Until fall 2008, Michael Jackson’s Balloon Samba kiddie ride sat alongside the bumper cars, spinning swings, roller coasters and train rides on his 2,800-acre Neverland Ranch. Now, the brightly colored hot-air-balloon-themed amusement-park ride tours …
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Radio Free Charleston’s” 95th episode is now online at thegazz … Mail or drop off burned CDs of up to four individual songs to Douglas Imbrogno, The Charleston Gazette, 1001 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25301. Or e-mail them individually as mp3 …
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… tax increase if he wins in November…sounds like a plan to me… Taxed to Death: I am a state employee that has not received a salary increase in four years…get a new song to sing please … There’s a free rider problem and you know it.
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When: 7:30 p.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Sun. Where: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls. Tickets: $28-$88. 1-800-982-2787 or www.hennepintheatretrust.org . A weak lead performer dooms any show. In the case of the …
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Ernie Paragallo, a prominent thoroughbred breeder and owner, was convicted on 33 charges of animal cruelty Wednesday morning for starving and neglecting his horses on his Hudson Valley farm. Judge George J. Pulver Jr. reached the verdict in the …
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Our Sound music columnist Bill Henry turns his eyes and ears on the area’s vibrant, multi-genre music scene every week in The Sun Times. From blues to bluegrass, folk to funk, pop to punk and classical to celtic, Henry writes about the area’s …
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As a military band played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” one of the women who had been sitting in a wheelchair stood up and saluted through the entire song as a relative gently supported her back. “Women Airforce Service Pilots, we are all your …
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These aviators — all women — got long-overdue recognition today. They received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor given by Congress, in a ceremony on Capitol Hill. About 200 women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots …
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Associated Press Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs …
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The Australian band Beaches isn’t an all-woman supergroup, although its five members play in other bands and a few perceptive fans might recognize guitarist Antonia Sellbach from the trio Love of Diagrams, which was briefly signed to Matador. Beaches …
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