BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 9 March, 2008

Sunday

9 March, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[225 days in a row]

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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TONIGHT!

Erin Hart

Erin Hart is slated to be on Fox News Network (cable) tonight (March 9th), in the 7 (Pacific), 10 (Eastern) p.m. hour as she opines with a fellow pundit about Election 2008!

Erin's an Obama delegate to the Washington convention on April 5th.

Check for updates at Erin Hart Show.com - where you can post your views, or join in the forum, too!

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Great Scot! Loch Ness Monster Takes Offense at Clinton Comparison


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: The Anxiety Election (nytimes.com)
The state of the economy could give Democrats a huge advantage - especially with white working-class voters who supported President Bush in 2004.


Froma Harrop: Few Cheers for Mortgage Bailout (creators.com)
The woman choking up on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" is about to lose her home. Heather DiStefano said that she and her husband can't hack monthly mortgage payments that have nearly tripled in three years to $3,100 from $1,300. And with falling house prices, they owe more on their Worcester, Mass., home than it's worth.


SUSAN ESTRICH: Blame the Supreme Court (creators.com)
Blame the Supremes. That's right. The nine of them are responsible for this mess.


Terry Savage: Take a Peek at America in 2028 (creators.com)
Prominently displayed on the home page of this Web site are two running series of numbers that increase almost faster than the eye can capture. The first is the "official" national debt, calculated by the U.S. Treasury, which was $9,193,222,137,000 at the instant when I checked in. The number is growing by $1 million every minute!


Ted Rall: Afghanistan: A War We Can't Believe In
Why Obama's Favorite War Is Less Winnable Than Iraq.


Jim Hightower: CHOOSING A VEEP (jimhightower.com)
The nation's political pundits have spent weeks trying to tell us who will be the presidential nominees. From the Iowa caucuses forward, however, these Beltway Prognosticators have been proven wrong again and again, but that is not stopping them from now turning to the next major political question facing America: Who will be the Vice-presidential nominees?


Richard Roeper: It's thick as magazine, size of paperback (suntimes.com)
I've experienced the future of reading, and it's not ready. Not yet. For the last couple of months I've been using the Kindle.


Mark Morford: Read this column before you die (sfgate.com)
1,000 sights, 1,000 books, a few hundred drugs, 397 kinky positions, one million blasphemies. Get busy.


Jenny Carlson: Review of "Comedy at the Edge" by Richard Zoglin (popmatters.com)
Zoglin frames stand-up comedians who achieved artistic maturity during the '70s as the "forgotten heroes" of the cultural revolution that rocked the country from Vietnam until the Reagan era.


Malcolm X Abram: Black Crowes deserve a bigger apology (Akron Beacon Journal; Posted on popmatters.com)
OK, this one's kind of personal.


Ed Morales: Panama's Flex creates controversial name for himself (Newsday; Posted on popmatters.com)
The new kid on the block in Latin pop is a 27-year-old Panamanian singer who, in this country, goes by the name of Flex.


Obituary: Giuseppe Di Stefano (timesonline.co.uk)
The Sicilian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano was the most brilliant and sought-after lyric tenor of the 1950s and will long be remembered for the many roles he sang opposite Maria Callas, in both the opera house and the recording studio.


ROGER EBERT: The Questions That Will Not Die
This column originally ran August 27, 2000: The Answer Man has a special folder for The Questions That Will Not Die. These questions are like urban legends. While the general population faithfully repeats the story about the blind date who stole the kidney, the AM is asked yet once again if there is not a ghost in "Three Men and a Baby." This column is dedicated to answering Questions That Will Not Die and no others. Clip and save. Please.


Blake's progress (guardian.co.uk/books/video)
Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most famous children's illustrators, with over 300 books published and still working into his 70s. Hogarth Brown is a young artist with no books (so far) but a passion for the artist he has never met ... until now.


Sports Fun Stuff
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NonEuclid-Hyperbolic Article and Applet (Free; cs.unm.edu)
NonEuclid allows the curious explorer to gain experience in Hyperbolic Geometry and to empirically investigate questions such as: "In Hyperbolic Geometry, are the base angles of an isosceles triangle congruent?"


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Trivia Question Of The Day

On The Addam's Family, Pugsley's pet Octopus was named ?

   A:    Aristotle
   B:    Machiavelli (or 'Mac' for short)
   C:    Plato
   D:    Uncle Gilbert
   E:    Woflgang



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Trivia Question from Yesterday

According to his 1975 Playboy interview, what is Mel Brooks's favorite candy?

   A:    Bit-O-Honey
   B:    Mallow Cups
   C:    Necco Wafers
  D:    Raisinets
   E:    Tootsie Rolls                 Source





Charlie was first with:
   Based on this, I'm going with
  E: Tootsie Rolls
  The link contains:
    That's the only food that's scary to me. If someone should show up with a Tootsie Roll, it is like a naked Marilyn Monroe to me. It's over. I can't help it."
        -- Mel Brooks in the New York Times.
  Of course, since Mel was married to Anne Bancroft, and you tricked me on that one...




