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Kaiser Chiefs join McCartney at Liverpool Sound
The Kaiser Chiefs will appear alongside Sir Paul McCartney at The Liverpool Sound. Further names for the June 1 concert at Anfield are to be announced in the coming weeks, including a very special international superstar guest.
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Martha Wainwright joins Latitude
As the first signs of summer begin to shine through, the line-up for this year's Latitude Festival is starting to fill up.
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Local kids receive new basketball shoes
The kids received camp certificates and new Shaquille O'Neal "Dunkman" shoes from the "Run for a Reason" organization. They have also been sponsored to attend Bob Chipman's full day basketball camp at Washburn University this summer.
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Cover Stream 2.0: iTunes Cover Flow for the desktop
Snarb.tk has released Cover Stream 2.0, an update to its iTunes controller that extends iTunes Cover Flow to the desktop. The upgrade features new graphics, a playlist and search filter, an integrated songs browser, Last FM and Apple Remote support, full screen mode, Apple-flavored bezels, desktop artwork, and much more. Cover Stream, a popular iTu...
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La. Philharmonic going out in style
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is ending its 36-week season with a pair of concerts aimed at style and difficulty, its music directors says.LPO Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto said the orchestra's jazzy side would be showcased through a performance of composer George Gershwin's works, and its musical ability would come through with a difficult performance of Gustav Mahler's ...
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MU Christian ministries gather for night of worship
COLUMBIA — The Baptist Student Union at MU resonated with songs of praise on Friday night. With the theme of “unity in faith,” several MU Christian campus ministries came together to worship and pray as part of an event called “Glimpse of Eternity III.”
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CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules' Series 2
One of my favorite parts of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules" Series 2 is when Rodrick, Gregory's older brother, practices with his band the "Loaded Diaper." Once he starts practicing, his music spreads around the block and other teenagers get drawn to the music and start going to the house.
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NAMI Walk helps fight mental illness
Hundreds of people in Topeka were walking for a good reason Saturday morning. The NAMI walk was established to show support for individuals living with mental illness and to raise funds for the organization.
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Weakening dollar strengthens cruise industry in Europe
When Miami banker David Schwartz takes his family to Europe this summer, they'll pick up a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship in Barcelona, Spain.
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CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK: 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules' Series 2
One of my favorite parts of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules" Series 2 is when Rodrick, Gregory's older brother, practices with his band the "Loaded Diaper." Once he starts practicing, his music spreads around the block and other teenagers get drawn to the music and start going to the house. When Rodrick's dad and brother Gregory get home, the teenagers are standing on the lawn listening. ...
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Weakening dollar strengthens cruise industry in Europe
When Miami banker David Schwartz takes his family to Europe this summer, they'll pick up a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship in Barcelona, Spain. "We booked a European cruise, and we were fortunate," says Schwartz, president of the Florida International Bankers Association. With the dollar plummeting to new lows against the euro, he says, "A decent hotel is 300 euros a night, over $450 a ...
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Yee-haw! Sunshine, music draw thousands to Detroit Hoedown
DETROIT -- Brad and Rose Fulker celebrated the 26th anniversary of their first date Saturday the way they always do: donning some jeans and cowboy hats and heading to Hart Plaza for the annual Downtown Hoedown.
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Weakening dollar strengthens cruise industry in Europe
When Miami banker David Schwartz takes his family to Europe this summer, they'll pick up a Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship in Barcelona, Spain. "We booked a European cruise, and we were fortunate," says Schwartz, president of the Florida International Bankers Association. With the dollar plummeting to new lows against the euro, he says, "A decent hotel is 300 euros a night, over $450 a night." ...
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Emergent Forms: A 21st-century reading series
Poet Jennifer Knox will be reading on Monday at 7 p.m. in Meese Meeting Room 305 at Southern Oregon University's Hannon Library. The reading is part of the Emergent Forms series, which is focused on new poetry and prose by writers in established experimental traditions.
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Chicago museum prompts lakefront uproar
The proposed creation of a museum in a downtown Chicago park would destroy the traditional natural environment of the city's lakefront, opponents say.Moving the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant Park would disrupt the traditional pattern of trees and trails along the parts of the city near Lake Michigan, opponents told The New York Times.Save Grant Park founder Peggy Figiel said current law ...
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Former Toad The Wet Sprocket Singer Glen Phillips Interview Part 1: "Indie Music Has Never Been Better"
Part 1 of my interview with Glen Phillips... Glen Phillips has seen the music world through a prism that has broken down the industry into a vast rainbow of colors of confusion. He helped found Toad The Wet Sprocket at age 14 while still in high school and the band was signed by Columbia Records by the time he was 18. More than a dozen years later, he was a solo artist and was on his own...
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Hundreds expected to run for mums
Hundreds of people are expected to beat a path through Auckland's Cornwall Park to mark Mother's Day. It forms the main part of the inaugural 'Run 4 Mums' event, a brainchild of the Nurture Foundation.
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Rising to new heights
The first time director James Marsh met high-wire walker Philippe Petit , Petit told him "I have the mind of a criminal." Marsh writes that Petit "then went on to show me how he could kill a man with a copy of "People" magazine, and, before we parted, he picked my pocket."
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Windsor Light Opera's latest a 'winning romp'
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a thoroughly winning romp. charm at every turn, and energy enough to light a small city. Centre for the Arts.
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Britain's 10 best country houses to rent
Want to throw a grown-up country-house party? Stanley Stewart has the best rental options available
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DVD Review: Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore)
If you like your art extreme and disconcerting, then R. Kern is definitely the artist for you. R. Kern is responsible for some of the most shocking and repulsive things I have seen from a filmmaker, even outside of the mainstream, yet I’m still an admirer of his art.In The Hardcore Collection, Kern’s first foray into the world of short films, he explores sexual deviancy (pleasure derived from ...
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Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction
(AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125,000 remains.
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The 1959 Broadway Songbook
The first laugh I got from The 1959 Broadway Songbook was due to artistic director, host, and singer Jeff Harnar's opening rendition of the Stephen Sondheim-Leonard Bernstein "Tonight" from West Side Story . The chortling resulted from my instantly realizing that WSS was a 1957 show. But wait.
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Mercedes Puts 'Sex and the City' on Wheels
NEW YORK Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a partnership with New Line Cinemas on multi-platform brand integration that involves featured placement in Sex and the City: The Movie and promotional ads, ahead of the film's May 30 release nationwide.
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Man To Open Free Prep School For Low-Income Families
One man's vision to provide tuition-free middle-school education to low-income Hartford families will become reality when his new Covenant Preparatory School opens Aug. 28.
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