Guatemalan girl seeks roots through DNA links and memories
Becker, a Mayan woman raised in Iowa after surviving a mountain hideout and the death of her sister, returns to Guatemala to test DNA connections with surviving relatives. Anthropologists collect blood samples while authorities issue her father’s old ID card as she contemplates visiting a clandestine cemetery amid lingering military hostility.
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Becker
Guatemala City
Algona
Iowa
Sie
Physicians For Human Rights
Xococ
Denise Becker
Julia Sic
Dorothy Sic
Rabinal
Guatemala
Blane
Rio Negro
Springsteen debuts political song about Diallo at MSG
Bruce Springsteen opens a 10 night sold out run at Madison Square Garden with American Skin a new track about Amadou Diallo the unarmed West African immigrant killed by four plainclothes officers. The song questions what Diallo held and the 41 shots fired while avoiding direct naming.
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Springsteen
Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Amadou Diallo
Diallo
Atlanta
Chris Phillips
Backstreets
Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger romance rumors on set
Vanity Fair details Jim Carrey's unrequited love for Renee Zellweger during Me Myself and Irene filming. Zellweger recalls friendship and Carrey's heartbreak while director Peter Farrelly notes his emotional struggle aided the comedy. Also notes Zellweger's Bridget Jones diet shift and Bacharach canceling June shows after shoulder surgery.
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Jim Carrey
Renee Zellweger
Myself
Irene
Zellweger
Carrey
Peter Farrelly
Vanity Fair
Jim
Farrelly
Charlie
Jerry Maguire
Bridget Jones
Art Bacharach
Bacharach
Kennedy leaves fund-raiser as carpenters clash outside
Edward Kennedy departed a cocktail reception last Thursday at Gallagher's hosted by Michael Ford of the District Council of Carpenters when two union officials fought in the street. No arrests were made.
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Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
New York City
Genceeenns Reveals 75 Pound Weight Loss Milestone
The person discussed their weight loss of 75 pounds over two years and shared measurements 44-34-44 with a reporter, expressing pride in the results.
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Genceeenns
Prince Opens Paisley Park Studios Public Tour
Fans from Scotland Norway and Japan crowded Paisley Park in Chanhassen Minnesota on Wednesday for Prince 42nd birthday tours about 150 queued for 15 tickets or 70 VIP packets purchased in advance Kjersti Stolan 26 of Norway skipped a final exam to attend saying she would likely need to makeup the class and that the exam would come again next year.
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Scotland
Norway
Japan
Paisley Park
Chanhassen
Minn
Kjersti Stolan
Walkway plaques honor Princess Diana across London parks
A seven mile path through St James's Park Green Park Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens will display 80 embedded plaques with a rose emblem. The first plaques were installed on Thursday highlighting Kensington Palace Buckingham Palace St James's Palace and Spencer House where the princess lived or worked.
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London
Diana
St. James’s Park
Green Park
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Kensington Palace
Buckingham Palace
St. James’s Palace
Prince Charles
Spencer House
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