Weekend Box Office Tops in 2000s Phone Booth Debut
The film Phone Booth starring Colin Farrell led the weekend box office with 15.0 million dollars as the top film. What a Girl Wants with Amanda Bynes opened second at 12.1 million, followed by A Man Apart at 11.2 million. The rest of the top ten included Head of State, Bringing Down the House, The Core, Basic, Chicago, Agent Cody Banks, and Piglet's Big Movie. In Illinois, Governor Rod Blagojevich and Patti welcomed daughter Anne Blagojevich after a Mexican restaurant outing, with the birth timing described as speedy and the mother experiencing profound symptoms.
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Clinton confronts Gere at Manhattan Vogue party over AIDS remarks
The New York Post reports Bill Clinton defended Hillary by pulling Richard Gere aside at a Manhattan A list event hosted by Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta for Queen Noor’s Leap of Faith. Gere angrily criticized federal AIDS research funding at a February 5 fundraiser. Clinton told Gere the record would be set straight in private.
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Mount Airy petitions for its own Sheriff Taylor statue
About 7 500 residents and fans of The Andy Griffith Show signed a petition urging TV Land to erect a bronze Sheriff Andy Taylor statue in Mount Airy North Carolina. TV Land plans a Raleigh statue for all of North Carolina, while Mount Airy officials seek a local tribute.
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History Highlights from April 7
On April 7 1953 the U N General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden as secretary general In 1862 Union forces led by General Ulysses S Grant defeated the Confederates at Shiloh Tennessee In 1945 American planes intercepted a Japanese fleet bound for Okinawa during World War II On April 7 1947 Henry Ford died at 83 and in 1948 the World Health Organization was founded.
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Homeless to Harvard story charts Liz Murray’s rise
The Liz Murray tale of poverty and resilience follows a Bronx girl from sleeping on subway rooftops to earning a New York Times scholarship and admission to Harvard. Timed with a Lifetime movie, Murray urges viewers to see life changes as simple choices and personal empowerment.
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U S prison population hits record 2 million in 2002
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that total prisoners and jail inmates topped 2.0 million in 2002, driven by tough sentencing for drugs and other crimes. Federal counts lead at about 162,000, with Kansas up 2.5 percent year over year and overall rates rising 2.8 percent from 2001.
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Daughter from Danang Nominated for Academy Award on American Experience
Asian American memoir chronicles a Vietnamese mother and her daughter Heidi reunited after 1975. Raised in Pulaski Tennessee Heidi, who speaks no Vietnamese, grapples with shifting affections and family war scarred divisions. The piece explores guilt, estrangement, and the cost of silence across decades.
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Plans for Bali and Singapore attacks by al Qaida cell exposed
Investigators said a Jemaah Islamiyah network in Singapore planned to attack U S and allied embassies using hazardous materials. The group conducted recon, filmed embassies, and shared fake papers for Moussaoui while attackers plotted from mid 1999 to 2000.
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Polio drive faces Muslim mistrust in Uttar Pradesh
Health official Girish Chandra Chaturvedi criticizes propaganda that portrays vaccines as harmful to Muslims. Helicopters dropped pamphlets in Muslim areas urging parents to vaccinate children at polio centers amid fears. Cricket stars back immunization as India remains polio endemic along with Nigeria Niger Egypt Somalia Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Gas price drop aids motorists amid Middle East jitters
Gas prices fell about six cents a gallon nationwide over two weeks as oil market worries eased. Trilby Lundberg cites greater certainty about Middle East supplies, with average pump price near $1.70 Friday across 8,000 stations.
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