Freeman wins 400 meters gold in symbolic Aboriginal win
Cathy Freeman becomes the first Aboriginal athlete to win individual Olympic gold in the women’s 400 meters with a 49.11 second victory. She paraded with Aboriginal and Australian flags as millions celebrate a milestone for reconciliation and national unity. Lorraine Graham and Katherine Merry finish behind. Freeman speaks of sharing the moment with family and Australia.
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Cathy Freeman
Sydney
Freeman
Swatch
Lorraine Graham
Jamaica
Katherine Merry
Great Britain
Sheen Attacks Hollywood Sleaze Amid Dayton Fundraiser
Actor Martin Sheen, visiting Dayton Ohio to raise funds for Democratic candidates, denounces Hollywood as sleaze saying Lieberman is right to criticize the film industry. He calls much of the work driven by gratuitous sex and violence rather than art and supports Democratic causes.
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Josiah Bartlet
White House
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Freeman to open fine dining restaurant in Clarksdale
Freeman and lawyer Bill Luckett plan Madidi in Clarksdale Mississippi a French inspired restaurant with an extensive wine list. Freeman says it will open by November aiming to draw locals and Delta visitors seeking quality dining and not rely on his fame. Tana Vassel says the venture could improve Clarksdale's image by offering upscale dining instead of fast food.
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Fine Actor
Delta
Morgan Freeman
Bill Luckett
Clarksdale
Miss
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Charleston
Michael Jordan
Tana Vassel
Clarksdale-Coahoma County
Media figure Bernstein laments news as a freak show
Former Watergate investigator Aaron Bernstein, now editor of Vater.com, says journalism is drifting from truth and context. He warned at Bodowin College in Brunswick, Maine that media increasingly bears little relation to the communities it serves and resembles a freak show.
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Arl Bernstein
Bernstein
Vater.com
Bodowin College
Brunswick
Maine
Carreras dedicates Moscow concert to Kursk victims
Jose Carreras, 53, dedicates a Te concert in Moscow to 118 sailors who died when the Kursk nuclear submarine sank in August. He says he knows pain and that music gives strength to fight on. Officials have not determined the disaster cause.
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Jose Carreras
Moscow
Kursk
Barents Sea
Carreras
Kremlin Palace of Congresses
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Baez Overcomes Stage Fright With Therapist’s Help
The folk singer Joan Baez recalls severe stage fright early in her career and credits years of therapy with transforming her. From Marquette Michigan she says singing is now work but she absolutely enjoys performing and traveling with her band and tour bus.
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Marquette
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