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“The Rotting of the Big Apple” September 1990

The Decline Of New York By JOELLE ATTINGER NEW YORK If, as Lewis Mumford wrote, cities were created as “a means of bringing heaven down to earth” and “a symbol of the possible,” New York is the epitome of those dreams. No other city’s skyline thrusts so aggressively toward the heavens, pulling down the clouds […]

Drunken elephants go on rampage after “getting into” the rice beer

At least 6 in India killed after elephants get into rice beer Dec 17, 2002 – At least six persons were crushed to death by wild elephants that went amok after getting drunk on rice beer near Guwahati, India. A forest official said the herd went on the rampage Monday in Tinsukia district. “They smashed […]

KUCINICH WINS POLL ON EDWARDS WEBSITE

Edie Brickell Keyboardist Shot Dead In Dallas

September 5, 2007 Musician Is Killed for Banging on a Door By GRETEL C. KOVACH DALLAS, Sept. 4 — A Texas rock musician was shot to death here early Monday by a neighbor who fired through a closed door, thinking he was scaring off a burglar. The incident occurred just three days after a new […]

CARLOS AMEZCUELA ROCKS FAT FOX CONTRACT; BAILS ON HAL FISHMAN JOB AT KTLA

LOS ANGELES TIMES September 5, 2007 Carlos Amezcua, the longtime KTLA-TV Channel 5 morning news anchor who was viewed as a potential replacement for the late Hal Fishman on the station’s 10 p.m. newscast, has decided to move to rival KTTV-TV Channel 11, station officials said Tuesday. Amezcua, who has been with KTLA for more […]