Grateful Dead Members Reunite as The Other Ones Tour
Roanoke kickoff on Nov 14 at the Civic Center marks The Other Ones first tour since Jerry Garcia’s 1995 death. Surviving members Mickey Hart Billy Kreutzmann Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will perform in 14 cities including Washington New York Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cleveland and Chicago. Sean Connery sues Mandalay Entertainment and Peter Guber for 17 million over unmade End Game film alleging promise and investment of time and money.
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Grateful Dead
Roanoke Civic Center
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Mickey Hart
Billy Kreutzmann
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
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Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Los Angeles
Sean Connery
Mandalay Entertainment Group
Peter Guber
Mandalay
Guber
Connery
Rooney speaks on sidelines comments and women reporters
Sideline reporters irk Andy Rooney in New York. The 83 year old says on a network talk show that a woman has no business commenting on a football game. He later says he was joking but declines further comment.
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Boomer Esiason
Nimoy dropped from Seattle fund-raiser over nude photos
Leonard Nimoy was withdrawn from a Seattle federation event after images from his art photography book Shekhina showing nude and partially clothed women, some with Jewish ritual items, prompted an unpleasant discussion with federation director Barry Goren. Nimoy called the contrast reverential and noted his Orthodox-to-Reform background.
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History items from 1942 1890 and 1991
On Oct 11 1942 the Battle of Cape Esperance began in the Solomons yielding an American victory. In 1890 the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington. In 1991 Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment and he called the proceedings a high tech lynching.
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Anita Hill
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Birthdays Today Highlight Daryl Hall and Stars
Today's birthdays celebrate singer Daryl Hall aged 53 and Earth, Wind and Fire's Andrew Woolfolk at 52. Also marking birth anniversaries are football star Steve Young 41 actress Joan Cusack 40 actor Sean Patrick Flanery 37 actor Luke Perry 36 and actress Jane Krakowski 34.
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Steve Young
Joan Cusack
Sean Patrick Flanery
Luke Perry
Jane Krakowski
Wednesday Powerball and Kansas lottery results brief
Lottery update lists Wednesday Powerball numbers 9 10 38 42 43 with multiplier 5. Kansas Pick 3 draws 5 6 4. Wednesday Super Kansas Cash numbers 2 18 25 28 29 with 3. Kansas 2by2 draws Red 6 17 and White 21 26.
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Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz wins Nobel in literature
Imre Kertesz, a Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor, wins the Nobel Prize in literature. His 1975 debut novel Sorstalansag Fateless is cited as a stark account of degradation and survival. He notes Hungary lacks Holocaust awareness and hopes the prize spurs recognition.
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Aharon Appelfeld
Fateless by Imre Kertesz and Holocaust writers
A compact overview notes Kertesz’s Fateless for its stark prose on Buchenwald and his Nobel citation. It contrasts Levi and Celan with Appelfeld and Begley, cites Wiesel endorsements, and mentions Fateless and Kaddish as English translations forming a Holocaust trilogy.
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Imere Kertesz
Buchenwald
Sopranos stars urged to march in Columbus Day parade
Mayor Bloomberg invited Dominic Chianese and Lorraine Bracco to join New York Citys Columbus Day parade amid protests by the Columbus Citizens Foundation who say the show stereotypes Italian Americans. Foundation president Larry Auriana criticized the impact while Bracco and Chianese supporters called for participation in civic duty.
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Tony Soprano
Michael Bloomberg
Larry Auriana
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Lorraine Bracco
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