BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 7 February, 2014

Friday

7 February, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[864 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mark Morford: "The devil in the pie chart" (SF Gate)
Fondly do I remember a professor of mine back at Berkeley, a warm-hearted philosophy nut who loved discussing our bizarre American conditioning of greed, the nature of money and mad desire for incessant growth. His favorite semi-rhetorical query: How much do you think you need, really, to live healthy, comfortable and happy? A million dollars? Ten? How much land, how many resources, how many cars and homes, how much stuff?


Tom Danehy: Tom has a fun quiz for all of the charter school defenders out there (Tucson Weekly)
In response to some feedback I've received, please allow me to make clear a few things. I DO NOT believe that all of Arizona's charter schools are staffed by right-wing lunatics. I DO believe that some charter schools provide a decent education for some students. Mostly, I DO NOT believe in the excuses given 20 years ago for the creation of charter schools or in the rationalizations made for the secretive expenditures of taxpayer money.


Andrew Tobias: "Cat People: Good News on Obamacare"
(Republican moderates have been primaried out of office and those that remain are afraid of being primaried, so Republicans eschew compromise. Democratic moderates have not been primaried by extremists, thus don't fear it, and, so - from the President on down - they do look for reasonable solutions.)


Rebecca Leber: Trick Websites Dupe Democrats Into Donating To Republicans (ThinkProgress)
The National Republican Congressional Committee has set up a number of websites that look like they could be a Democratic candidate's campaign page, unless you read the fine print. They may even violate a Federal Election Commission regulation, Campaign Legal Center expert Paul S. Ryan explained to ThinkProgress.


Taylor Berman: Fifth Former Marlboro Man Dies From Smoking-Caused Illness (Gawker)
Lawson died on January 10 at the age of 72. According to his wife, Susan, he suffered respiratory failure caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. He'd smoked since age 14.


Steve Benen: CBO delivers welcome news to Obamacare backers (Rachel Maddow Show)
Despite what Americans are being told, the CBO did not find that the health care reform law would cost the nation over 2 million jobs. What it actually said is that the law will empower more than 2 million Americans to leave the workforce if they want to, no longer feeling forced to stay at a job in order to have benefits for them and their family.


Emine Saner: How do you get a city to lose weight? (Guardian)
There is an obesity epidemic in England - and in some areas it is much worse than others. But why - and how do you get a community to lose weight? Oklahoma City reckons it has the answers.


Daniel O'Brien: The 3 Most Depressing Minor Characters in Famous Movies (Cracked)
… all of my empathy is reserved for the fictional characters on my television and movie screen. My heart breaks not just for the obvious candidates -- your Eponines, your Bambis, your Misters T, and so on -- but for every sad character, even and especially the minor ones that I feel like no one else is paying attention to.


Jack Monroe: how to save money on your food shopping (Guardian)
Find out which 'hero ingredients' can help you make the most of a tight budget and how to save on your grocery bill.



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Trivia Question of the Day


What word did Carl Jung coin to describe what he called "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events"?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Playing to his show biz image, whose California vanity license plate was "DRUNKY"?


      Dean Martin                                                      Source


Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 - December 25, 1995) was an Italian American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer.

One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed the "King of Cool" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assuredness. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and a star in concert stage/nightclubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television. He was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974) and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1974-1985).

Despite Martin's reputation as a drinker - perpetuated via his vanity license plate "DRUNKY" - he was self-disciplined. He was often the first to call it a night, and when not on tour or on a film location, liked to go home to see his wife and children. Phyllis Diller said that Martin was indeed drinking alcohol onstage and not apple juice. She also commented that although he was not drunk, he was not really sober either, but had very strict rules when it came to performances.        Source







Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Hmm... What does it mean that I know this without looking?
  Dean Martin. It is said he didn't actually drink all that much.




Alan J answered:
   Dean Martin



mj said:
   The ex-partner of Jerry Lewis
  That would be Dean Martin. If I had to work with Lewis when he was in character, I'd drink, too.




Leo in Maryland wrote:
   The DRUNKY vanity plate belonged to Dean Martin.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   The first person that came to mind was Dean Martin.



DanD responded:
   With no other knowledge or evidence otherwise to suggest an answer, I can only imagine Dean Martin.
  I may even be right.




Adam answered:
   Peter O'Toole? No...Dean Martin. Yes, that makes more sense.



Sally said:
   Dean Martin's California vanity license plate was, "DRUNKY."

