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...DIED. VIGEN DERDERIAN, 74, Iranian pop music icon often called the country's Elvis Presley; in Los Angeles. The singer, known to fans by his first name alone, was discovered at the age of 23 in an Iranian nightclub by a programming boss from Radio Iran. In the 1950s and '60s Vigen became a star with a look and a sound similar to Presley's, but was forced to leave Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution. He continued to perform in the U.S. and Europe...
...Degrees in Minneapolis, Minn., boasts all the night-life staples, like pool tables, DJs and live bands. But a few things are missing, like alcohol, cigarette smoke and music with racy lyrics. That's because the club, scheduled to open this week, is the city's first downtown Christian nightclub. Until recently, it was housed in an out-of-the-way spot that used to be a rock-'n'-roll bar. "We see this as a mission," said the Rev. Nancy Aleksuk, who has managed the club's move to its new $3 million venue with a capacity...
This July, the College approved $100,000 in safety upgrades on the Holyoke Street building in the wake of nightclub disasters in Chicago and Rhode Island. Alan Symonds, technical director of college theater, said those upgrades should be complete by the end of this month...
...stores worldwide, but only 15 of them will be in the U.S. "To keep the buzz," Wolverton says, "our strategy is to be slightly harder to get." He's using the marketing equivalent of a bouncer--increase access too much, and the appeal is gone--but as any good nightclub owner knows, it's hard to stay hip for long...
...series of annual legislative hearings on government affairs to air allegations that Roh illegally hid real estate assets under the name of his brother, chauffeur and other relatives and friends. Last month, the opposition used another hearing to probe allegations that Roh's presidential campaign got help from nightclub owner Lee Won Ho, currently under investigation for tax evasion, pimping and ordering the murder of a gang boss. Lee testified he helped round up 600 pro-Roh voters for the presidential primary. The allegations arose after Roh's former personal secretary, Yang Gil Seung, was filmed carousing with...