Now for Your Grrrs … Tia in cyberspace says: A big fat GRRRR to Newsweek for their blatant and disgusting irresponsibility and their handling of the fallout. They are sorry? Sorry doesn’t cut it when their lack of foresight and journalistic integrity, not to mention plain old common sense, cost …
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The sniper spree in the Washington, D.C., area has spawned calls for “ballistic fingerprinting” of firearms. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he would introduce legislation for a national program. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence told The Washington Post that ballistic fingerprinting would have “solved this crime after the …
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George Clooney |Sam Rockwell |Jack Nicholson|Gangs|Golden Globes George Clooney’s Confessions “This is going to be a hard Christmas for our family,” George Clooney told me yesterday right before we all went off to the premiere of his directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He was thinking about his late …
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New York – Twenty years ago,6-year-old Carol Anne, a character in the Steven Spielberg thriller Poltergeist, uttered the words”They’re here,” justbefore being sucked into her family’s television set by “the TV people.” In the 21st century, any one of us can be sucked into the tube — at least figuratively …
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WASHINGTON – Participantsin the 2002 Green Anarchy Tour vow to “destroy civilization on stolen lands,” and with a secret calendar of dates and locations, they could be headed next to a town near you. “Our world is being destroyed both economically and socially by capitalism, we’re being coaxed along in …
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Bruce Springsteen and Al Gore | Springsteen| E Street Band Tipper Ponies Up for the Boss Tickets to Bruce Springsteen‘s tour are pretty hot stuff. They’re hard to get, but they’re not too expensive at $77 — compared to recent Paul McCartneyand Prince shows. But not everyone wants to pay …
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WASHINGTON – Inserting himself further into the Enron fracas, the Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday and likened the plight of the former Enron employees by his side to the struggles of the civil rights movements of the 1960s. Before a meeting with Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority …
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And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! A Change of MindIn his speech in San Francisco yesterday, former Vice President Gore said the first President Bush had ended the 1991 Gulf War too soon. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) …
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WASHINGTON – In the business of real estate, everyone knows it’s all location, location, location. Unfortunately for businesses and organizations near the White House or other so-called “trophy” properties at high risk for terrorist attacks, location is causing owners, developers, moneylenders, and insurers big headaches. According to insurance industry leaders, …
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Kevin Costner| Arista Records Costner’s Career in Peril? Kevin Costner is still struggling to overcome the horrors of Waterworld and The Postman. He’s made Tin Cup, 13 Days, For Love of the Game, and Message in a Bottle — each time trying to find his groove. Remember Field of Dreams, …
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