At the 30th annual Sundance Film Festival, its founder, Robert Redford, denies that the event has become more commercial and jokes that he’ll die before he retires. (Jan. 21)
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A Texas elementary school teacher is on leave after being accused of taping a first grader’s mouth shut. (Jan. 21)
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The long-awaited premiere of Ridley Scott’s and Kevin Macdonald’s ‘Life In A Day’ YouTube documentary is finally here. Find out where to watch it online after the jump. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Social Times Discovery Date : 21/01/2011 12:00 Number of articles : 4
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As deep budget cuts force school districts to downsize, publicly funded charter schools are flourishing around the country. (Jan. 21)
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Former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier slipped out the back of his hotel Thursday and was driven to a private home on a mountain above Haiti’s capital. (Jan. 21)
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President Barack Obama is restructuring his economic advisory board to place an emphasis on job creation, and he is naming General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as its new head. (Jan. 21)
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January 21st: French King Louis XVI executed; Vladimir Lenin dies; Alger Hiss convicted of lying to grand jury; President Carter pardons nearly all draft evaders; Concorde’s first flight; Count Basie record “One O’Clock Jump”
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Crowds of people chanted outside the downtown Chicago hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was being honored at a dinner held by Mayor Richard Daley. One protester said Hu should leave the United States. (Jan. 21)
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Federal authorities orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns in FBI history Thursday, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other crimes spanning decades. (Jan. 20)
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Authorities say police battled would-be robbers at a popular mall in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, sending terrified shoppers scrambling and leaving one officer dead. (Jan. 20)
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