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Hilly Kristal, a Rock Midwife, Is Dead at 75

Hilly Kristal, a Rock Midwife, Is Dead at 75 By BEN SISARIO Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of punk and art-rock in New York in the 1970s and served as the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives throughout the world, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 75. His […]

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TPMmuckraker: RNC VOTER SHENANIGANS

What 83 year-old William Sidwell of Queen City, Missouri found in his mailbox last week scared him. It was a letter from the Republican National Committee, but it seemed to bear grave news: “Our records show that you registered as a member of our Party in Schuyler County, MO,” the letter said. “But a recent […]

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STEVE BENEN ON: “HOW MANY U.S. ATTORNEYS WERE FIRED”

It’s been a little while, but the last time we checked in with the purge scandal, about a month ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asked the AG how many U.S. Attorneys he’d fired during his tenure. He said he didn’t know. After acknowledging the nine we know about from the purge, Gonzales said, “I’m not […]

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Montoya looking forward to racing with Villeneuve

USATODAY.com By Jenna Fryer, AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve once had to be separated during a confrontation in Canada. But that was six years ago and their relationship has steadily improved since the contentious early days. Now Montoya is eagerly awaiting Villeneuve’s arrival into NASCAR. The 1997 […]

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