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...been around forever but known mostly to musicians and insiders. Andrew Hill almost fit the bill. Over his 50-year career, he was lauded as a groundbreaking pianist and composer. And yet he was often overlooked by mainstream audiences, which focused on contemporaries like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins. But Hill refused to fade. His 2006 album, Time Lines, earned him album-of-the-year honors from Down Beat magazine. Hill, who performed just three weeks before his death...
...known to embrace unlikely candidates. Remember Governor Jesse Ventura? And at the moment, Franken is well positioned to become the state's Democratic nominee. The outlook for the general election is too early to call: a poll taken just before Franken's announcement had him losing to incumbent Norm Coleman 35% to 57%. A later poll showed the gap at just 10 points...
...campaign, Franken raised more than $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2007--this despite having been an official candidate for only 45 days. At a series of stops during the recent Democratic caucus night in St. Paul, voters cheered Franken when he talked about "taking out" Coleman. They laughed at his jokes. But being entertained by someone doesn't necessarily mean you agree with him. And it certainly doesn't mean you'll vote for him. To win the seat, Franken will need to convince voters that his past remarks were "just jokes" and that he is more than...
...Long, long ago, when wrestling was still covered in the sports section, one of its more compelling figures was the beefy Polish-born fighter Abe Coleman. At 5 ft. 3 in. and 200 lbs., the man dubbed the Hebrew Hercules fought such he-men of the 1930s as George Temple (Shirley's brother) and the 465-lb. Man Mountain Dean, whom the agile Coleman once lifted in the air before the pair crashed through the ring. Among Coleman's moves: the airplane spin, the flying head butt and his trademark "kangaroo kick"--an assault on an opponent's jaw that...
Laura Harper. Marissa Coleman. Crystal Langhorne. Kristi Toliver. Shay Doron...