  I really loved Dean Martin!
  PS: So I lucked out yesterday, as my neighbor cleaned my walk with his snow blower. The path was ALL ICE and I could not shovel it. This morning, at 5:30 the town had gone down our block and made a 3 FOOT wall of ice by the head of my path!! The mom of my kids had to lift them over the wall and I got them down. Same, in reverse, when their ride came. When the senior bus came at 8:45, AM, the driver had to use a metal rod to chip the ice away so I could get on the bus. WTF? This stuff belongs in MICHIGAN, not New Jersey!! I still love the cold, but it's hard with the kiddies... (Pause for your sympathy...) Shout out to MAM and Marian, Hear tell, PA got hit pretty hard and suffered many powers outages.
  Only 5 more weeks of this according to the woodchuck...




Marian wrote:
   Dean Martin



Dale of Diamond Springs, Rainynorcali, responded:
   DRUNKY was Dean Martin's license plate. They were on one of his three custom made 1976 Stutz Bearcats. Rio Bravo is still one of my most treasured Westerns. Duke, Walter, Dino and Ricky singing the theme song!






Lois Missing The 60's In Oregon replied:
   Oh the lovely and wonderful Dean Martin! How we loved his TV show, especially the part when he came out and playfully lept up on the piano to sing a song like "June is busting out all over. June better get a bigger dress", and the time they used a prop piano and he fell straight on his ass. Oh man, laughed til it hurt. Yes, and my favorite Dean Martin movie, 5 Card Stud, an epic western wherein Dean Hit Roddy McDowall so hard he altered Roddy's sexual orientation.




DJ Useo answered:
   I am stunned I know the answer is Dean Martin. Also that an anagram of his name is "Dram Innate". ( I figured that out myself. lol )
  I saw some of his sixties TV shows last year, and they were mighty funny.
  I contrasted them with some of Dean's former partner, Jerry Lewis' 1960's shows, and Dean's show won hands down! Very surprising to me.
  To BTTB Bob- Thanks for the words on my Yes vs Robert Plant mashup. I recently mashed "I've seen all good people" with some squawking dubstep, and a while back I put the Ramones singing over 'roundabout'. The one that seemed to get the best response was 'owner of a lonely heart' vs The Beatles' 'drive my car'.
  I am also hugely into Yes. I have all their albums, including all the fantastic solo albums.
  I find it interesting to speculate who is better, Yes, or Genesis. All I know is both are astonishing in concert.




BttbBob   took the day off.
  
  February 7 Birthdays - Celebrities Born February 7 | Famous Birthdays




MAM   wrote:
   Dean Martin




And, Joe S     said: responded:
   Not gonna bother to research this, it's Dean Martin of course. Who else could it be?
  I loved Martin and Lewis when I was a kid, I even bought their comic books. After the break up I didn't care for Jerry Lewis so much. It seemed to me that Dino was the best part of the duo.



  


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"HENRY F. POTTER" IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE REPUG PARTY!

"THE PASSION OF BIG CHICKEN"

FEEL THE WARM!

WHAT A FUSTER CLUCK!

RUN "JAKOBSHAVN", RUN!

THE CAPITAL HILL FOX.

THE FUTURE CALIFORNIA WATER WARS.






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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Rainy day. Yippee!



Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Undercover Boss', followed by a RERUN 'Hawaii Five-0', then a RERUN 'Blue Bloods'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Jimmy Dunn and Lauryn Hill.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Tom Lennon, Sarah Paulson, Yakov Smirnoff, and Tony Deyo.



NBC fills the night with FRESH '2014 Olympic Winter Games'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Andy Samberg and the Muppets.
Carson 'The Scab' Daly is pre-empted.



ABC opens the night with a RERUN 'Last Man Standing', followed by another RERUN 'Last Man Standing', then a RERUN 'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 1/28/14) are Morgan Freeman, Anna Faris, and Motley Crue.



The CW fills the night with the movie 'Attack The Block'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Arsenio Hall are Drew Carey, Charlamagne Tha God, and Don Felder.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bones', followed by a FRESH 'Enlisted', then a FRESH 'Raising Hope'.



MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.