Alan J answered correctly:
   Raisinets



Marian the Teacher replied:
   raisinets... ewwwwww



Vic in Alaska responded:
   My first guess is B: Mallow Cups....cuz that's MY favorite and being as both Mel and I ARE comedic geniuses , but cheating I found out it's D: Raisinets.....so in order to keep my self-inflated ego intact I am swithching MY favorite candy to Raisinets
  Hi Sally!!! Got to see you back!....Mom started winning Bingo regulary when she wore the WPE shirt so now it's kinda glued to her haunched little back every Monday




Sally said: Mel Brooks' favorite candy (that which Diabetics and kid's wearing braces on their teeth can only fantasize about) is (D)
  "Raisinets."
  Check it out:
  The YouTubes - Michael Jackson California Raisins Commercial




Joe S ("If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none."  ~ Mel Brooks) nailed it with:
   I have no idea whatsoever. I'll bet I read that Playboy interview too, but that was 33 years ago, a half-lifetime. I can't remember everything. I'll just say that of the choices listed I like Raisinets the best, so I'm choosing D: Raisinets.


  


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Obama Replaces Samantha Power With Austin Powers


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Reader Comment

Re: Michelle Triola

Hi Marty,

Noticed the pic on yesterday's (Friday) page.

Michelle Triola's name rang a bell. She used to live with Lee Marvin and sued him in the infamous "palimony" case, Marvin v. Marvin in the 1970s. She had given up her singing career and changed her name to his.

In law school, that case was so important we read it in three different classes, I believe. If she and Lee Marvin had been living in Texas, she would have had a very good case for a common-law marriage, as well as the community property case that Texas and California share. As I recall the judgment, she was awarded $104,000 for rehabilitation purposes, but the award was reversed on appeal by the California Supreme Court.

Sharon


Thanks, Sharon!

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THEIR CAMPAIGNS ARE SOOOOO

SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE

HILLARY BARRACK

zEN mAN
((observing an unbelievable morphing of Clinton and Obama)

zEN mAN archives


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Reader Comment

Re: Television Coupons

Hello Marty,

Re: Television Coupons....They don't Work for Cable T.V.

Getting Screwed by The Big Cable Corporations?

As of March 7, 2008, Cox Cable (without notice) already moved several cable networks to the "digital only" format. That means people are being forced to have a digital Television and Recorder or "Rent" a Digital Receiver from the cable company to watch any of those networks!

We have Six Analog Televisions and Video recorders hooked up to Cox Cable. Those Televisions and Video recorders are now useless !

We could go out and buy Six Digital Televisions, Six Digital VCR Recorders, or "Rent" a digital receiver from The Cable Whores!

Rental for the Cable Receiver is $11.00 per Television and

$11.00 per VCR....On top of the Monthly Service!

Goodbye: Turner Classic Movies, Discovery, ESPN, etc...I have a Family to feed!

Take Care,

KevKev in Apache Junction


Thakns, KevKev!
This whole change-over stinks from top to bottom.
Not only have the citizens lost ownership of the airwaves, they're now being forced to buy new equipment to watch the same old crap, from fewer providers.
At the same time, the corporate lobbyists' mouthpieces in Congress bleat 'you only need a converter box' but as you have experienced, there's more to it.
And, once again, the people are served. Sorta like in the old Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man."

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

REFUGEE KITTY!

SELF-HELP FOR REFUGEES!

"SNOWED IN" IN NASHVILLE!

BIRD BRAIN!

GOOD TIME CHIMP BOY GETS THE BLUES!

NASHVILLE CRAP!

THE UNITED STATES OF JABBA THE HUTT!!

PEACENIC WINS!

SAME OLD SHIT, DIFFERENT CENTURY!

WHY DON'T WE HANDCUFF CLINTON AND OBAMA TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM RUN AS "THE DEFIANT ONES"

BUSH KNEW! CHENEY KNEW AND CONDI KNEW! DON'T YOU EVER FORGET IT!!! A MUST FUCKING READ!!!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!

FUCK McBUSH!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny, with a bit of a breeze.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother 9', then a RERUN 'Cold Case', followed by a recycled 'Dexter'.

NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Top 100 Most Outrageous Moments', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order', then a RERUN 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH 'Oprah's Fake Reality Show', followed by a FRESH Here Come The Newlyweds'.

The CW offers a RERUN 'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH 'Everybody Hates Chris', then a FRESH 'Aliens In America', followed by a RERUN 'Girlfriends', then a RERUN 'The Game'.

Faux has a RERUN 'King Of The Hill', followed by a RERUN 'American Dad', then a FRESH 'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH 'King Of The Hill', then a RERUN 'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH 'Unhitched'.

MY has 'Married...With Children', another 'Married...With Children', and the movie 'The Accidental Witness'.

