Midwest floods ripple across states halt events and rise protests
Heavy rains blamed for at least five deaths as Indiana Kansas and Ohio face flash floods. Rescuers search for two missing motorists while bodies are recovered from drowned vehicles and a creek incident. Flood warnings stretch across 35 Indiana counties as U S Open tennis faces delays.
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Kansas
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Midwest
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Indianapolis
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Indi
Ohio
Cleveland
New York City
Blaine Cuts Ear in London News Conference
American illusionist David Blaine shocked journalists in London by drawing blood during a news conference while promoting a 44 day suspension in a plexiglass case by the River Thames. He will be sealed in a 7 by 7 by 3 foot enclosure near Tower Bridge with water and waste tubes.
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David Blaine
London
Reuters
Blaine
Shatner Headlines Charity Paintball Event for Disabled Children
William Shatner headlined a charity paintball tournament drawing at least 2,000 participants. The 72 year old Star Trek star promoted the event as fun and charitable, benefiting the Hollywood Charity Horse Show for disabled children. Organizer J J Brookshire noted Shatner was introduced to paintball at a similar prior event.
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William Shatner
Hollywood
J.J. Brookshire
Shatner
Tony Danza Celebrates Italian Heritage Festival in Clarksburg
Tony Danza showed pride at the 25th annual Italian Heritage Festival in Clarksburg welcoming attendees and calling it an Italian dream. He shared childhood stories, tap danced, played trumpet and piano, told jokes, and sang. Local resident John V. Lopez praised the crowd as the biggest Sunday turnout in 25 years.
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Tony Danza
Clarksburg
Danza
John V. Lopez
Lopez
Birthday chorus marks stars of stage and screen
Actress Eileen Brennan and Valerie Perrine celebrate birthdays along with entertainers Al Jardine Steve Jones Charlie Sheen and Costas Mandylor. The group spans film television and rock with notable careers in comedy drama and music.
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Sex Pistols
Charlie Sheen
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Picket Fences
Brosnan Wins Control of Cyber Squatted Domain
A UN panel in Geneva ordered transfer of www.piercebrosnan.com to Pierce Brosnan. Alberta Hot Rods of Alberta, Canada held the name, with no rights or interests and in bad faith, while the site linked to ads and offered no Brosnan information. The owner did not defend the claim.
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Pierce Brosnan
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Geneva
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Alberta Hot Rods
Alberta
Canada
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The
United Nations
Shakespeare gala for Charles and Camilla at Globe Theater
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles attended a charity evening at London's Globe Theater. Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes performed excerpts from Shakespeare as part of the gala raising at least 157000 dollars for The Prince's Trust to aid disadvantaged youths.
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Prince Charles
Camilla Parker Bowles
London
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Hollywood
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Charles
Thames River
Parker Bowles
Paltrow
Shakespeare In Love
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