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...Budd Wilson Schulberg was born in New York on March 27, 1914, the son of Benjamin Perceval (B.P.) Schulberg, who became the production boss at Paramount, the most glamorous of the young studios. For Budd, as he wrote in the memoir Moving Pictures, Hollywood "was Home Sweet Home, a lovely place to play with lions and alligators, to ride my bike down lanes of pine and pepper trees, and to make lemonade from my own lemon tree." While B.P. rode herd over Cecil B. De Mille and Ernst Lubitsch, Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, the teenage Budd enjoyed the attention...
...knows for sure what that spike will look like or how it will compare with the roughly 36,000 Americans who die each year from seasonal flu. But ever since the first case of H1N1 flu was reported in Mexico last March, the Obama Administration has been girding for a difficult fall and winter, which may see millions getting sick, overwhelmed hospitals, rolling closures of schools, disruption of workplaces, canceled public events and a death rate no one can predict. "We just don't know the magnitude of this," says Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who has been working throughout...
...Resigned as CEO of Xe in March 2009, after Iraq barred Blackwater from operating in the country. Retained his title as chairman, although he claims to have little involvement in the day-to-day operations of the company...
Though the reclusive Erik Prince stepped down as CEO of the private-security company Blackwater (recently renamed Xe) in March, some explosive new headlines have put him back in the spotlight. According to a report in The Nation, an ex-Blackwater employee has alleged in federal testimony that Prince may have been involved in the murder of unnamed individuals assisting a federal investigation into Blackwater's actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The individual also claims Blackwater's culture encouraged killings in Iraq as part of a larger "crusade" against Muslims. The affidavit, one of two submitted...
...network that the two women were on assignment for - called his former boss to suggest the trip. Once assured that the North Koreans meant what they said, the White House signed off on the idea. The visit ended the journalist's 4½ month nightmare after being arrested March 17 and held in North Korea as punishment for allegedly crossing the border while filming a report on refugees in northeast China. Their plane touched down early Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, where Lee and Ling are sure to have an emotional reunion with family members...