Illinois suit targets Dave Matthews Band over river waste
Illinois filed a lawsuit against the Dave Matthews Band alleging the bus dumped as much as 800 pounds of liquid waste into the Chicago River near Kinzie Street Bridge on Aug. 8. Affected tour boat passengers numbered about 100 with no serious injuries reported. The suit centers on a bus rented by the group and driver Stefan A Wohl during a transit episode on the riverfront.
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Heche Joins Everwood Cast for Third Season
Anne Heche will join the WB drama Everwood as Aman da Carver, the town’s patron saint, alongside Treat Williams who stars as a brain surgeon. Scott Wolf also joins the third season premiering September 13 at 8 p.m. in New York.
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Rawls to receive honorary doctorate at Wilberforce University
Grammy winner Lou Rawls will receive an honorary doctorate from Wilberforce University in Ohio this Saturday during a Fraze Pavilion concert in Kettering. The longtime UNCF fundraiser has helped raise over 200 million dollars for historically disadvantaged students and the telethon began in 1980.
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Notable historical milestones and a fatal case in 1986
Highlights include the 1920 declaration of the 19th Amendment granting women the vote, Lindbergh’s death in 1974, Albino Luciani becoming Pope John Paul I in 1978, and Jennifer Levin’s 1986 death in New York’s Central Park in the preppie murder case.
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Birthday notices for Ferraro Bradlee Olander Young Culkin
Geraldine Ferraro turns 69 with former Democratic vice presidential nominee status noted. Benjamin Bradlee aged 83, noted former Washington Post executive editor. Country musician Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio is 43, rock drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt is 35, actor Macaulay Culkin is 24.
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Fall TV previews highlight scarce comedies this season
NBC shifts away from Friends with Joey spinoff while reality shows rise to six new series. ABC CBS and Fox offer dramas and comedies including Hawaii Medican Investigation Veronica Mars Kevin Hill Second Time Around and Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show as WB reshapes with The Mountain Jack & Bobby and Studio 7.
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Documentary deglamorizes gang life on HBO
HBO's Back in the Hood: Gang War 2 revisits Little Rock scene from 1994 Gang War following ex-leader Leifer Jackson as he seeks to steer youth away from crime. The program contrasts glamour with the cost of violence including a paralyzed former gang member.
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Live Music Listings Across Kansas City Venues Tonight
Best Bets headline acts at Ranchhands The Jaz zhaus Oh Yeah and Jackpot Saloon with John Pizzarelli at The Blue Room plus Machine Head Chimaira and Trivium at The Granada. Also shows by Teresa James The Tablerockets Conner Modulator Jack pot Saloon and Abe Jake's Landing with multiple venues midweek.
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