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...parent company Disney are being accused of selling out journalism itself - all for negotiating with the late-night talk-show host to jump from CBS and replace Ted Koppel. (Letterman draws younger viewers and so more advertiser's dollars, whereas news programs are traditionally a magnet for Metamucil ads.) The news sent New York's chattering class into a frenzy; as of this writing, this national crisis has prompted three front-page New York Times articles, and counting...
...draws raves. Whatever?as long as he keeps conceiving sequin headdresses for Cher LENNOX LEWIS Champ wins $8 million lawsuit against his promoter. At issue: promoter's deal to have Lennox drink Yuban coffee between rounds Losers JACQUES CHIRAC Le Monde runs photo of French prez with sleazeball scandal-magnet. Chirac is getting off easy. Those naked, bongo pics? Still hidden JULIAN AND STEPHEN MARLEY Sons of the deceased reggae legend Bob Marley busted for smoking weed. Other charges: sitting on sofas, giggling, really getting into Memento ROBERT MUGABE President of Zimbabwe kicks out E.U. election-observers...
When I was a little kid, I took cello lessons. The cello, I quickly learned, is not a toy. It breaks when you drop it, it's a bully magnet, and it takes five years of agonizing practice before you stop sounding like a baby pterodactyl. Only much later did I discover that music can actually be fun. That's probably why musical toys are the biggest thing at this year's Toy Fair, the major annual trade show in New York City all about the business...
...diverse cities in the U.S. - a third of the population is Hispanic, a third is Asian, and the other third is everything else. Many of the city's cybercafes are owned and operated by Korean immigrants and, like their popular counterparts in Korea, the establishments tend to be a magnet for Asian gangs. The gangs are very fluid entities: unlike Crips or Bloods, they don't wear colors, and members don't readily admit to their existence. They were originally formed for self-defense, but have gradually become more offensive, with gangs from different backgrounds (Korean, Vietnamese, etc.) squaring...
...found herself unmarried and pregnant with child number three before she and her mate “figured out how they wanted to order their family. ” Though Antoinette’s husband never had problems making money “stick to his hands like a magnet,” he gave up the corporate world in order to run their household and take care of the kids. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t mind taking them out of school on a random fall day and taking them...