Hootie and the Blowfish donate to SC education program
Pop rock band Hootie and the Blowfish donated 60000 dollars to a family learning and reading program. Governor Jim Hodges attended at the Timmonsville Education Center where the commitment was announced. The center serves the town schools and the band’s foundation supports education and school music programs. The band rose to fame in the mid 1990s with Cracked Rear View selling nearly 16 million copies.
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Jim Hodges
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Dead Man Walking author eyes shift in death penalty policy
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, visited Oregon to support the Life for a Life Campaign aimed at placing a statewide measure on the November 2002 ballot to replace capital punishment with a mandatory life term. The drive requires 89,000 valid signatures to qualify.
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America
Helen Prejean
Oregon
United States
Prejean
Portland State University
Sean Penn
Susan Sarandon
Gilberto Gil to Record Marley Tribute Album in Jamaica
Brazilian pop star Gilberto Gil records 12 Bob Marley songs at Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica. The album, produced by Marley’s label, is set for release in early 2002 with Gil delivering a Brazilian spin on staples like Could You Be Loved and Rastaman Vibration.
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Jamaica
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Wainwright
Steamboat Willie Debuts as Disney’s Sound Cartoon
A history roundup notes key events including Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premiering in 1928 as the first successful sound synchronized animated cartoon starring Mickey Mouse. It also cites Standard Time adoption in 1883 and Jackie Robinson’s 1949 MVP award. It mentions Leo J. Ryan’s 1978 Jonestown deaths and the mass murder-suicide by 912 cult members in Guyana.
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Mickey Mouse
United States
Canada
Jackie Robinson
Dodgers
California
Leo J. Ryan
Jonestown
Guyana
The
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Birthday list notes ages for Chloe Sevigny and others
A calendar of birthdays for Chloe Sevigny age 27 Senator Ted Stevens 78 Brad Sullivan 70 Hank Ballard 65 Brenda Vaccaro 62 Linda Evans 59 Kevin Nealon 48 Elizabeth Perkins 41 Kirk Hammett 39 Duncan Sheik 32 Chloe Sevigny appears again in the list.
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Chloe Sevigny
Ted Stevens
R-Alaska
Brad Sullivan
Hank Ballard
Brenda Vaccaro
Linda Evans
Kevin Nealon
Elizabeth Perkins
Kirk Hammett
Metallica
Duncan Sheik
Unified Messaging technology gains momentum
The Journal-World previews Unified Messaging as a system to integrate computer, phone, and fax communications. The article notes growing need to organize diverse messaging and promises full coverage in Monday edition.
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Journal-World
Comics Code fades as Marvel adopts child rating system
Marvel replaces the Comics Code with a rating approach mirroring film standards, amid three new titles pushing language and violence. The shift follows decades of self regulation, with remaining Code members DC Dark Horse and Archie, and amid debate on government scrutiny.
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Montgomery
Ala
Spider-Man
Captain America
Comics Code Authority
Marvel
Joe Quesada
Senate
America
EC Comics
Michael Silberkleit
Archie Comics
Chris Bleistein
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Dark Horse
Archie
Bleistein
Brian Michael Bendis
Silberkleit
Michael Martens
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut Democrat
Dan Gerstein
Holly Koenig
Comics Magazine Association of America
Marvel Comics
Fury
Alias
Art patron Cantor's artist friend battles stroke and loss
Raymond Whyte, famed painter adored by Cantor Fitzgerald founder B Gerald Cantor, suffered a stroke that ended his right hand's use and later lost works in the Sept 11 attacks. Now 78, Whyte hopes to paint again despite slim prospects, recalling ties to Cantor and private collections of Forbes and Getty.
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Spring Hill
Fla
Raymond Whyte
B. Gerald Cantor
Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Company
World Trade Center
Whyte
Erica
Ment
Gulf
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor
Whytes
New York
Erica Whyte
Malcolm Forbes
J. Paul Getty
Iris
Rodin
Scalzo
Harvard Professor Delves Into Hip Hop With Debut CD
Harvard African American studies professor Cornel West released his debut album Sketches of My Culture on Artemis Records. The album fuses hip hop with Afrocentric themes and aims to spark thoughtful content in a genre often focused on money and sex. West emphasizes dignity and black history while avoiding pure rap stereotypes and notes his beginner status in music.
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Boston
Cornel West
Harvard University
West
Aretha Franklin
Jay-Z
Artemis Records
Kurupt
Baha Men
America
King
Sacramento
Calif
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