Berkeley faces boycott threat over antiwar stance
Berkeley residents and business owners react to a City Council resolution urging an end to bombing Afghanistan. Critics warn of economic backlash while supporters say the measure upholds free speech and condemns the 9 11 attacks. Local leaders cite emails, lost bookings, and cautious economic signals amid national political tension.
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Berkeley
Calif
Afghanistan
Shirley Dean
Dean
Brij Misra
Radisson
Berkeley Marina
Misra
Kriss Worthington
Lee Jester
Craftsman Home
Johnny Cash readmitted with bronchitis in hospital
Singer Johnny Cash, 69, is back in Baptist Hospital with bronchitis in stable condition. He was released from a Nashville hospital on Oct 22 after two weeks of treatment and has a history of autonomic neuropathy increasing pneumonia risk, with multiple hospitalizations since 1998.
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Associated Press
Johnny Cash
Cash
Baptist Hospital
Melissa Cantrell
Nashville
Sue
Illness Becomes Strength for Jerri Nielsen
Dr. Jerri Nielsen recounts treating her own breast cancer for months at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. She spoke at the Denver Distinguished Lecture Series about how the disease colored her life and the support from a machinist and a welder who helped with IVs, slides, and chemotherapy after she was retrieved by plane.
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Associated Press
Jerri Nielsen
South Pole
Denver
Nielsen
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Antarctica
United States
Heidi Fleiss rises again with new projects and romance
Hollywood figure Heidi Fleiss recently moved in with actor Tom Sizemore after nearly a year together. She is promoting an unrated DVD Sex Tips with Heidi Fleiss and Victoria Sellers, working on a one woman show and a book tentatively titled A Hooker Book. Victoria Sellers and Fleiss describe the project as candid sexual advice and Hollywood outreach with playful trouble.
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Knight Ridder
Hollywood
Heidi Fleiss
Tom Sizemore
Victoria Sellers
Los Angeles Times
Fleiss
Peter Sellers
Britt Ekland
Heidi
Victoria
Crawford joins Babystyle design venture with Bloomingdale’s
Supermodel Cindy Crawford partners with Babystyle.com to design upscale maternity fashions sold at four Bloomingdale’s stores including the New York flagship. The rollout will expand to other retailers as Crawford promotes the line while noting that maternity shopping feels like a subculture. She serves as spokesperson for eStyle, the umbrella firm behind Babystyle.com and Kidstyle.com.
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Associated Press
Cindy Crawford
Babystyle.com
Bloomingdale’s
New York
Crawford
Bloomingdale
eStyle
Kidstyle.com
Donor Papers Preserve Starzl Liver Transplant Legacy
Renowned surgeon Thomas E. Starzl donated his personal papers to the University of Pittsburgh Library System after staff contemplated discarding about 200 linear feet of material. The collection mainly covers 1981 onward, the year he joined Pitt from the University of Colorado, with the library preserving his transplant era work.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Starzl
Starzl
University of Pittsburgh
University of Colorado
Birthday milestones for notable musicians and actors today
Country singer Charlie Walker is 75, singer Earl “Speedo” Carroll of The Cadillacs and The Coasters is 64, actress Stefanie Powers is 77, keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer would be 74, bassist Bobby Dall of Poison and singer Alvin Chea of Take 6 are marked without ages in the list.
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Charlie Walker
Earl
Speedo
Carroll
The
Cadillacs
Coasters
Stefanie Powers
Keith Emerson
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
K.d. Long
Bobby Dall
Poison
Alvin Chea
Take
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