John Wayne stamp to honor birthplace tribute in Winterset
Wayne's birthplace in Winterset Iowa will host a U S Postal Service ceremony unveiling a 37 cent Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring John Wayne born 1907 died 1979. Wayne-Munoz attends. stamp based on 1962 publicity still for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
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Winterset
Iowa
John Wayne
Wayne
Melinda Wayne-Munoz
U.S. Postal Service
Drew Struzan
Man
Liberty Valance
Grauman’s
Hollywood
Calif
Hefner Sky Villa to rise atop Palms Las Vegas tower
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner will bring a 12 000 square foot Sky Villa to the Palms resort Las Vegas. The two story suite will include a glass elevator indoor and outdoor pools and a Strip view. A licensing deal covers branding for the tower nightclub casino lounge and a Playboy store.
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Las Vegas
Hugh Hefner
Palms Hotel
The
Palms
Nevada
Playboy
Bill Farley
Canadian court sets trial for Ja Rule in Toronto assault case
Toronto rapper Ja Rule whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins will face a charge of assault causing bodily harm after a pretrial hearing. A tentative March 7 to 11 trial at Ontario Court was scheduled as the performer did not attend the hearing. Evidence details are under a publication ban to protect jury impartiality.
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Toronto
Jeffrey Atkins
Ontario
Ja Rule
History Journal Highlights From October Dates Across Centuries
The record recalls the Stamp Act Congress meeting in New York on October 7 1765 to draft colonial grievances against Britain. It notes East Germany forming in 1949, Pope John Paul I’s U S tour ending with a Mass on the Washington Mall in 1979, the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro with 400 aboard, and the 1998 beating and death of Matthew Shepard near Laramie Wyoming five days after the assault.
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England
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John Paul I
United States
Washington Mall
Achille Lauro
Mediterranean
Matthew Shepard
Laramie
Wyoming
Birthdays mark notable figures and ages
Singer John Mellencamp turns 53, Desmond Tutu is 73, Oliver North 61, Tico Torres 51, Yo Yo Ma 49, Thom Yorke 36. The list highlights prominent birthdays in a brief, period voice. Mellencamp is featured as the primary name in the fragment.
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John Mellencamp
Desmond Tutu
National Security Council
Oliver North
Tico Torres
Yo- Yo Ma
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
Should Bob Dylan win the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Associated Press reports a renewed debate in literary circles over whether Bob Dylan should be eligible for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Critics weigh Dylan’s lyric artistry against traditional views of literature while nominations continue from figures like Allen Ginsberg and scholars who see music and poetry as linked.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Robert Zimmerman
Christopher Ricks
Editorial Institute
Boston University
Ricks
T.S. Eliot
Lord Alfred Tennyson
John Keats
Gordon Ball
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Virginia
Ball
Swedish Academy
Allen Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Neal Cassady
Ex NFL kicker sought in Siegfried and Roy drive by
Former Oakland Raiders kicker Cole Murdoch Ford, 31, named in a felony warrant for a Sept 21 drive by shooting at the Siegfried and Roy compound in Las Vegas. Police say white minivan fired shotgun pellets, injuring nothing and leaving a wall hole. Ford is considered armed and dangerous. He played for the Steelers briefly in 1995 and spent three seasons with the Raiders before being cut.
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Oakland Raiders
Siegfried Fischbacher
Roy Horn
Cole Murdoch Ford
Chris Jones
Ford
Siegfried & Roy
Jones
Nevada
Horn
University of Southern California
Pittsburgh Steelers
Raiders
Life as We Know It pilot review sparks teen backlash
A critique of Life as We Know It on ABC argues the teen characters are vacuous and self serious, with gratuitous sex talk and direct to camera moments while suggesting teens deserve fairer depictions. The column notes competing highlights across Survivor Vanuatu, MLB playoffs, Will & Grace, Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show, CSI.
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Hollywood
Anti-Defamation League
Life
Vanuatu
CBS
Fox
Will & Grace
NBC
Drew Carey
Vegas
Night Music Crawl with Fatty Jenkins and More
The downtown club circuit features Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter at The Bottleneck at 9 p.m. Fatty Jenkins with Loco Macheen headlines The Jazzhaus at 9 p.m. The Americana Music Bluegrass Jam starts at 7:30 p.m. at Signs of Life with Doris Henson at Roma and Oxbo appearances at 10 p.m. The Replay Lounge hosts Sleep Station and The Afternoons at 7 p.m. Granada presents Murder by Death and The New Amsterdams with Tim Mahoney at 10 p.m. Breezedale Trio headlines Signs of Life at 8:30 p.m.
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Jesse Sykes
OK Jones
Fatty Jenkins
Loco Macheen
Doris Henson
Roma
Oxbo
Replay Lounge
The
New Amsterdams
the Granada
Tim Mahoney
Jazzhaus
Breezedale Trio
Signs of Life
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