Sunday, July 6, 2008
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CLARKSBURG, MD. - You could call him Mr. July 4th. Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth, including a spectacle in 1911 when Indianapolis residents watched as two trains purposely collided at full speed.
Loring Park was feeling the love when gay and lesbian couples took part in a mass commitment ceremony.
Striking a deal estimated to be worth $400 million through 2016, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has renewed his contract with Clear Channel Communications and its syndication subsidiary Premiere Radio Networks. Limbaugh said the new contract would pay him about $38 million a year for eight years. He also said he would receive a $100 million signing bonus.
Lennon recalls that both were unknown teenagers at the time. "I was playing at a garden fete in the ... village where I lived just outside Liverpool, playing with a group, and he came along and we met." McCartney said they were introduced by a mutual friend named Ivan. Lennon and McCartney became fast friends -- once they found out they had skills in common and a shared taste for such American stars as Fats Domino and Little Richard -- and they soon joined up with teenage guitarist George Harrison to form the nucleus of what would become the Beatles. Drummer Ringo Starr would come much later, just before the group started its string of No. 1 hits.
Fashion
With the McCain and Obama campaigns in full swing, here's what we think of the potential First Couples' fashion platforms.
Photo right: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama
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There has been so much excitement in our boutique scene lately. Here’s the latest: Ivy –the women’s store in Calhoun Square–is the latest to flee the Uptown mall. According to owner Ini Iyamba, he’ll be moving down the street to 1440 W. Lake St., the space formerly occupied by C.D. Warehouse. The new location should [...]
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