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...Kevin Spacey introduced the annual In Memoriam roll of clips of dead movie personalities by asking for a few seconds of silence for the victims of Sept. 11; apparently that was considered a roughly equal trade.) They're pretty much the sort of thing that caused the Taliban to outlaw all those TV sets. But that's what makes them American; that's why we tune in loyally by the millions to get drunk and laugh at them. That's what makes them great...
...lift U.S. embargoes against Iran and Libya; nuclear-plant owners looking for government backing of a burial ground for reactor waste; and coal, refinery and utility executives out to ease pollution standards. In addition to writing the kind of huge soft-money checks that the reform bill would outlaw, energy firms lent about 20 of their officials and lobbyists to a larger fund-raising team organized by the Republican National Committee...
DIED. WAYLON JENNINGS, 64, gristly Grammy-winning country "outlaw" who recorded Nashville's first platinum album (Wanted: The Outlaws); of a diabetes-related illness; in Chandler, Ariz. With his black Stetson and brash persona, Jennings, along with Willie Nelson, led country's outlaw movement of the late '60s and early '70s--a honky-tonk response to country's slick pop sound. Perhaps best known for Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, he recorded 16 No. 1 singles. Once a bassist for Buddy Holly, Jennings was scheduled to be on the plane in 1959 that killed...
...DIED. WAYLON JENNINGS, 64, grizzled Grammy-winning country singer who recorded Nashville's first platinum album (Wanted: The Outlaws); in Chandler, Arizona. With his black Stetson and brash persona, Jennings, along with Willie Nelson, led country's outlaw movement of the late '60s and early '70s?a honky-tonk response to country's slick pop sound. Among his 16 No. 1 singles was Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. Jennings was scheduled to be on the 1959 plane that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, but gave up his seat to another musician. DIED. VICTOR...
True History of the Kelly Gang Ned Kelly, an Australian outlaw who was eventually captured, tried and hanged for murder in 1880, still remains a Down Under hero and legend. He left behind some papers, which Australian-born author Peter Carey deftly incorporates into an exculpatory fictional autobiography of enormous imaginative power, the story of a normally flawed man driven to desperate acts for the sake, ultimately thwarted, of self-defense...