A&E has all 'The First 48' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Die Hard', followed by the movie 'Die Hard: With A Vengeance'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
 [9:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 3 - A Town Called Mercy
 [10:00AM]    TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Sleeper
 [11:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 3 - Man of the People
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 4 - Relics
 [1:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Sandgate
 [2:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 1 - La Parra de Burriana
 [3:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 2 - Leone's
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 7
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 8
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 25 - All Good Things... (Part 1)
 [8:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 26 - All Good Things... (Part 2)
 [9:00PM]    STAR TREK: NEMESIS
 [11:30PM]    STAR TREK: NEMESIS
 [2:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 23 - Emergence
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 25 - All Good Things... (Part 1)
 [5:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 26 - All Good Things... (Part 2)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has all 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta' all night.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'Key & Peele', another 'Key & Peele', 'Tosh.0', and another 'Tosh.0'.



FX has 'How I Met Your Mother', another 'How I Met Your Mother', then the movie 'Grown Ups', followed by the movie 'Grown Ups', again.



HBO offers a FRESH Bill Maher.



History has all 'Pawn Stars' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Beverly Hills Ninja
 [8:00AM]    Eraser
 [10:30AM]    Beyond the Gates
 [1:00PM]    The Spoils of Babylon-The Foundling
 [1:30PM]    Beverly Hills Ninja
 [3:30PM]    Beyond the Gates
 [6:00PM]    Terror Train
 [8:00PM]    Friday the 13th
 [10:00PM]    Friday the 13th, Part 2
 [12:00AM]    Friday the 13th - Part III
 [2:00AM]    Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
 [4:00AM]    Friday the 13th    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Law & Order-Wager
 [7:00AM]    The Freshman
 [9:15AM]    Dragonslayer
 [11:45AM]    The Pianist
 [3:00PM]    JFK
 [7:00PM]    Revealing-Celebutante
 [8:00PM]    Law & Order-Sanctuary
 [9:00PM]    In the Line of Fire
 [11:45PM]    In the Line of Fire
 [2:30AM]    Beautiful Girls
 [5:00AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & Sex Symbols    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has 'Helix', followed by a FRESH 'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH 'Helix'.



TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Night Must Fall (1937)
 [8:30 AM]      Conquest (1937)
 [10:30 AM]      Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
 [12:30 PM]      The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
 [2:00 PM]      The Search (1948)
 [4:15 PM]      The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
 [5:45 PM]      Life With Father (1947)
 [8:00 PM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [10:15 PM]      Stalag 17 (1953)
 [12:30 AM]      And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
 [2:30 AM]      The Robe (1953)
 [5:00 AM]      Julius Caesar (1953)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Saturday   -  02/08/14

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      The Long Voyage Home (1940)
 [9:00 AM]      Crossfire (1947)
 [10:30 AM]      The Maltese Falcon (1941)
 [12:15 PM]      How the West Was Won (1962)
 [3:15 PM]      Mister Roberts (1955)
 [5:30 PM]      Auntie Mame (1958)
 [8:00 PM]      The Heiress (1949)
 [10:00 PM]      All the King's Men (1949)
 [12:00 AM]      Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
 [2:30 AM]      A Letter to Three Wives (1948)
 [4:30 AM]      Battleground (1949)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Cold Justice', followed by a FRESH 'APB With Troy Dunn'.




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Musician Joan Jett models an outfit from the 2014 Red Dress Collection on Thursday, Feb 6, 2014 in New York.
Photo by Brad Barket

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Members At Odds

Pussy Riot

Six members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot on Thursday accused their previously imprisoned bandmates of undermining the group's ideals by appearing at a charity concert introduced by Madonna.

A letter posted on the group's blog lashed out at Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina for taking part in the concert organised by Amnesty International in New York on Wednesday.

Madonna introduced the women, who were dressed in tunics with crucifixes emblazoned on the front. They delivered a furious and emotional rebuke of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, chanting "Russia will be free!" to an ecstatic crowd.

But the appearance was poorly received by others in the group, which has a fluctuating membership that has never been fully revealed.

Selling concert tickets "is highly contradictory to the principles of Pussy Riot," said the letter, which was signed with six nicknames. "We're a female separatist collective," it said. "We never accept money for our performances," and "we only stage illegal performances in unexpected public places."

Pussy Riot

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Singer Lauryn Hill performs at Amnesty International's "Bringing Human Rights Home" Concert at the Barclays Center on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini

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NBC Pulls Show

Michael J. Fox

NBC said Thursday it's pulling Michael J. Fox's eponymous comeback sitcom from its Thursday primetime lineup, hoping it will do better in another time slot.

