Mandela named honorary Canadian citizen second foreigner
Prime Minister Jean Chretien welcomed Nelson Mandela as the second foreigner to receive honorary Canadian citizenship calling him a citizen of the world and of Canada. J K Rowling urged Britain to aid over 1 million single-parent families amid persistent child poverty.
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Canada
Nelson Mandela
Jean Chretien
Mandela
Raoul Wallenberg
Europe
Wallenberg
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
Rowling
National Council For One Parent Families
London
Elizabeth honors Christopher Lee with CBE at Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II awarded 79-year-old Christopher Lee the Commander of the British Empire for services to entertainment during an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Lee, famed for Hammer horror roles in Horror of Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein, also stars as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and portrays Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel.
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Elizabeth II
Dracula
Buckingham Palace
Christopher Lee
Lee
Britain
Hammer Horror Studio
Saruman the White
Ulr.r. Talkien
United States
Count Dooku
Notable 18th to 20th Century U.S. History Milestones
A concise retrospective lists key events: North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution as the 12th state in 1789. Edison announced the phonograph in 1877. Alaska highway crossing opened in 1942. Verrazano Narrows Bridge debuted in 1964. Nixon aide revealed the Watergate gap in 1973. MGM Grand fire tragedy in Las Vegas killed 87 in 1980.
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North Carolina
Thomas A. Edison
Alaska
Canada
New York
Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Nixon
J. Fred Buzhardt
White House
Mgm Grand Hotel
Las Vegas
Nev
Birthdays for Musial and fellow entertainers
Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial turns 81 today. Actress Marlo Thomas is 64. Actress Juliet Mills is 60. Comedian director Harold Ramis is 57. TV producer Marcy Carsey is 57. Actress Goldie Hawn is 56. Singer Bjork is 36. Actress Jena Malone is 17. Stan Musial
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Stan Musial
Marlo Thomas
Juliet Mills
Harold Ramis
Marcy Carsey
Goldie Hawn
Bjork
Jena Malone
Parks and Recreation Runs 108 Youth Basketball Teams
Tomorrow's 18 and Under section highlights youth basketball as the Parks and Recreation Department operates 108 teams for ages kindergarten through seventh grade. The program emphasizes hoops skill and sportsmanship as it grows in popularity.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Macy s parade duty no holiday for Bracken
Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade producer Bill Bracken works midnight to 3 a.m. setup and 9 a.m. air, overseeing a 75th annual telecast with Katie Couric Matt Lauer and Al Roker. NBC crews, 15 balloons and 21 floats march from Manhattan to Herald Square on Thanksgiving Day.
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New York
Bill Bracken
Bracken
NBC
Brad Lachman
Jennifer Lopez
Katie Couric
Matt Lauer
al Roker
Upper West Side
Herald Square
Macy's Department
34Th Street
Broadway
Bracken, “and We're On the Air At 9.” Couric
Lauer
Roker
77Th Street
Central Park West
Couric
Lachman, Bracken
Gary Halverson
Farflung
O'Reilly Considers Radio Rival to Limbaugh Show
Bill O'Reilly is reportedly pursuing a syndicated middays radio program via Westwood One to challenge Rush Limbaugh, while Limbaugh plans a cochlear implant and may face new competing voices. No official comments were issued.
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Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly
Fox News Channel
O'Reilly
Westwood One
Limbaugh
U.S
Infinity
Geraldo Rivera
FNC
Rivera
USO style show brightens Ground Zero recovery area
At Tribeca Playhouse a free off Broadway show greets search and recovery workers from World Trade Center rubble. Performers and volunteers bring humor and music to noisy recovery sites, with stars like Mary Testa and Darius DeHaas appearing for hard hat audiences rebuilding New York.
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New York
Ground Zero
World Trade Center
Tribeca Playhouse
USO
Jeff Cohen
Trade Center
David Contessa
U.S
Tiny Playhouse
Big Tal
Contessa
Mary Testa
Darius DeHaas
Joanna Glushak
Kim Cea
Karin Sanders
American Airlines
Sanders
Fort Lauderdale
Flo
Bob Cummings
Chris Russell
Verizon
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Ian McKellen
Tony Blair
Labor
Radio Times
Blair
Labor Party
Chris Smith
Kansas
2Day’s History Journal
2Day
Macy's
Wwiwnyetourist.com
Macys
Sunflower
Metropolitan Opera
LYS
WTC
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