Graduation Day Across Miles in Wartime Germany and Iraq
Senior students at Wuerzburg High School graduate while 1st Infantry Division and parents from Iraq watch live. Fathers across the globe extend one day home on leave to witness diplomas as messages and a slide show travel from Germany to Camp Speicher.
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1St Infantry Division
Wuerzburg
Leighton Barracks
Iraq
Jeremy Rowley
Jeremy
Mary Phillips
Mary
Jessica Branch
Maj
Carlton Branch
Jessica
Germany
Dad
Walt Seely
Seely
Reiner Bretch
Marq
Frankfurt
Chris St. Cyr
Erin Ortiz
Reiner
Sam Ohhinang
Wuerzburg High School
Ing
Camp Speicher
Wuerzburg Army High School
Department of Defense
Europe
Bob Barker inducted into TV Hall of Fame in Los Angeles
Bob Barker 80 receives Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame honor in Los Angeles on Saturday. Action star Chuck Norris presents the award. Other inductees include Katie Couric and Dan Rather. Barker has hosted The Price Is Right for more than 30 years.
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Bob Barker
Academy of Television and Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame
Los Angeles
Barker
Chuck Norris
Kcal-Tv
Katie Couric
Dan Rather
Country star Toby Keith joins Barry Switzer in golf club buy
Country singer Toby Keith and former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer lead investors purchasing Belmar Golf Club near Norman Oklahoma. The group plans to convert the semi private course to fully private within a year and add locker rooms an events pavilion and a swimming complex. Keith backs projects with Switzer in housing and storage ventures.
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Associated Press
Toby Keith
University of Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
Keith
Switzer
Belmar Golf Club
Norman
Oklo
Academy of Country Music
Survivor Amber Brkich funds Beaver firefighting exhibit
Amber Brkich donated bikinis worn on Survivor to Beaver Area Historical Museum. Her display, marking firefighting in Beaver, attracted about 200 visitors as officials linked her to the town’s 170 year history of firefighting.
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Associated Press
Amber Brkich
Brkich
Pennsylvania
Beaver
Beaver Area
Amber
Mark Minor
Fahrenheit 9/11 heats up box office fight
Michael Moore stated the opening weekend earnings for Fahrenheit 9/11 as $21.8 million from 868 theaters in its first three days. The documentary surpassed Bowling for Columbine’s prior documentary box office record, taking the top spot in its debut.
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Associated Press
Michael Moore
Bush
Iraq
Moore
Diane Keaton Receives Utah Governor's Arts Honor
Academy Award winner Diane Keaton accepted Utah Governor Olene Walker's Award for Devotion to the Arts at the opening of the Museum of Utah History and Art in Salt Lake City. She credited Western art collecting sparked by a gift of Maynard Dixon works to her sister Corrie Hall.
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Associated Press
Utah
Keaton
Museum of Utah History and Art
Salt Lake City
Olene Walker
Corrie Hall
Maynard Dixon
Birthdays for Ruth Warrick Gary Busey Richard Lewis Ian Paice
Notable birthday list includes Ruth Warrick Gary Busey Richard Lewis Ian Paice Don Dokken Colin Hay Maria Conchita Alonso Evelyn King Sharon Lawrence Todd Sansom. The roster highlights actors musicians comedians and a country guitarist marking milestones today.
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Ruth Warrick
All My Children
Gary Busey
Richard Lewis
Ian Paice
Deep Purple
Don Dokken
Dokken
Colin Hay
Men At Work
Maria Conchita Alonso
Evelyn
Champagne"’ King
Sharon Lawrence
Todd Sansom
Marshall Dyllon
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Sgt
Donald Bretch
Bretch
Tikrit
Branch
Daddy-O
Herr Mortarboards
Desert
Diane Keaton
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