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...Really, it's a poor person's tax.' SEAN O'BRIEN, a professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City's law school, saying such fees unfairly affect struggling families...
...Leno hands over The Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien, ending a 17-year run behind one of the most hallowed desks in show business--on a program that has barely changed since its debut more than 50 years...
...Rivers to Chevy Chase, and his 1992 retirement prompted a bitter succession war between David Letterman, the sardonic host of NBC's Late Night, and Leno, a comedian. The network's choice of Leno prompted a round of musical chairs in which Letterman defected to CBS, making room for O'Brien--a gawky comedy writer with almost no on-air experience--to take over Late Night. While O'Brien moves to the top spot this month, Leno isn't going anywhere: he'll create a new 10 p.m. talk show in the fall...
...Former residents also noted the appeal of elevators, modern facilities, and individual bedrooms for each occupant, citing these incentives as a draw from the vibrant culture of the existing Houses. “It wasn’t laden with ghosts of years past,” said John O. Field ’62. “One could imagine 19 year-old fellows thinking ‘this is better than some musky old attic in some other house.’” In addition to its cutting edge architecture, residents recalled the novelty...
...France Flight 447, a twin-engine A330, took off from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro at 7:30 p.m. local time and was last heard from three hours later, when the cockpit crew radioed to tell Brazilian air controllers that the plane would enter Senegalese airspace at 11:20 p.m., according to a statement from Aeronautica, the body in charge of Brazilian airspace. (No message from Senegalese airspace was ever received.) Speaking at a press conference, Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said the plane encountered stormy weather and strong turbulence at 11 p.m. and shortly...