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...country, R&B and Cajun--defied categorization; two weeks after evacuating his home in Slidell, La., which was razed by Hurricane Katrina; in Orange, Texas. Nicknamed for his deep voice, he got his break in the late 1940s at Houston's Bronze Peacock club when T-Bone Walker fell ill and Brown jumped onstage and began riffing. ("I made $600 in 15 minutes," he boasted.) A collaborator with artists from Eric Clapton to Roy Clark, the frequent Grammy nominee won the award for his 1982 album, Alright Again...
...While New Orleans has been the focus of national attention after Katrina hit, this ill-starred coastline has waited for more help to arrive. A family that watched the water surround their home and survived hadn't seen a relief worker in over a week after the storm and decided to spray paint on a shed that had floated into their yard their sentiment: "THE LAND THE NATION FORGOT...
...said his hard-line attitude comes from carefully weighting parental advice. “My mother said, ‘never talk ill of the dead’ but my father said, ‘tell the truth,’” Dershowitz said...
When Richard Nixon flew into Beijing on the morning of February 21, 1972, Mao Zedong was so thrilled, he wanted the U.S. President to come straight from the airport to meet him. Mao had been seriously ill for weeks: resuscitation equipment was hidden behind potted plants in his residence in case he collapsed during the meeting. The Chairman was fitted with a new Mao suit to conceal edematous bloating. That morning he had his first haircut in five months...
...time when businesses are finding it hard to fill job vacancies, 15% of the working-age population are being paid not to work, he says. It's costing $NZ14 million a day. National wants tougher work tests for the unemployed, tighter controls on those claiming they are too ill to work, and welfare mothers to participate in work or training when their youngest child is of school age. Brash's message of personal responsibility and hard work is striking a chord with taxpayers. But, as one government social worker from Auckland (who asked not to be identified) has found, shifting...