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Clemens put his name in the record book with a remarkable strikeout performance, fanning 20 batters in a game at Fenway Park April 29 against the Seattle Mariners...
Whoever did not catch on to Springsteen until 1984's commercial breakthrough, Born in the U.S.A., which sold some 17 million copies worldwide and became Columbia's all-time hit album, can now take Live/1975-85 and play an extraordinarily exciting game of catch-up. 4th of July, Asbury Park, which dates back to the "Boss's" second album, released in 1973, has never sounded more poignant or evocative of all its epiphanies down on the Kokomo than it does here, in a performance recorded at a New Year's Eve concert in New York City six years ago. Springsteen fans...
...York City's Central Park last week looked like an autumn painting, framed in leaves of russet and gold and brushed with soft sunlight. In the shadow of Manhattan's skyline, workers bustled around the Wollman Memorial Rink. One crew hoisted lights for night skating, while another busily polished rest stands for skaters. Someone at the controls of the music system surrendered to an impulse and played the Skater's Waltz. Said Jogger Susan Dorrity, who stopped to watch the activity: "I can't believe it's done...
...will be reimbursed by the city in December for his construction expenses, will operate the rink, though he promises to contribute any profits to charity. But he will not come away empty-handed. The renovated rink improves the view from the five buildings that Trump owns overlooking the park. He has also earned the gratitude of city officials who must approve his future projects, including an $8 billion to $10 billion complex on Manhattan's West Side. No one, however, can accuse him of acting out of self-interest in at least one sense: Donald Trump does not know...
Sympathy for crime victims who fight back -- even when they have clearly violated the law -- is common. Two weeks ago, a jury considering charges under the much publicized handgun ban in Oak Park, Ill., acquitted a frequently robbed gas-station owner who used a pistol to shoot at armed thieves as they fled. Earlier this year a New York City judge dismissed weapon-possession charges against a subway token clerk who had killed a mugger with an unlicensed...