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Madonna scores 7th chart-topping album with 'Candy'
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's a busy week at the top of the the Billboard 200, with Madonna's "Hard Candy" leading the action at No. 1.
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Sibiu to become the capital of jazz
For the forthcoming week, the former European Cultural Capital Sibiu is back in the cultural spotlight due to the 2008 edition of the Sibiu Jazz Festival.
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Jazz Festival at Green Hours
The first International Club Festival from Romania, Green Hours International Jazz Fest – 2008, takes place during May 8-11 in the garden of Green Hours club in Bucharest.
Nine O'Clock |
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Programmatic music at the Romanian Athenaeum
Two programmatic music works and an instrumental concert in first-hearing are on the agenda of this week’s concert of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra, in Bucharest, today and tomorrow, at 19.00, at the Romanian Athenaeum Hall. The concert will also feature Cristian Mandeal, at the conductor’s stand, and Adrian Petrescu, as a soloist.
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THREE CHEERS FOR LITHUANIA
Turning a page in diplomatic history, Lithuania on April 29 blocked a mandate for the European Union to sign a new partnership agreement with Russia. For such a small country, it was more than a courageous step; it was a coming of age, a full-and-true assertion of its membership rights.
Baltic Times |
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COMEDY: Daily Dose
When you ask Jon Stewart about The Daily Show , he goes to great lengths to emphasize that it's a comedy program, and not intended to be taken seriously as a source of news commentary.
Nashville Scene |
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'American Idol' Banter: Failing rock and roll
The insularity of the world of "American Idol" would be fascinating, if it weren't so bleakly disheartening.
Los Angeles Times |
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Rocker Rod Stewart not ready to slow down at 63
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hall of Fame rocker Rod Stewart is 63 years old, but nowhere near retirement as he considers a wish list of future projects that include a movie, an R&B album, and maybe even a fling with country and western music.
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Safeguard Scientifics Closes Transaction with Saints Capital to Sell Stakes in Five Partner Companies
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE), a holding company which builds value in growth-stage technology and life sciences companies, today announced that it has closed the transaction with Saints Capital to exit its ownership position in five partner companies - Acsis, Inc., Alliance Consulting Group Associates, Inc., Laureate Pharma, Inc., Neuronyx, Inc. and ProModel Corporation.
Centre Daily Times |
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Portishead back after 10-year hiatus with 'Third'
As Portishead finished its meticulously sparse evening performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the typically reticent Beth Gibbons suddenly leapt off the stage and ran a 100-yard dash along the fenced-in crowd, exuberantly shaking their hands.
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¡®Techno Goliath¡¯ military checkup inconclusive
K-1 fighter Choi Hong-man underwent a medical checkup yesterday to see if he is fit to serve in the military, but the checkup yielded no answer to the question that has aroused some anger among those who believe a martial arts fighter should not be exempt from mandatory military service.
JoongAng Daily |
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Photograph by John Gerbetz IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: Maximo Califano's Kastchei has to work with warthogs in 'The Firebird.' AS Ballet San Jose revisits Dennis Nahat's The Firebird , nothing diminishes.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 22nd Sep 2006 04:48 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
NeoSmart has published their Windows Vista RC1 Monster Review , which tries a kind of "thorough overview" of everything Vista will ship with this close to RTM. Especially interesting is the brief security run-down . And of course, there are screenshots as always.
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Smooth Blues
BLUESMAN ROBERT CRAY was mentored by master of the telecaster Albert Collins, has traded licks with John Lee Hooker, played the Royal Albert Hall with Clapton and even strummed bass in the fictional Animal House frat party band Otis Day and the Knights.
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Way Downstream
In Chesapeake Country, no one appreciated an unexpected weekend of sunshine more than Clarksborro, N.J., Pvt. Tony Coscia of the Union Army, the rest of his company and the few Johnny Rebs who participated in Civil War Weekend festivities at Capt. Salem Avery House and Museum in Shady Side.
Bay Weekly |
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Hobart Student Falls From Second Floor
Geneva, N.Y. - As students at Hobart College prepare for finals next week, one of their campus leaders is in the hospital.
13WHAM Rochester |
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Photograph by Maggie Ferreira FILMING ON THE SLY: Young Will Poulter helps remake 'First Blood' in 'Son of Rambow.' THE UNIQUE British movie Son of Rambow by director/writer Garth Jennings looks like a brilliant debut, and in a way it is.
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News Corp. Profit Triples on Gain From DirecTV Sale (Update1)
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. said third-quarter profit tripled on a gain from the sale of the company's stake in DirecTV Group Inc. and increased advertising sales from ``American Idol'' and February's Super Bowl.
Bloomberg.com |
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Garden Notes
GARDEN NOTES Events AN EVENING ON THE FARM: Grab the kids and head over to the Pesto Festo at Sweetwater Organic Community Farm on Saturday evening.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Turkey Foot festival to show off art, music
EDGEWOOD - Turkey Foot Middle School will host an art and music celebration tonight from 5-7:45 p.m. at the Dixie Heights High School Auditorium.
Community Press & Recorder |
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Violinist says thank you with a concert for cabbies
The violinist stood on a makeshift stage between two lampposts crowned with a patina of bird droppings...
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Quick Hits: Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Paramore, Beck, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Taking Back Sunday
Last week , the rumor mill heated up with reports that Mariah Carey and singer/actor Nick Cannon were quickly married. After a number of secondhand sources concurred, Carey and Cannon officially confirmed the news to People magazine this week.
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Cablevision Shells Out $500M for Sundance Channel
Cablevision Systems is buying the Sundance Channel, a cable network founded by Robert Redford, for $496 million, the New York-area cable TV company announced Wednesday. The Sundance Channel will become part of Cablevision's Rainbow Media programming division but will continue on as a distinct network. Rainbow also includes the independent movie channel IFC, AMC and WE tv.
E-Commerce Times |
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You Tube launches its Indian version
Youtube has already signed up a host of Indian content partners for its local face - Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, ministry of tourism, IIT Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV, Krishcricket, etc.
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Outdoor festival set for Saturday
On Saturday, area residents will have a chance to tour the 1475-acre Big Swan Headwaters Preserve, enjoy a community meal and listen to live gospel music with a special tribute to the legendary Carter Family.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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