce
Crystal Directs 61 The saga of Maris and Mantle HBO Debut
Directors Syndicate notes Crystal calls 61 not a baseball movie but a study of two damaged rivals and friends. He recalls Mantle moving in with Maris in Queens during the summer of 1961 to help with drinking and the intense Yankees season.
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Creators Syndicate
Ily
Crystal
Roger Maris
Mickey Mantle
HBO
Yankee Stadium
Mickey
Roger
Maris
Mantle
Queens
Hart Embraces NASCAR Craze and Driving School Plans
Hart reveals she uses the Internet to follow NASCAR and racing news. She credits the Long Beach Celebrity Grand Prix with changing her life and says she will enroll in Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving when Sabrina hiatus begins to improve her skills.
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Associated Press
Elissa Joan Hart
Nascar
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Cart
Long Beach
Teen
Hart
Bob Bondurant School of High Performance
Messina Plans Race for the Cure Run in Washington DC
Country star Jo Dee Messina will run in the Race for the Cure in Washington DC on June 2 and perform at the closing ceremony. She has arranged pledge sheets from her site www jodeemessina com for fans to sponsor her. The event benefits the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation as she aims to help find a cure.
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Associated Press
Jo Dee Messina
Race For the Cure
Washington
D.C
Messina
Jodeemessina
AP Radio
Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
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Tos
Malaysia
Billy Crystal
Melissa Joan Hart
the Cure
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