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Archive for September, 2009

Elmore Leonard to be honored by writers’ group (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Reuters - Author Elmore Leonard will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Pen USA at the 19th annual Literary Awards Festival to be held December 2 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

FBI denies editing Oklahoma City bombing tapes (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

This frame grab taken from security video released by the FBI and provided to The Oklahoman shows damage to a nearby building shortly after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The tapes were obtained by an attorney and provided to The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman, the newspaper reported Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/FBI via the Oklahoman) -- MANDATORY CREDIT TO THE OKLAHOMAN --AP - The FBI says it did not edit videotapes of the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building before turning them over to an attorney who is conducting an unofficial inquiry into the bombing.


Democrat says GOP wants sick to just ‘die quickly’ (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - House Republicans say it's payback time for the recent reprimand of one of their own for heckling President Barack Obama. They want a Democratic lawmaker to apologize or face a reprimand for saying the GOP wants Americans to "die quickly" if they get sick.


Honduras’ Micheletti backs off Brazil deadline (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

John Biehl, Organization of American States, OAS, representative is seen through of window of a gate at the Brazilian embassy, before a meeting with Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Business and political leaders who backed the coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya now are considering the unthinkable: returning him to office with limited powers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Reuters - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti on Wednesday backed away from a deadline set for Brazil to decide on the fate of ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up at the Brazilian embassy for more than a week after sneaking back from exile.


Next Bank of America CEO must rebuild firm’s image (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Financial Services Committee. Bank of America Corp. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 said Lewis will retire from the bank by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)AP - Ken Lewis' legacy as CEO of Bank of America Corp. will likely be determined by whether his successor can do what Lewis couldn't: prove that the bank's messy acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. was worth the money.


Courteney Cox’s Bangin’ Bikini Lingerie Body!

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Cougar alert!

Courteney Cox's wardrobe for Cougar Town must be minimal because from what we can tell it's mostly lingerie!

Whatever it takes to get ratings right?

But does anyone really want to see Courtney parade around showing her tittays and ass? Well, besides hubby David Arquette.

Yes!

Not bad for 45!

Study finds more gay characters on network TV (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Cast and crew of AP - The number of gay and bisexual characters on prime-time network TV is up slightly this season to 18 out of a total of 600 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.


Robert Frank’s photos spark unfulfilling “Journey” (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Reuters - First published in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's "The Americans" may be the most influential book of art over the past six decades. A collection of 83 black-and-white photographs, "The Americans" set standards that still challenge artists.

Docu turns business of “Art” into compelling drama (Reuters)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Reuters - For a movie about bureaucratic and political machinations in the art world, the documentary "The Art of the Steal" is far more enthralling than it has a right to be.

Ketsana leaves more than 360 dead across SE Asia (AP)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Pham Thi Thu Suong, 7, rides a boa past Hoi An's landmark Japanese Bridge in flooded water in Hoi An, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 after Typhoon Ketsana passed the area. Ketsana prompted the worst flooding in the northern Philippines in 40 years when it struck Saturday, and then continued its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - A new typhoon gathered strength Thursday off the Philippines while nearly 700,000 people still sought help in badly stretched relief centers from massive flooding caused by Ketsana, one of the region's most destructive storms in years.