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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Thursday, March 18, 2010 18:25

LYDON AND THE LADS VISIT U.S. TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PiL Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom - their first shows in 17 years - Public Image Ltd. (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North ...

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THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS MOVED ABROAD

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 18:05

The American dream has always been that even those with humble roots can end up wealthy.The American dream is what has motivated generations of Americans - natives and immigrants alike - to work hard and play by the rules.And as Michael Moore wrote in ...

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CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG LINES UP FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THIS SPRING

Thursday, March 11, 2010 18:45

Photo by Autumn de Wilde Actress, singer, and ambassador for all things infinitely cool and French Charlotte Gainsbourg is bringing her Best New Music-earning LP IRM to life this April with a two-week North American tour. The trek includes a set at this year's Coachella. Dates are ...

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AZTECH WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY 180,000 UNITS OF 85MBPS HOMPLUG TO NORTH AMERICAN SATELLITE …

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:20

Aztech Electronics, the broadband and home networking products manufacturer, today announced it won a major contract win to supply more than 180,000 units of 85Mbps HomePlug to a leading satellite television provider in North America. The HomePlugs will be delivered to the customer in the first half of this year....

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JOHN ABRAHAM, ARJUN RAMPAL IN HOLLYWOODS AMERICAN EMPIRE

Monday, March 8, 2010 7:15

Hollywood production American Empire will have three-four Bollywood stars, according to reports. Filmfare nominated John Abraham (Dhoom), Filmfare winner Arjun Rampal (Rock On!!), and Ashmit Patel (Banaras) are reportedly starring in it and BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) is rumored to be in its cast. Directed by Andy Armstrong (Planet ...

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CHRISTOPHER CICCONE, MADONNA’S BROTHER, JOINS RACE TO BECOME “AMERICAN IDOL” JUDGE

Friday, March 5, 2010 15:50

Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, is desperate to get Simon Cowell’s seat as a judge on American Idol. Ciccone, who has been his sister’s assistant, backup dancer, stylist, and artistic director at various points throughout his career, has launched a Facebook page — “Christopher Ciccone for American Idol!” — to ...

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ADAM LAMBERT ON DRUGS: “MANY PARENTS ARE TOO CONSERVATIVE, THERE ARE CERTAIN DRUGS THAT ARE REALLY FUN…”

Monday, March 1, 2010 2:13

Never one to mince words, American Idol alum/Glam rocker Adam Lambert is speaking candidly about his past history of drug use, and criticizing American parents for coddling their children. In a new interview with Britain’s News of The World this week, Glambert says: “I went wild and I was experimenting with ...

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THOM YORKE NAMES SOLO BAND, LINES UP AMERICAN SPRING TOUR

Thursday, February 25, 2010 15:30

Front page photo by Colin Greenwood Thom Yorke's other band-- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via ...

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INVEST IN AMERICA ALLIANCE TO FUND AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, CREATE JOBS FOR COLLEGE GRADS

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 16:08

WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 23, 2010 – Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced a $3.5 billion initiative to support investment in U.S.-based growth-oriented industries and detailed a commitment to significantly increase jobs available this year for recent college graduates.

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POULTER BREAKS AMERICAN JINX

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 0:00

Ian Poulter broke his American duck when he outplayed fellow Briton Paul Casey 4&2 to win the Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain on Sunday. "To finally win over here, it means everything," Poulter told reporters. "I'm just so happy to finally win on American soil." "I ...

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NEW “AMERICAN IDOL” RULES ALLOW CONTESTANTS TO POST ONLINE UPDATES

Monday, February 22, 2010 12:20

In an American Idol first, show producers announced last week that contestants are now allowed to post updates on their progress throughout the competition on Idol-approved pages on social networking sites — including MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.

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GENERAL PETRAEUS: TORTURE IS UNNECESSARY, HURTS OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND VIOLATES OUR AMERICAN VALUES

Monday, February 22, 2010 0:28

General Petraeus - the military commander overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - told Meet the Press Friday that torture is counterproductive:I have always been on the record, in fact, since 2003, with the concept of living our values. And I th...

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THE NAZIS’ MURDER OF JEWS, COMMUNISTS AND GYPSIES IN GAS CHAMBERS WAS AN AMERICAN IDEA

Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:18

Believe it or not, the Nazis' murder of Jews, communists and gypsies using gas chambers was actually an American idea.As the San Francisco Chronicle wrote in 2003: the concept of a white, blond-haired, blue-eyed master Nordic race didn't originate with...

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“AMERICAN PIE” REBOOT HEADED TO THEATERS

Thursday, February 18, 2010 14:02

Universal Pictures has commissioned screenwriters Harold And Kumar, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg to pen the screenplay to a fourth American Pie film that will feature the return of several members of the 1999 original, The Los Angeles Times said on Thursday. Insiders say the studio is eager to reboot ...

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SIGNS OF LIFE IN AMERICAN RETAILING: SIMON BUYS

Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:42

Big takeover bids suggest the worst is over for America’s retailersTWO judges will have a big impact on the fortune of David Simon, the boss of his family’s American shopping-mall firm. The first must decide a bitter dispute over the will of Mr Simon’s late billionaire father, which was controversially ...

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LACY SCHNOOR PICTURES

Monday, February 15, 2010 3:27

Lacy Schnoor is another American Winter Olympics athlete who, as the picture above shows, would have to make anyone’s hottest 2010 Olympians list. Schnoor is a freestyle skier who has finished as high as 7th in a world event. She’ll have to do better than that in Vancouver obviously to medal, ...

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TROPICAL CYCLONE HITS AMERICAN SAMOA

Saturday, February 13, 2010 0:00

A strong storm with hurricane-force winds is lashing American Samoa. Tropical Cyclone Rene hit the sparsely populated island of Manua with sustained winds of 120kph Friday afternoon. The storm is expected to arrive at the capital city of Pago Pago in the evening. As ...

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PAKISTAN DETAINS AMERICAN MAN FOR TRAVELLING NEAR AFGHAN BORDER WITHOUT PERMISSION

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 0:00

A local Pakistani official says authorities have detained an American man near the country’s famed Khyber Pass leading to Afghanistan because he did not have government permission to travel there. Official Javed Khan says the man was apprehended Monday in the Jamrud area of Khyber, part of

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GREEN DAY & CAST OF “AMERICAN IDIOT” GRAMMY AWARDS 2010 PERFORMANCE ["21 GUNS"]

Monday, February 1, 2010 2:26

You’d have to be a real “American Idiot” not to love Green Day!

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FIGHT OVER “AMERICAN IDOL” LEADS TO ATTEMPTED MURDER!

Sunday, January 31, 2010 22:44

A Florida woman was so upset and agitated after arguing with her boyfriend over the new season of American Idol, she stabbed him. Police in St. Petersburg have arrested Cynthia Bettis-Ware, 52, on charges of first-degree attempted murder after she stabbed live-in love Kevin Johnson, 47, before scalding him with ...

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