"The Michael J. Fox Show" stars the Canadian-born Fox, 52, as a reporter for NBC's local television station in New York who returns to work with Parkinson's disease -- which Fox has in real life.

But in ratings terms, it was the laggard in NBC's Thursday night comedy quartet, pulling 2.2 million viewers in the week of January 20-26 compared to 3.0 million for both "Community" and Amy Poehler's "Parks and Recreation."

In an email to AFP on Thursday, an NBC spokesman told AFP: "'The Michael J. Fox Show' is being pulled from the schedule, but we will try and find a place for it after April 3."

Michael J. Fox

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USA's To End

'Psych'

USA will be bidding farewell to long-running dramedy "Psych," as the cabler has announced that the detective series' current season will be its last.

Final episode will air March 26 and will be followed by an hourlong aftershow featuring a Q&A with the cast and show creatives.

The network's longest-running original series, "Psych," created by Steve Franks, debuted on USA in July 2006. It ranked as one of cable's top five series on Wednesday nights last year among key demos including adults 18-49 and total viewers. USA bowed the eighth season of "Psych" on Jan. 8 this year.

'Psych'

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Actor Jeff Goldblum arrives for the opening of the film festival and the screening of the film The Grand Budapest Hotel during the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
Photo by Axel Schmidt

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Hospital News

Leonard Nimoy

Veteran actor Leonard Nimoy, best known as Spock in the 1960s television series "Star Trek" and a string of feature films that followed, said he was "doing OK" after being diagnosed with lung disease and urged fans on Thursday to quit smoking.

"Smokers, please understand. If you quit after you're diagnosed with lung damage it's too late. Grandpa says learn my lesson. Quit now," Nimoy tweeted to his 810,000 followers.

The 82-year-old actor added he was "doing OK. Just can't walk distances," and he signed off with "LLAP," an abbreviation of his character's trademark phrase, "live long and prosper."

Nimoy first revealed in a Twitter message posted last week that he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a severe lung ailment that the U.S. surgeon general has concluded is linked to smoking.

Leonard Nimoy

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Rupert News Contributor

James Carville

Fox News has signed Democratic strategist James Carville to be a contributor, the network announced Thursday. The network said that Carville will appear on "v arious programming offering political commentary on the news of the day."

"James' successful and storied career in politics over several decades is an enormous asset to Fox News," Bill Shine, Fox News' executive vice president of programming, said in a statement. " We are privileged to have him lend his breadth of experience, wit and dynamic perspective on the network."

Carville's contract at CNN was not renewed last year after a long stint with the network. Carville was a co-host of the first incarnation of " Crossfire," from 2002 until its cancellation in 2005.

Carville is perhaps best known for his role on the 1992 campaign of former President Bill Clinton. His work on the campaign led to a Campaign Manager of the Year award from the American Association of Political Consultants in 1993.

James Carville

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Singer Debbie Harry of Blondie performs during the Amnesty International Bringing Human Rights Home concert in New York February 5, 2014.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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Shocking - Not A Liberal

Leno

Here's something that might come as a surprise to some people - Jay Leno is no tool of the big, bad liberal media. At least, not according to a new study release by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University.

The center conducted a study of the jokes told by Leno on his 20-plus year run on "The Tonight Show" - which comes to an end this week - and found that, when Leno joked about public affairs and public figures, he poked fun at Democrats more often than Republicans.

According to the study, which looked at more than 43,000 jokes about public affairs and public figures that Leno has told since taking the "Tonight Show" reins in 1992, Leno told 10,885 jokes about Democrats - 15 percent more than he told at the expense of Republicans.

Moreover, the study found that former president Bill Clinton was the biggest target of Leno's jokes, with 4,607 jabs tossed in his direction.

Somehow, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R-Quitter) was relatively unscathed by Leno's wit, absorbing a mere 300 jabs from the late-night host.

Leno

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Actor John Hurt waves as he arrives for the opening of the film festival and the screening of the film The Grand Budapest Hotel during the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
Photo by Axel Schmidt

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Can Japan's Beethoven Hear?

Ghost Composer

The ghostwriter for the musician lauded as Japan's Beethoven said Thursday he became fed up and ended their 18-year collaboration last year and he questioned if Mamoru Samuragochi really could hear.

Samuragochi, 50, had previously claimed to be the sole author of his classical works and sound tracks for video games, such as Biohazard, despite having lost his hearing by age 35. His story resonated in Japan, where perseverance is greatly admired. But he admitted Wednesday that he did not write the powerful "Hiroshima Symphony" and other works credited to him.

