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...Bridgeville won fame as the first town to be auctioned on eBay in 2002, with a winning bid of $1.77 million. The sellers turned to the Internet auction site after real estate agents couldn't unload the unincorporated town - with no grocery store, gas station or restaurant - that's accessible only from a two-lane highway. But the eBay buyer vanished after discovering during a visit that the spot 260 miles north of San Francisco was teaming with abandoned shacks, garbage and decrepit buildings. After a succession of spooked online buyers also backed away, Bruce Krall, a commercial mortgage banker...
...Jack, obviously, he’s physical, his size—he’s a presence back there. “[McCafferty] is on the power play and looks like Paul Coffey back there,” Maki added, referencing the offensively explosive Hall of Fame blueliner. And after proving they can play with the big boys, Christian and McCafferty experienced as freshmen what many skaters never get: the thrill of an ECAC title, secured with last weekend’s 6-2 victory over Cornell. “To win the title is sort of like a dream...
...Haddaway song “What is Love?” a tune popularized by its “A Night at the Roxbury” fame plays in the background, two brothers with spiky, gelled hair nod their heads sideways to the beat of the music.It’s pretty much the story of Harvard men’s lacrosse standouts Steve and Greg Cohen. Just substitute Will Ferrell for Greg, and Chris Kattan for Steve, and change the setting from the Roxbury to Syosset, N.Y., and they’ll have you doing a double-take...
...Last night Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During his speech, Ozzy choked up and said, 'This is a night I will remember for the rest of the night.'" --CONAN O'BRIEN...
...Vendetta,” based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, was adapted for the screen by the notorious Wachowski brothers of “The Matrix” fame. The film is set in an Orwellian future, replete with governmental conspiracies, constant surveillance, and a harsh crackdown on political dissent. Portman compellingly plays Evey Hammond, the film’s protagonist alongside “The Matrix”’s Hugo Weaving as the masked liberator...