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...Runaways, the all-girl band she co-founded in 1975 with Joan Jett; of lung cancer; in San Dimas, California. Although dismissed as a novelty act in the all-male world of rock, the Runaways influenced female-led punk bands from X-Ray Spex to the Go-Gos with raw, thumping anthems like Cherry Bomb, Born to be Bad and Is It Day or Night...
...Detroit or the suburbs of Tel Aviv? How about the Indian side of Kashmir versus the posh campus of the American University of Beirut? According to Harvard’s Office of International Programs (OIP), students are free to visit the formers, but Israel and Lebanon are still no-gos...
...states' overall budget troubles are the biggest danger for muni investors, and ample reason to be very selective. No state has defaulted on its general-obligation bonds since the Great Depression, so stick with these "GOs" or with "essential service" bonds issued by water, sewer or even school authorities. Medium-term maturities of about 10 years are the bond market's sweet spot today; prices here are less vulnerable to rising interest rates--a certainty at some point--than are those of longer-term bonds...
...putting on this week's Ladyfest, Olympia's six-day festival of female bands, artists and speakers, open to both sexes. Workshops range from guitar lessons to basic auto mechanics, "girls only." Besides Sleater-Kinney, other nationally known Olympia acts performing include Bangs (a blissful marriage of the Go-Gos and the Ramones), the Need, and the Gossip. The bands from out of town are also formidable (Cat Power, the Rondelles, Bratmobile), but it's no coincidence that it's happening here...
...prolonged legal battle with the Dutch government over a plan to tear down the brick-and-stone monastery, a national landmark, and replace it with a building that has an entrance facing east, like his residence. "We think it's better to renovate than tear down," says Gos Saes, a spokesman for Vlodrop's mayor. A court decision is expected in May, and if the Maharishi loses, many followers will decamp to other centers in the U.S. or Switzerland. He says he will stay, however, because, says one disciple, he considers his living quarters "ideal...