His ghost composer, Takashi Niigaki, said he provided music for Samuragochi for 18 years and questioned if he was hearing impaired.

Asked how the two worked together, Niigaki said he would compose pieces and sometimes play them for Samuragochi, who would then choose which he liked.

Ghost Composer

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Japanese artist and activist Yoko Ono performs during the Amnesty International Bringing Human Rights Home concert in the Brooklyn borough of New York February 5, 2014.
Photo by Carlo Allegri

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Recovered In Milwaukee

Stradivarius Violin

A rare Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars that was stolen from a concert violinist in an armed robbery last week has been recovered from a Milwaukee residence, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.

Authorities discovered the prized string instrument inside a suitcase in the attic of a home on the city's south side late Wednesday night, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said during a news conference at police headquarters.

The recovery of the violin came after the arrest on Monday of three unidentified suspects, one of whom police said has a history of stealing art in Milwaukee.

The so-called Lipinski Stradivarius had been on loan indefinitely to Milwaukee area concert musician Frank Almond, officials said.

Stradivarius Violin

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Director Wes Anderson and actor Bill Murray arrive for the opening of the film festival and the screening of the film The Grand Budapest Hotel during the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
Photo by Axel Schmidt

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Scared Off Would-Be Burglar

Big Mouth Billy Bass

Big Mouth Billy Bass apparently got the best of a would-be burglar in Minnesota.

Authorities in Rochester say the motion-activated singing fish apparently scared off an intruder who tried to break into the Hooked on Fishing bait and tackle shop.

The novelty bass had been hung near the door and would start singing "Take Me to the River" whenever someone entered the shop.

Sgt. Tom Claymon tells the Star Tribune the would-be burglar left without stealing anything, including cash that had been left in "a very visible spot."

Big Mouth Billy Bass

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Benny Andersson of pop group Abba, pose in between Swedish pop musician Eva Dahlgren, left, and rock guitarist Ulf Dageby, right, during the presentation of the inaugural twelve inductees at the Swedish Music Hall of Fame at Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Feb. 6, 2014.
Photo by Henrik Montgomery

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First Coral Reef Found

Greenland

A cold-water coral that thrives in deep, dark water has been found growing off the shore of Greenland as a reef for the first time, scientists report.

A Canadian research ship sampling water near southwest Greenland's Cape Desolation discovered the Greenland coral reef in 2012, when its equipment came back to the surface with pieces of coral attached.

"At first, the researchers were swearing and cursing at the smashed equipment, and were just about to throw the pieces of coral back into the sea, when luckily, they realized what they were holding," Helle Jørgensbye, a doctoral student at the Technical University of Denmark who is studying the reef, said in a statement.

Cold-water corals have been found off of Greenland's west coast before, but never the stone coral Lophelia pertusa, and never as a reef, according to a report by the researchers published in the journal ICES Insight.

Lophelia pertusa reefs - colored ivory and pink - also flourish off the coast of Norway and Sweden, where they reach 65 feet (20 m) in height, though only the top 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) is alive. The coral lives in relatively warm water carried north by ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream, where temperatures are 39 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) or higher. The species can live without sunlight, unlike its warm-water cousins, many of which rely on sun-loving algae.

Greenland

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Pope Francis looks at a chocolate statue made in his likeness, which he received as a gift, in Paul VI's Hall at the Vatican, in this picture taken February 5, 2014 and released February 6, 2014.

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Top 20

Concert Tours

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

    1. (1) Beyonce; $1,798,401; $126.05.
    2. (New) Justin Timberlake; $1,624,445; $114.53.
    3. (3) Pink; $1,448,500; $87.17.
    4. (5) Kanye West; $1,114,992; $87.90.
    5. (4) Pearl Jam; $1,096,810; $67.77.
    6. (6) Drake; $909,538; $78.52.
    7. (7) Michael Buble; $869,010; $84.65.
    8. (8) Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $715,752; $54.20.
    9. (9) Dixie Chicks; $710,072; $75.63.
   10. (10) Zac Brown Band; $583,794; $60.40.
   11. (11) Nine Inch Nails; $544,023; $71.93.
   12. (12) Alejandro Fernandez; $523,947; $90.52.
   13. (13) Keith Urban; $482,181; $62.87.
   14. (14) John Mayer; $454,733; $61.84.
   15. (16) Sarah Brightman; $396,585; $71.23.
   16. (15) Selena Gomez; $391,213; $48.29.
   17. (17) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis; $323,524; $40.10.
   18. (19) John Legend; $224,172; $68.57.
   19. (20) Jeff Dunham; $215,544; $49.20.
   20. (21) Florida Georgia Line; $204,184; $31.80.

