Word: ranches
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...press-averse Kilmer is going on the offensive to repair his image, which he says has been created by the media because of the eccentric roles he has taken, the fact that he is a Method actor or because he lives far from Hollywood on a 6,000-acre ranch near Santa Fe, N.M., with more than 100 animals. But now, he says, he can't take the abuse anymore. "It's like being a black man and being called a n_____," he says, kind of loudly. "If someone calls you a n_____ all day long, you start thinking...
...Reno, Nevada, the Truckee River took a shortcut through town, forcing government offices, the celebrated Mustang Ranch brothel and--for the first time in memory--several casinos to shut down...
...days later, a posse of media descended upon the Dallas Cowboys' training complex in Valley Ranch, Texas, to do a different sort of digging. Less than 48 hours after the Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 40-15 in their wild-card playoff game, Dallas police announced they were investigating a claim by a 23-year-old waitress that wide receiver Michael Irvin held a gun to her head as she was sexually assaulted by offensive tackle Erik Williams and another man, unidentified, in Williams' home after the Viking game. Bad news is nothing new to the Cowboys, who have already...
...noise from two wind generating systems." Alexander says when the rotors catch the sun at particular angles, a flickering light permeates his house. Indeed, it isn't easy to sell a house that sits near a turbine. Julie and Bart Thiry of Kewaunee County, Wis., who live in a ranch house 800 ft. away from the nearest of five turbines, believe that the windmills are somehow responsible for the persistent headaches of their 8- and 9-year-old daughters. Bart, a school bus driver and janitor, says when he tried to sell the house, he couldn't get an offer...
Among the rarest honors that President Bush bestows is induction into the Hundred Degree Club. Its members are the aides who have managed to keep up with him running a dusty three-mile course at his Crawford, Texas, ranch when the temperature is above 100°. It's certainly one way to get to know someone's heart, or at least his heart rate. Harriet Miers, 60, Bush's former personal lawyer, then loyal White House aide, was one of the few women to spend time clearing cedar with Bush on the ranch and pacing him on his runs, and over...