In Strauss-Kahn case, DA weighs limited options
NEW YORK (AP) — At first, prosecutors said their sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was growing more formidable by the day.
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Johnny Appleseed tale grew tall in Leominster
The apples from Johnny’s trees weren’t that great. He behaved strangely, which was probably due to brain damage, the result of a kick in the head from a horse. Some biographers have come close to actually describing Johnny Appleseed as a pedophile. So why and when did his “branding” take over Leominster?
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Fowl play in the MasterChef kitchen
We wake in an alternative universe where Dani is the best chef and Hayden has totally lost his mellow.
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NASCAR At Infineon Raceway: 2011 Start Time, Starting Lineup, TV/Radio Listings And More For Sonoma Race
It’s NASCAR race day at Sonoma’s Infineon Raceway, and we’ve got the actual race start time, the starting lineup and some other facts about the Toyota/Save Mart 350 for you below. Start time:  The command to start engines will be given by actor John Ratzenberger, the former Cheers star who also plays the voice of Mack in the new Cars 2 movie, at 3:08 p.m. Eastern time. After a few pace laps …
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Dinosaur Armor and Zombie Violence: The GeekDad Interview With Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman is a busy guy. With two immensely popular comics, The Walking Dead and Invincible , chugging away and another likely hit, The Infinite , coming down the pike, he has started yet another title: Super Dinosaur . The all-ages comic follows the exploits of Derek Dynamo, a smart kid whose dad discovered an inner earth where dinosaurs still exist, and Derek’s friend, an armor-clad …
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Did Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Violate Its Code Of Ethics, Too?
“You think that would fool a Corleone?” — Michael Corleone in The Godfather Movie When I teach law enforcement, professionals, businesses, and students about white-collar crime, I describe how fraudsters build “walls of false integrity” around themselves to increase the comfort level and ultimately gain the trust of their victims.
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Remembering A ‘Babe’ Sports Fans Shouldn’t Forget
Only one woman made the top 10 in Sports Illustrated ‘s 2000 list of the 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century. Don Van Natta Jr. tells her story in Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. .
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Life’s in the slow lane for a techno-tard
I guess you can’t really describe a person as being “allergic” to technology, but if you could, I’d be the one wheezing and breaking out in hives at the mere whiff of an incoming tweet.
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Review: ‘Shadows of the Damned’ is pure grindhouse fun
Review: ‘Shadows of the Damned’ is pure grindhouse fun.
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Emma Watson Says Farewell to Hermione in ‘Deathly Hallows – Part 2’
She first played Hermione in the “Harry Potter” film series at age nine. Eleven years and eight movies later, with the final one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 showing in July, Emma Watson is ready to close that chapter in her life. Or is she? Find out in the following interview.
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Video games given full First Amendment protection
The Supreme Court today voided a 2005 California law that banned the sale of “violent video games” to minors. A 7-2 majority of the Court found the law violated the First Amendment, affirming that free speech applies to digital content and new media as much as to traditional literature.
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Epstein’s West of Lenin: a new arts hot spot in Fremont?
The new arts space West of Lenin is bringing live theater back to the Fremont neighborhood — and hosting cinema, music and other artsy ventures, too.
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Hero Worship: Why Batman and the Avengers Don’t Need Comic-Con
After years of complaints from comic book fans that Hollywood is taking over San Diego Comic-Con with their glitz, glamor and A-List talent, major films like The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers have been revealed to have no panel presence at this year’s event. And comic fans complained about that…
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Bulger, Greig in Boston court today
Gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, nabbed in California this week after 16 years as a fugitive, is making a quick return to Boston. Bulger will be in federal court at 4 p.m. for his arraignment.
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Quadriplegic Man Asked To Leave Frontier Airlines Flight
Pilot Said It Was “Not Safe” For Him To Fly A quadriplegic man who had boarded a Frontier Airlines flight with his family in Dallas was removed from the airliner because the pilot said it was not safe for him to fly.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Announces ‘Immediate’ Start To CSeries Engine Test
Two 747s Modified To Serve As Test Platforms Testing is set to begin “immediately” on the Pratt & Whitney Canada engine designed for Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft. Company president John Sabbas said in an interview at the Paris Air Show that the testing would begin “certainly in the next month, but hopefully faster.”
