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Dr Steve Gets Physical With Olivia Newton John
Olivia Newton-John’s appeal seems to be timeless. With a career spanning more than four decades she is still a vibrant, creative individual that is adored by fans across the world. Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest child of...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Lifetime (tv network), Entertainment, London (England), Charles, Prince of Wales
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Steven Van Zandt
"Steven Van Zandt is the nation's premier priest of garage rock, spreading the gospel of no-frills, fist-pumping rock roll."
-Entertainment Weekly, 2006
On April 7, 2002, coincidentally (or not?) the same date in 1967 that Tom Donahue kicked off...Tags: Entertainment, United Nations, Justice and Rights, Music Industry, Festive Events
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North Texas Woman Takes On Oil Company In Fight For Her Land
CW 33 NewsTransCanada is the company planning to build the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline from Alberta all the way to the Gulf Coast near Houston. The project, if completed, would cross thousands of miles including 1,200 feet of Julia Trigg Crawford’s...Tags: TransCanada Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Trials, Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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White babies not the majority anymore
CNNU.S. minorities now represent more than half of America's population under the age of 1, the Census Bureau said, a historic demographic milestone with profound political, economic and social implications. The bureau -- defining a minority as anyone who...Tags: Migration, Politics, Elections, Immigration, University of New Hampshire
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UN official recommends US return Mt. Rushmore to tribe
KIAHWhat if you came home one day and found someone else living in your house? In Texas, there’s a law that allows squatters to take over abandoned property for little next to nothing. It’s called Adverse Possession. But what happens if your...Tags: United Nations, Politics, International Organizations, Interior Policy, U.S. Supreme Court
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Nigerian man seeking political asylum faces deportation
Tribune reporterAn attorney for a 28-year-old Nigerian man facing deportation will try to persuade immigration officials on Monday to release his client from a Wisconsin detention center following his arrest last week. The lawyer and the man’s American wife...Tags: Medical Specialization, Migration, Rogers Park, Police Arrests, Prisons
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Nigerian immigrant faces deportation after seeking political asylum
An attorney for a 28-year-old Nigerian man facing deportation will try to persuade immigration officials Monday to release his client from a Wisconsin detention center after his arrest last week. The lawyer and the man's American wife contend the arrest...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Rogers Park, Police Arrests, Politics, Prisons
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LAUSD charter elementary with low test scores gets a reprieve
Things would be easier if Academia Semillas del Pueblo didn't have such low test scores.
Then, the focus could be on the El Sereno charter school's International Baccalaureate program. Or on its trilingual curriculum: English, Spanish and Nahuatl, an...Tags: United Nations, Entertainment, Mexico, Politics, Washington, DC
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Blond hair evolved separately in Europe and the South Pacific
Though the indigenous people of the Solomon Islands all have dark skin, about 5% to 10% also have naturally blond hair – and a new study finds that the genetic quirk responsible for this is different from the one that produces blond hair in people...
Tags: Human Body, Science and Technology, Solomon Islands, Politics, DNA
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U.S. special forces commander seeks to expand operations
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. commander is seeking authority to expand clandestine operations against militants and insurgencies around the globe, a sign of shifting Pentagon tactics and priorities after a grueling decade of large-scale wars. Adm....
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Terrorism, Politics, Al-Qaeda, The Pentagon
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'Plumed Serpent' tracks the complex tale of a wandering deity
Over at the Getty Villa, a fantastic hybrid sculpture is holding court in a powerful exhibition that explores the ancient Mediterranean goddess Aphrodite. Based on a lost Greek original, a 1st century Roman carving of an exquisite hermaphrodite, part...
Tags: John Taylor, Science and Technology, Arts, Mexico City, Entertainment
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Methodists will ask for repentance from Indiginous Peoples
The Religion WorldDelegates attending the 2012 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa will participate in “An Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous Peoples.” The service is intended to begin the process of reconciliation...
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