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...site, www.deadpeople.info, verifies that musicians Sir Paul McCartney, B.B. King, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Jimmy Buffett, and Whitney Houston, as well as perennial acting superstar Scott Baio, all remain alive...
...struggling to prevent a further slide. Party leader Gerry Adams' approval rating has plummeted in the Irish Republic by 21 points since October, from 51% to 30%; Sinn Fein's figures have dipped, too, from 12% to 9%. At Sinn Fein's annual conference on Saturday, Adams said the McCartney murder is "a huge issue for us," adding that "as president of Sinn Fein or as an individual, I could not campaign for the victims of British or unionist paramilitary thuggery if I was not as clear and as committed to justice for the McCartney family." McCartney's sisters made...
...Seven Sinn Fein members accused by the victim's family of involvement in the killing have been suspended. Adams also said he would instruct his solicitor to hand over the names of people the McCartneys have implicated in the case to Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman. This represents a huge concession for Northern Ireland's leading republican. The taboo on helping the police - blamed for collusion with loyalist paramilitaries - is still strong. Former I.R.A. member Anthony McIntyre says the McCartney murder shows they've forgotten that their objections were always supposed to be against "political policing, not policing itself...
...McCartneys have shown similar courage, organizing a rally attended by 1,000 people and lobbying politicians from Belfast to Washington. Sean Brady, the Catholic primate of Ireland, said their bravery "rendered transparent and weak the efforts of others to bully, frighten and control whole communities for their own selfish or political ends." Now the McCartneys hope others will speak out, too. Some witnesses have come forward, Paula McCartney says, but they have denied seeing the actual attack. "Seventy-two people could not have all been in the toilets," she says...
...business of fashion isn't always a pretty thing. Designers are increasingly bending to the whims of corporate backers, as big names like Helmut Lang have lost control of their houses, while designers like Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney have been given ultimatums to boost profitability. Valvo, in contrast, owns his own $80 million company--an industry rarity--and has no intention of ceding control...