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In Memory

Ralph Kiner

Ralph Kiner was a smash as a slugger, launching so many home runs over the left-field wall at old Forbes Field that fans nicknamed it his corner.

Years later, as one of baseball's most beloved broadcasters, he became a big hit in a new "Kiner's Korner."

Kiner, the Hall of Famer whose frequent malaprops endeared him to New York Mets listeners for more than a half-century, died Thursday. He was 91.

Kiner hit 369 home runs during a 10-year career cut short by back problems. He debuted with Pittsburgh in 1946 and won or tied for the National League lead in homers in each of his first seven seasons.

He was popular off the field, too. His Hollywood pals included Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, he squired Liz Taylor and Janet Leigh, and he played himself in the 1951 film "Angels in the Outfield."

Kiner became a Mets announcer in their expansion season of 1962, working 17 years as a trio with Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson. Kiner called their games for 52 years in all, including a handful of them last season.

Kiner was already a fixture on the Mets' airwaves when he was inducted into the Hall in 1975. He was elected with just one vote to spare in his 15th and final year on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.

To generations of TV viewers and radio listeners, his postcareer acclaim was as great as the honours he earned on the field.

Kiner was known for tripping over his own words, and often laughed about his own comments.

"If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave," he once commented after a misplay.

Kiner had a stroke about a decade ago that slowed his speech, but remained an occasional part of the Mets' announcing crew.

Fellow announcers such as Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling always brightened when Kiner was alongside them. Younger fans who were born long after Kiner retired also reveled in his folksy tales.

As a teen, hanging around the Hollywood Stars in the Pacific Coast League, Kiner shook hands with Babe Ruth and talked ball with Ty Cobb. In high school, he hit a home run off Satchel Paige during a barnstorming tour.

After serving as a Navy pilot in World War II, Kiner had a strong rookie year and won the NL homer title with 23, beating Johnny Mize by one. He really broke loose the next year, hitting 51 home runs with 127 RBIs while batting .313.

Stuck on poor teams, Kiner never made it to the post-season. He made his mark in All-Star games, homering in three straight.

Kiner connected in the 1950 showcase at Comiskey Park, but made more noise with another ball he hit in the game. He hit a long drive to the base of the scoreboard in left-centre field and Ted Williams broke his left elbow making the catch, causing him to miss two months.

The Mets named the home TV booth at Shea Stadium in his honour. The Pirates retired Kiner's No. 4.

Ralph McPherran Kiner was born on Oct. 27, 1922.

He was first married to tennis star Nancy Chaffee. Following their divorce he married Barbara George, and following another divorce he married DiAnn Shugart, who died in 2004.

Ralph Kiner

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In Memory

Joe Finnigan

Joe Finnigan, a veteran Hollywood reporter who chronicled the comings and goings of stars such as John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and even Lassie during a decades-long career, has died at age 88, his family said Thursday.

Finnigan died of natural causes on Jan. 22 at a retirement home in the San Fernando Valley, his son David Finnigan told The Associated Press.

In the early days of his career, Joe Finnigan worked for United Press International in San Francisco, Phoenix and Seattle. He arrived at UPI's Los Angeles bureau in 1958 and became an entertainment reporter.

Among the stories he covered was the release of Frank Sinatra's son Frank Jr. by kidnappers in 1963.

He said he also witnessed a near fistfight between the volatile Frank Sinatra and Wayne when the two got into a dispute at a Hollywood party. It ended, Finnigan's son said his father told him, when Sinatra yelled, "'Are you getting this, Joe?'" after the much bigger Wayne grabbed him.

From 1965 to 1983, Finnigan wrote the "TV Teletype" column for TV Guide.

Finnigan, who retired in the late 1980s, occasionally appeared as an extra in television shows and films, usually playing a reporter.

He began his career as a copy boy for the San Francisco Examiner before moving to The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa and then UPI, where he covered the arrival of American prisoners of war from North Korea in the 1950s.

In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughters Anne and Mary; sons John, Mark and Matthew; brothers Tom and Raymond; and 11 grandchildren.

Joe Finnigan

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