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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2006
Page
9
A busy rail line splits a Jakarta shantytown where hundreds live between discarded-material homes. Residents step aside for trains every six minutes as AP photographer Ed Wray notes the vivid poverty. A UN report warns more people will live in cities than countryside, with one billion in slum housing.
More than 150 dogs compete in the Dog Agility Trials organized by the Iowa City Dog Obedience Club at the Iowa Equestrian Center on Kirkwood Community College campus Cedar Rapids. The event runs Friday through Sunday starting at 8 a.m. with spectators welcome and a $1 admission.
Jennifer Hudson faces backlash as Dreamgirls pushes Beyonce Knowles for Best Actress while Hudson is placed in Supporting. Critics say Hudson's Effie White is central and emotionally vital, with some noting her Broadway successor Jennifer Holliday won a lead Tony in 1982.
Parade interviews Ben Stiller about who he regards as the real comedians and why the public sees him as a top comic. He shares views on humor, career, and peers shaping American comedy.
Actor Wesley Snipes turned himself in to federal authorities in Orlando on a $1 million bond after being indicted in Florida on tax fraud charges. He allegedly claimed $12 million in refunds for 1996 and 1997 and failed to file returns 1999 through 2004. He may return to Namibia to complete filming and must stay in the U S thereafter, with a passport ban and travel limits.
Prince Charles will swap private jets and helicopters for commercial flights and trains to cut his carbon footprint. A Clarence House spokeswoman said the heir to the throne will convert Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles to biodiesel and switch to electricity from sustainable sources at his London and country homes. From February, a diary review will guide further reductions.
Public notices list several entertainment figures with birthdays including Kirk Douglas Dick Van Patten Buck Henry Judi Dench Beau Bridges Dan Hicks Michael Nouri Joan Armatrading John Malkovich Sylvia Joey Lando Felicity Huffman Brian Bell Jakob Dylan Allison Smith Jesse Metcalfe and Donny Osmond. The fragment also mentions Desperate Housewives The West Wing and The Wallflowers in connection to the celebrants.
Jay Hootie McShann, a Kansas City jazz pianist and bandleader who helped shape the bluesy Kansas City sound and introduced Charlie Parker to the world, died Thursday at age 90. No cause of death was given.
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