Glen Campbell isn’t the first high-profile figure to announce he has Alzheimer’s —Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, and Sargent Shriver came before him. But it is “extraordinary” that the 75-year-old will hit the road for a farewell tour, write the editors at the Los Angeles Times . His decision “is a milestone…
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Artest All he is asking — give Metta World Peace a chance. Ron Artest Changes his Name to Metta World Peace Artest: All he is asking — give Metta World Peace a naomikathryn says: Oh, Ron-Ron. You have such a good heart. Though if the change goes through, it may take me a while to get from Ron-Ron to Metta World Peace.
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A British postman escaped a jail sentence by blaming his repeated mail theft on a rollercoaster. An August ride on Disney’s Thunder Mountain prompted flashbacks of a childhood schoolbus accident that killed eight and hospitalized the future mail carrier, his lawyer told the court. The flashbacks led to post-traumatic stress…
Continue reading …Reading While Eating For June 24: Celebrating National Take Your Dog To Work Day
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Today is National Take Your Dog To Work Day. Even if your office isn’t honoring this holiday, you can still celebrate by checking out these canine links. Slush Puppies: It is winter somewhere in the world. See this gallery of man’s best friend covered in snow. (LIFE) Musical Mutt: Watch this yellow lab bark the
Continue reading …The UN Court trying suspects of the 1994 Rwanda genocide found a female former government minister and her son guilty of war crimes today and gave both life sentences, marking the first time a woman has been convicted of genocide. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda’s former minister for family and women affairs,…
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Hey iOS developers, guess what? iOS 5 beta 2 is now available for your downloading pleasure, and from what we understand, it ushers in wireless syncing for Macs running iTunes 10.5 beta 2. So hop on over and download it already, and don’t hesitate to tell us how it’s treating you in the comments below. We’ll return the favor if we find anything remarkable — we promise. [Thanks, Haseeb] iOS 5 beta 2 now available for developers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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WebMD talks to experts about how smoking and drinking affect rheuamtoid arthritis.
Continue reading …Be careful what you blog about in Taiwan. One woman, identified only as Mrs. Liu, learned that lesson the hard way recently, after she complained on her little-read blog about the Sichuan Flavor Beef Noodle Restaurant in Taichung. The place, she wrote, was full of cockroaches, the owner was a…
Continue reading …The Oscar-winning actor has beaten off stiff competition to supposedly snag the lead role of a freed slave who becomes a contract killer. That’s some way to follow up Rio. Variety is reporting that Jamie Foxx has signed on for Quentin Tarantino’s western-influenced Django Unchained. It’s believed that the likes of Idris Elba, Terrence Howard
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