Published: February 28, 2010
Music museum expands reach with archive, library
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CLEVELAND – There’s always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” jacket and John Lennon’s Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage.
Visitors will get a chance to see those hidden artifacts beginning later [...]
Published: February 28, 2010
New documentary on Nobel laureate Szymborska
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WARSAW, Poland – A rare documentary about Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska portrays a lively yet distinguished woman who savors the world’s contrasts, from 17th-century Dutch painting to boxing.
And, in a bit of unsuspected prescience, it shows a school document from 1937 that saw a classmate declare that she would one day win the [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Iris scans may prevent mistaken release of inmates
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DES MOINES, Iowa – A Baltimore inmate who bluffed his way out of prison probably wouldn’t have tricked guards if they had eye-scanners such as those being installed at dozens of jails nationwide.
The federal government is paying for the scanners as part of an effort to build a nearly foolproof identification system to put a [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
'Lockergate'?: Producer apologizes for e-mails
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LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of “The Hurt Locker” who sent out multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture category and “not a $500 million film,” an obvious reference to close-competitor “Avatar.”
The e-mails by Nicolas Chartier, [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
White House social secretary Rogers resigning
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WASHINGTON – White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months after an uninvited couple crashed the Obama administration’s first state dinner and she was heavily criticized for her role in allowing the embarrassing episode to happen.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama issued a statement Friday thanking their longtime friend from [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Rangel refuses to step aside after ethics slap
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he won’t step down as chairman of the powerful House tax-writing committee after being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean. The public rebuke of one of the Democrats’ most outspoken leaders posed more woes for a party that had vowed to end [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Health care odds long, but Democrats push ahead
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WASHINGTON – Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama’s extraordinary summit with both parties’ leaders.
At the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama would unveil a “way forward” [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Philippines: Suspected Abu Sayyaf attack kills 11
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ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants raided a village in the southern Philippines early Saturday, killing 11 people in the country’s worst militant attack on civilians in nine years.
Gunmen believed to be members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group and backed by other armed groups attacked the militia detachment in the center of the village [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
Colombia court blocks Uribe from seeking 3rd term
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BOGOTA – Colombia’s Constitutional Court shut the door Friday on President Alvaro Uribe’s aspirations for a third straight term, ruling unconstitutional a law that would have let voters decide in a referendum whether he could run again.
The high court’s 7-2 decision is not subject to appeal.
The court ruled on a law passed by Congress that [...]
Published: February 27, 2010
'Precious' wins big at 41st NAACP Image Awards
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LOS ANGELES – It was a winning night for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.
The heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher and director Lee Daniels [...]
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