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AD: Bell Helicopter
AD NUMBER: 2011-12-08 MANUFACTURER: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 205A, 205A-1, 205B, 212, 412, 412CF, and 412EP Helicopters
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Recovered Remains Of WWII Pilot Finally Laid To Rest
Disappeared On Patrol In September Of 1943 Richard S. Ryrholm Jr. was flying a combat patrol mission out of New Guinea during WWII when he and his airplane disappeared. More than 60 years later, the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered on a steep hillside near the city of Lae, along with the remains of the pilot.
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R9 Gets EASA Approval For EA-500 Extra Turboprop
“Major Change” For The Aircraft Allows Day And Night IFR Operations Extra Aircraft LLC and Avidyne Corporation announced Monday that the EASA has approved Avadyne’s Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck avionics suite for the Extra EA-500 turboprop aircraft.
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SF Opera’s Ring des Nibelungen Part IV: die Götterdämmerung
Die Götterdämmerung concluded last night the SF Opera’s first run though the Ring cycle ( part I , part II , part III , two more cycle performances 6/21-26 and 6/28-7/3). We listened to seventeen hours of Wagner, but we have no urge to conquer Poland .We feel sad rather than bellicose: because we got slightly addicted to the music eventually, and because it ends on a desperate lament so …
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Student film recounts horrors of Holocaust
Two Edmond students are part of a three-member team making a film that tells of one man’s struggle for self-preservation and personal victory amidst the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp.
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Labor Board Says It Has Acted Appropriately Against Boeing
Defends Its Actions In A Congressional Field Hearing In SC An official of the NLRB says the board has acted appropriately in taking action against Boeing for opening an assembly plant in right-to-work South Carolina.
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Recovered Remains Of WWII Pilot Finally Laid To Rest
Disappeared On Patrol In September Of 1943 Richard S. Ryrholm Jr. was flying a combat patrol mission out of New Guinea during WWII when he and his airplane disappeared. More than 60 years later, the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered on a steep hillside near the city of Lae, along with the remains of the pilot.
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National Flight Acadamy To Integrate LM’s Prepar3D Software
Game-Based Visual Simulation Software Donated By The Company The National Flight Academy says it plans to install Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D visual simulation software to power the NFA’s immersive aviation experience as part of the academy’s hands-on approach to teaching the principles of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to students.
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Delano area calendar
Delano Farmers Market THROUGH OCTOBER – The Delano Farmers Market will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays at Flippin Bill’s, 8045 County Line Road. The Farmers Market runs from May through October, weather permitting.
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Blake Lively sees ‘Green’
Coming off a widely acclaimed performance in last year’s drama The Town, Blake Lively now stars as Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern’s lifelong friend and sometime lover, in Warner Bros.’s new action-adventure Green Lantern. “We’ve got explosions and fights and trips to outer space and back, but I love that the movie also has a great sense of fun and a hint of romance about it,” shares …
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Q&A With Colin Edwards: Texas Talk
Colin Edwards Says… American MotoGP star Colin Edwards participated in a Red Bull Indianapolis GP teleconference Thursday, June 16 after a stirring third-place finish Sunday, June 12 at the Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone.
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The EUR Q&A: Qasim Basir, Director of ‘Mooz-Lum’
*The movie, “Mooz-Lum,” hit selected theaters across the country this past February and since then has taken on a life of its own, enjoying a huge following on social media sites like Facebook. The film, directed by neophyte Qasim Basir, stars Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, Dorian Missick and Danny Glover. It was […]
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Attention from ‘Life Zone’ takes Hoboken film fest founder to new level
Star-Ledger file photoHoboken International Film Festival founder Kenneth Del Vecchio. Even before the Hoboken International Film Festival founder began running for office and writing a slate of controversial conservative films, like O.B.A.M. Nude, a satire of the Obama presidency, and…
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Rory McIlroy grabs lead at U.S. Open
BETHESDA, Md. — So much for those scars from Augusta National, where Rory McIlroy turned watershed victory into humiliating defeat with a final-round, dead-man-walking 80.
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Oops I’m Making a Movie

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‘Super 8’ defies skeptics with big box office debut
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Super 8” easily claimed the top spot at the weekend box office in North America, despite concerns about the secretive marketing campaign for the sci-fi mystery with a no-name cast.
