Inside the Eiffel Tower's hidden machinery and daily life
An AP tour reveals the tower’s inner workings with 500 staff maintaining hydraulic motors, gears, and cables, while elevators lift 18,000 visitors daily. The Paris monument nets 7 million annual visitors and posted 2007 profits of 1.82 million for its managing company, owned by shareholders including the city of Paris.
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Eiffel Tower
Yves Camaret
Associated Press
Seine
Streep and Penn win top SAG Awards in Los Angeles
Meryl Streep for Doubt and Sean Penn for Milk lead acting wins at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Slumdog Millionaire takes the best cast prize while Heath Ledger and Kate Winslet earn supporting honors. Ledger’s posthumous nod was accepted by Gary Oldman.
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Sean Penn
Harvey Milk
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Kate Winslet
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Liberia Declares War on Caterpillar Invasion
Liberia establishes a command post in Gbarnga to manage a pest invasion affecting 65 towns. Officials seek international agricultural experts as millions of caterpillars devastate crops like banana, plantain, coffee and cocoa and clog wells.
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Liberia
Ministry of Agriculture
Gbarnga
Phone etiquette for public use in the digital age
The piece advises using phones considerately in public to avoid nuisance and safety hazards. It recommends asking before taking photos or video, keeping conversations quiet, and stepping away for calls. It suggests staying 10 feet away from others, silencing ringtones, and texting for outgoing calls to reduce distraction.
Miss America 2009 eager to begin duties
Miss America 2009 Katie Stam says as a child she viewed the title as a figure but grew to see the role as a real job. The 22 year old Indiana University student notes she will start as goodwill ambassador for the Children’s Miracle Network the moment she wears the crown.
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Associated Press
Katie Stam
Siam
University of Indianapolis
Children’s Miracle Network
McCartneys Friend Nancy Shevell Declared Free to Remarry
New York Supreme Court finalizes Nancy Shevell divorce on December 9 allowing her to wed Paul McCartney. Both reside in the Hamptons and coverage appears in Sunday Mirror and other British papers.
Bahamian lawmaker detained in alleged extortion plot linked to Travolta
Us Weekly reports Obie Witchcombe says Bahama parliamentarian Pleasant Bridgewater told him someone was doing something untoward after John Travolta's son Jett died. Witchcombe relayed the warning to Travolta's lawyers. details remain undisclosed.
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Associated Press
John Travolta
Jett
Us Weekly
Obie Witchcombe
Bahamas
Pleasant Bridgewater
Travolta
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