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...most of the '70s they tolerated it. They worked for no pay at the Comedy Store because that's how they got seen by the agents and bookers and producers who could be their ticket to the real paying jobs - a TV guest shot, a club gig out of town, maybe even a part in a sitcom or movie. Landing good time slots at the Comedy Store was too important to risk alienating the club owner who put together the nightly lineups...
...breathtaking view from Karanganyar's Astana Giribangun mausoleum, the final resting place of former President Suharto, was fit for a king - and the reception of Indonesia's longest-serving leader no less royal. Tens of thousands of Javanese came out to pay their last respects today in this small town in central Java, lining the steep hills overlooking the spectacular rice fields that feed this nation of more than 230 million people. Beneath hundreds of banners that read HAVE A SAFE TRIP FROM THE PEOPLE OF SOLO, old ladies walked for miles under the sweltering midday sun just to catch...
Angry crowds of Luos and Kalenjin also squared off along a road in the tourist town of Naivasha, an hour north. The clashes in Naivasha reached a near-breaking point on Tuesday, when army helicopters fired what police said were rubber bullets into crowds of demonstrators facing off against each other along a major road. "We know very well the police are not doing their work, they are also political, they are favoring one side, they are not caring for all people," said Odinga supporter Evans Maremi...
...group itself is only planning low-key celebrations of the patent anniversary: a special-edition of its 1950s-style Town Plan set with three gold bricks, and a worldwide building contest with a grand finale at Legoland Billund. And for most Google users - itself a website which keeps building and growing in size - the homepage spelling of the company name in Lego blocks Monday will come across as just another of the web giant's quirks. But for the millions who grew up on the brick - and the millions more still fitting them together - that lunchtime visit to the patent...
Just a week ago, when global markets from Bombay to Wall Street were tanking, few investors had ever heard the name Jér?me Kerviel. Why would they? The 31-year-old from small-town Brittany in France was a low-level futures trader. One week later, Kerviel - the rogue trader who has lost Société Générale $7.1 billion) - now has 347,000 hits on Google, 14 groups dedicated to him on Facebook, and a Wikipedia biography - and the mounting political scandal over how he pulled off the biggest scam in banking history...