Fossett Delays Global Balloon Flight From Northam
American adventurer Steve Fossett postpones his sixth solo nonstop balloon flight from Northam Australia due to blustery conditions and storms over South America. The 58 year old Chicago businessman aims to become the first to circumnavigate the globe solo by balloon, with takeoff now expected next Tuesday. Fossett, noted for balloon and other records, previously placed fourth in the 1992 Iditarod, swam the English Channel in 1985, and competed in Le Mans in 1996.
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Zeta Jones Replaces Curtis as VoiceStream Spokeswoman
VoiceStream Wireless announces Catherine Zeta-Jones will replace Jamie Lee Curtis as the advertising spokeswoman in a rebranding move toward T-Mobile International. Deutsche Telekom owns the Bonn based unit, which acquired VoiceStream last year, with Zeta-Jones boosting appeal in London and Wales.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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T-Mobile International
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London
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VoiceStream
Festival tops Canadians in U S television
Banff Alberta hosts the Banff Television Festival where a panel names the Top 10 Canadians in U S television. Raymond Burr Jim Carrey Michael J Fox Lorne Greene William Shatner Rich Little Peter Jennings Robert MacNeil Morley Safer and Alex Trebek are honored.
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Alberta
Raymond Burr
Jim Carrey
Michael J. Fox
U.S
Lorne Greene
William Shatner
Rich Little
Peter Jennings
Robert MacNeil
Morley Safer
Alex Trebek
Banff Television Foundation
Gabriel Weds Mead Flynn at Sardinia Hotel
British singer Peter Gabriel married his partner Mead Flynn in a private ceremony at Li Capanni hotel near Sardinia's Emerald Coast. Publicist Caroline Turner said the Sunday ceremony was low key with friends and family, and the couple have been together five years.
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London
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History Journal Flag Day and Wartime Milestones
On June 14 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. The U S Army was founded in 1775 and Canada opened its first Parliament in 1841 in Kingston. In 1846 settlers proclaimed the Republic of California in Sonoma. In 1940 German troops entered Paris and Auschwitz concentration camp opened in German-occupied Poland.
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Kingston
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Sonoma
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Birthdays honor Steffi Graf and more in lists
A daily birthday roundup celebrates Steffi Graf turning 33 alongside Marla Gibbs at 71, Janet Lennon 56, Alan White 53, Eric Helden 44, Boy George 41, and Yasmine Bleeth 34. Graf leads the roster with a grand slam legacy noted.
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Marla Gibbs
Janet Lennon
the Lennon Sisters
Alan White
Yes
Eric Helden
Boy George
Yasmine Bleeth
Lottery draws and numbers from Wednesday and Thursday
The notice lists Powerball results with numbers 13 18 27 39 49 and Powerball 20, Kansas Pick 3 8 2 4, Super Kansas Cash 7 8 2 0 21 25 with Multipliers M1, and Kansas 2 by 2 red numbers 3 6 and white 9 22.
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Soviet music archive set for U S release of 400000 recordings
Moscow archives of seven decades of Soviet Ministry recordings, including Ros t ropovich and Nureyev, move toward U S distribution via Pipeline Music. 400000 items spanning Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Oistrakh, Robeson, Seeger, Cliburn, with private and state rights battles noted. Pipeline aims to release 20 titles this spring in the United States.
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Rudolf Nureyev
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South Korea
Japan
Hong Kong
United States
Pipeline
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MCA
Columbia Records
James Jolly
Gramophone Magazine
Sedgewick Clark
Musical America Directory
Russia
David Oistrakh
Prokofiev
Rostropovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Shostakovich
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Robeson
Pete Seeger
van Cliburn
Ussr Arts Group
Ostankino
Del
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Ussr
Diante
Stas Namin
Chesney named best country video at first CMT Frameworthy Awards
Kenny Chesney's Young wins best clip at the inaugural CMT Frameworthy Video Music Awards held at Gaylord Entertainment Center. He also takes best male video for the same work as performers like Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, and ZZ Top appear. The ceremony, hosted by Kathy Najimy, featured celebrities from country and pop and votes chosen by fans.
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Alan Jackson
Alison Krauss
Carrot Top
Verne J. Troyer
Brooks & Dunn
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ZZ Top
Kathy Najimy
Peggy Hill
Kenny Chesney
CMT
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