Articles Archive for August 2008
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Kevin Duckworth, 44, a two-time NBA All-Star who starred on Western Conference Championship teams in Portland in 1990 and 1992, passed away Monday evening in Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
A member of the Trail Blazers from 1986-93, the 7-footer – affectionately known to Trail Blazers fans sim... read more
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Robert Marve has been named the starting quarterback of the read more
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An Italian priest says he is organising the world’s first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.
Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September.
“Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift... read more
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A note to college students who think they’re too old to play with toys: check out Nathan Sawaya, a 35-year-old artist who gave up his job as a corporate lawyer to make sculptures out of LEGOs. Sawaya is currently showing an exhibition called “The Art of the Brick” at the American Swedish Histo... read more
Entertainment »
Scoot over, Simon Cowell. “American Idol” is adding a fourth critic to its panel of judges.
Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi will sit alongside Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson when the eighth season of “American Idol” premieres in January, the Fox netwo... read more
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Warner Bros is sueing an Indian studio over a film whose title it believes is too close to that of its hugely successful Harry Potter series.
Mumbai based Mirchi Movies is set to release its film Hari Puttar – A Comedy of Terrors on September 12 in the subcontinent. But a lawsuit filed ... read more
World Politics »
Schedule for the Democratic National Convention:
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MONDAY
Theme: “One Nation.”
Headline prime-time speaker: Michelle Obama.
Others: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; former President Carter; Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Maya... read more
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A dog protected a newborn after its teenaged mother abandoned the baby soon after giving birth in a field in rural Argentina.
The report from Buenos Aires said that a villager, alerted by the cries of the baby in a field behind his house, informed the police.
He found the baby lying be... read more
Entertainment »
The cast for Season 7 of “Dancing with the Stars” was announced this morning on ABC’s “Good Morning” with a few surprises. Mainly, reality TV celebutante Kim Kardashian — who had been rumored for days to be on the show — actually suffered an injury (she cut ... read more
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It’s Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy.
Zuma Nesta Rock weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces when he was born Thursday afternoon, according to publicist Dave Tomberlin.
“Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy,”... read more