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Nation mourns death of icon
FORMER President Nelson Mandela said ANC stalwart Albertina Sisulu was part of his being, in a tribute read out at her funeral by his wife Gra ç a Machel at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.
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Big B is loud & ludicrous
So what if he has to don green shades and strange costumes, if the character demands it, he’ll be happy to sport them! Amitabh Bachchan opens up on playing an Angry Old Man
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Young film director Quark Henares says Rakenrol might be his last movie before going to the U.S.
The indie film and music video director finally finishes a film that took six years to make.
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Sinkhole shutters section of upvalley lanes on Highway 82
A sinkhole found Friday on Highway 82 will divert upvalley-bound traffic to a single lane on the roadway shoulder near the Pitkin County landfill at least through Sunday. read more
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China Launches Propaganda War Against Small Maine Town, Loses
The small town of Millinocket, mocked by China’s massive state newspaper, fights back
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HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile)
The touch-screen, Android-based HTC Sensation is T-Mobile’s biggest and best smartphone yet.
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The List for June 9
Best Music The Kennedy Center 1. National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach conducts Schumann’s Overture to “Die Braut von Messina” and Symphony No. 2. Violinist Jennifer Koh performs the U.S. premiere of NSO co-commission “Juggler in Paradise,” Augusta Read Thomas’ Violin Concerto No. 3. When: 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Info: $ 20 to $ 85 2. National Symphony Orchestra …
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in food-crazy Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters Life!) – Malaysia’s capital boasts numerous street vendors and restaurants that offer an insight into its multicultural character.
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Spike Jonze-directed Arcade Fire film not intended as political statement
TORONTO – Arcade Fire has long held a reputation for seriousness, whether it’s the Montreal band’s carefully contemplated music, their politics or their unwaveringly independent ethos.
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Sony begins making amends for PSN hack
Sony on Friday began offering free videogames and virtual goods to members of its PlayStation Network in a bid to make amends for hackers breaking into the online entertainment service.
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Senna film combines racing thrills with raw emotion
LONDON, June 1 — A new documentary on the late Brazilian Formula One champion Ayrton Senna combines the thrill of high speed racing with a touching portrait of the man behind the wheel, using unseen footage from on and off the track. “Senna”, which hits British theatres on Friday, paints a picture of a man who was passionate about his sport and …
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Fairhope historic districts ordinance fires up old debate
FAIRHOPE, Ala. – If the proponents of a Fairhope historic preservation law wanted to avoid the kind of firestorm that erupted the last time the city tried to pass one, they got started on the wrong foot this time with the draft ordinance introduced last month.
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Christal Smith: Seeing the World Through “Apocalypse Eyes”
So you survived the second coming. As we embark on this post-Rapture era, don’t you dare breathe a sigh of relief before hearing what Neil Strauss has to say.
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Seymour offers Schwarzenegger/Shriver family apologies over infidelity controversy
Actress Jane Seymour has publicly apologised to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s estranged wife Maria Shriver after making controversial comments about the actor-turned-politician’s recent lovechild revelations.
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Give windows their due
It has been a great spring so far for spotting wildlife. A neighbor told me he was shooing a black bear away from his garbage the other day when he saw that he had also frightened off a moose that was also in the neighborhood. Perhaps the moose and bear are rehearsing for a new wildlife buddy movie?
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OnMilwaukee.com recommends, May 28, 2011
Do you need something new and exciting this Memorial Day weekend? Give a fresh and natural Dairy State yogurt a whirl, wow your barbecue guests with the perfect pasta salad or pick up an insightful presidential read to pass some time. Get the details on this and more great stuff we like in this week’s edition of OnMilwaukee.com Recommends.
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Lord Help Us All: Palin Bus Tour Kicks Off This Weekend Indicating A Presidential Run
The GOP had better get it together! Sarah “Moose Shooter” Palin is “going rogue” and making her way across America on a bus tour along the East Coast starting Memorial Day weekend. This raises more speculation that she is, indeed,
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Ken Jeong on Hangover 2: ‘No One Phoned It In’
Ken Jeong, 41, has made a career of turning supporting roles into scene-stealing, star-making turns. He’s back as the hilariously sinister Mr. Chow in The Hangover 2 and unleashes his snarl and wit weekly as Senor Chang on the must-watch NBC show Community.
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