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Hotel plunge girl's friends coming home
Friends of the 16-year-old Battersea schoolgirl who cheated death in a fall from a hotel window in Italy during a school music trip are due to return to the UK.
Wandsworth Guardian |
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Daily podcast: Bluetooth spying
In our daily audio show, Mike Duran and guests hear about Brown's historic day in Jerusalem; and music lovers' pilgrimage to Belgium
Guardian Unlimited |
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Zydeco festival gets permanent exemption
The St. Landry Parish Council has voted to exempt the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival from all parish fees and meeting requirements forever.
Opelousas Daily World |
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Videocon Plans Rs.800 Cr. Investment In Retail Expansion
(RTTNews) - Monday, the media reported that the Videocon Retail, a part of Vengopal Dhoot Videocon Industries, plans to invest Rs.800 crores in expansion of its electronic retail format Next Retail and mobiles, music, entertainment and lifestyle chain Planet M in the next three years.
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Ellen Gray: Forget viewers - CW's 'Gossip Girl' is the talk of the town
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – One of the great mysteries of the CW – other than why anyone would call a noncountry western network the CW – is why it's building much of its fall season around one of the least-successful shows on television,.
Philly.com |
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School bus system faces cuts
But board members asked for amendments to the proposal, including saving middle school sports by raising the fees to $100, restoring zero-hour (before-school) music activities, and changing some dean of student positions to assistant principal positions. Some programs originally on the chopping block, such as the district homeless program, might be preserved because of grants.
The Olympian |
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An intimate voice done violence by the piano
Review: Die schone Mullerin iIn Elora
The Globe and Mail |
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Cooper hits out at TV talent shows
Rocker Alice Cooper has blasted TV talent shows American Idol and The X Factor - because they don't look for any new rock talent.
world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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New Dirt Bowl Complex dedicated
Lexington's Dirt Bowl basketball league and Super Sunday festival are such a tradition in the Georgetown Street area that they've reached mythic status. Herb Washington, who helped found the summer league in the early 1970s, has heard all the myths, including the one that he single-handedly founded it. (It only seems that way because he's been associated with it for so long.) It is ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Woods are alive with the sound of (bagpipe) music
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have, for some years, been hiking a relatively secluded, wooded trail that hugs the side of a canyon where I can enjoy the peace, tranquility and gentle sounds of nature.
Inside Bay Area |
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'Footloose' offers theatrical fun
A summer musical should offer entertainment the whole family can enjoy. That's what the Ritz Theatre is delivering with Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford's "Footloose."
Courier-Post |
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Joel, others play final Shea show
Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll 43 years ago.
Courier-Post |
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CAPE MAY CONVENTION HALL:
Arts & music
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Music review: Coldplay - maximum music
Coldplay's continuing mission to become the world's biggest rock band could use a little work. Near the end of its triumphant sold-out concert at the HP Pavilion on Friday, after leading the audience through 90 exhilarating minutes of wide-screen guitar...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Motorplex winner comes from 18th-place start
The message was clear Sunday afternoon with the conclusion of the CRA All-American 150 at Music City Motorplex.
The Tennessean |
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Miko Marks saddles up for country music
Five years ago, while working as a legal secretary at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco, Miko Marks gave her boss six months' notice. "I'm going to be a big country singer, so I want to let you know now that I'm gonna be leaving here," Marks recalls telling him....
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Another weird finish
The only thing missing was Looney Tunes music and the lovable pig stuttering through his closing line:
AM New York |
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TCA TIDBITS: Ludacris, Bobby Brown, Shonda Rhimes, Martin-Campbell discuss new shows at summer conference in Beverly ...
*Rapper Ludacris and rocker Tommy Lee compete to see who can get the most people to go green on "Battleground Earth," to air Aug. 3 on Discovery's new Planet Green channel.
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Festival leaves Holyoke jumping
HOLYOKE - Vendors sold towels, hats and T-shirts displaying Puerto Rican symbols like the coquí, children waived miniature Puerto Rican flags and salsa blared from cars turning the Holyoke High School parking lot and surrounding streets into any town festival in Puerto Rico.
The Republican |
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McCartney plays for thousands in free Quebec show
Mon, Jul 21, 2008 (12:15 a.m.) Paul McCartney churned out a Beatles-laden song list to a pumped-up crowd gathered Sunday for a free concert as part of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebration.
Las Vegas Sun |
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UQ Ipswich multimedia teacher keeps it reel
The University of Queensland’s Josh Darrah is “reeling mad” following his recent win in a Queensland short-film festival.
University of Queensland |
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Snohomish Library accolades add up
SNOHOMISH -- It's been a good year for the Snohomish Library. On July 14, people gathered at the library to celebrate its fifth anniversary at the current location, said Eileen McDonnell, the managing librarian of the library. They enjoyed live music and cakes.
Everett Herald |
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What's Right with Jamaica
Phenomenal nation - There are so many things that are right with Jamaica, it's hard to know where to start.Apart from taking the world by storm with our phenomenal accomplishments in the areas of sports, music and culture, the Jamaican diaspora has...
Jamaica Gleaner |
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Exclusive: Primal Scream Documentary Part 1
Few artists have resolutely ploughed their own furrow as Primal Scream . They've never stood still or stagnated and have called in many musical ports on their staggering journey. They've been psychedelic baggy groovers, indie/dance fusers, electro rock commandos and country'n'western fetishists.
Xfm Online |
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Aspen abuzz over visit of the Dalai Lama
ASPEN - You can't get a ticket, and everyone's talking about what's going on next weekend. No, it's not the Rolling Stones in concert or Barack Obama swooping into Aspen for a campaign rally.
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