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

AMC offers the movie 'Forrest Gump', followed by SEASON FINALE 'Breaking Bad'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Top Gear - Episode 1;
 [1:00 PM]    Doctor Who - Ep 6 The Lazarus Experiment;
 [2:00 PM]    Doctor Who - Ep 7 42;
 [3:00 PM]    Beatles Biggest Secrets - Beatles Biggest Secrets;
 [4:30 PM]    The Rolling Stones: Truth And Lies;
 [5:30 PM]    An Audience with Elton John - An Audience With Elton John;
 [6:30 PM]    Beatles Biggest Secrets;
 [8:00 PM]    2008 BRIT Awards - 2008 BRIT Awards;
 [11:00 PM]    2008 BRIT Awards - 2008 BRIT Awards;
 [3:00 AM]    2008 BRIT Awards - 2008 BRIT Awards;
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 14 Davies;
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 15 Mitchell;
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has all 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' all night.

Comedy Central has the movie 'Without A Paddle', followed by the movie 'Scary Movie 3', then a 'South Park' marathon.

FX has the movie 'The Rundown', followed by the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', then 'Dirt'.

History has 'The Last Stand Of The 300', 'Journey To 10,000 BC', and 'Ax Men'.

IFC  -   
 [07:30 AM]   The Henry Rollins Show #320: Arianna Huffington/Sinead O'Connor;
 [08:00 AM]   A Hard Day's Night;
 [10:30 AM]   Burden of Dreams;
 [11:15 AM]   IFC Short Film Showcase;
 [12:15 PM]   Chinese Box;
 [02:00 PM]   The Princess and the Warrior;
 [04:15 PM]   The Dancer Upstairs;
 [06:35 PM]   Albino Alligator;
 [08:30 PM]   The Henry Rollins Show #306: Joan Jett/Blood Brothers;
 [09:00 PM]   The Henry Rollins Show #307: Steve Buscemi/Billy Bragg;
 [09:30 PM]   Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery;
 [11:00 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know #205;
 [11:30 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know #204;
 [12:00 AM]   The Player;
 [02:00 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know #205;
 [02:30 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know #204;
 [03:05 AM]   Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery;
 [04:40 AM]   The Dancer Upstairs.    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has the movie 'Tin Man, Part 3', followed by the movie 'Dragonfly'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   Before the Rain;
 [07:00 AM]   Red Lights;
 [09:00 AM]   Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol & Madeleine Peyroux;
 [10:00 AM]   Episode 1;
 [11:00 AM]   Renee Zellweger on Christiane Amanpour;
 [12:00 PM]   Slaughterhouse Five;
 [02:00 PM]   Episode 6: Playing the Swan;
 [03:00 PM]   Episode 5;
 [03:35 PM]   Safe;
 [05:40 PM]   Eat;
 [06:15 PM]   In Short: Conflict;
 [07:00 PM]   La Vie Promise;
 [08:40 PM]   Soar;
 [09:00 PM]   Episode 2;
 [10:00 PM]   Blind Flight;
 [12:00 AM]   One Take Only;
 [01:30 AM]   Home (2005);
 [03:00 AM]   Episode 9;
 [03:30 AM]   Episode 6;
 [04:00 AM]   Episode 2;
 [05:00 AM]   Die Mommie Die!.    (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Topaze (1933);
 [8:00 AM]      Thunder Rock (1942);
 [10:00 AM]      Wild Is The Wind (1957);
 [12:00 PM]      The Quiet Man (1952);
 [2:15 PM]      Paper Moon (1973);
 [4:00 PM]      Teacher's Pet (1958);
 [6:15 PM]      Where The Boys Are (1960);
 [8:00 PM]      The Absent Minded Professor (1961);
 [10:00 PM]      Son of Flubber (1963);
 [12:00 AM]      The Kid (1921)    SILENT ;
 [1:00 AM]      Shoulder Arms (1918)    SILENT ;
 [2:00 AM]      The X from Outer Space (1967);
 [3:30 AM]      Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959);
 [5:00 AM]      Watch the Skies! (2005).    (ALL TIMES EST)


Monday  -  03/10/08

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Goodbye Again (1961);
 [8:15 AM]      Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961);
 [10:00 AM]      Lord Love A Duck (1966);
 [12:00 PM]      Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding! (1967);
 [1:45 PM]      Billie (1965);
 [3:15 PM]      Irma La Douce (1963);
 [5:45 PM]      The Loved One (1965);
 [8:00 PM]      Macbeth (1948);
 [10:00 PM]      Hamlet (1948);
 [1:00 AM]      Romeo And Juliet (1968);
 [3:30 AM]      King Lear (1971).    (ALL TIMES EST)



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Actor Mike Farrell speaks Friday March 7, 2008, to a group opposed to the death penalty in Omaha, Neb.
Photo by Dave Weaver
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YesButNoButYes: Where Are They Now: The cast of M*A*S*H

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Unites 23 Divas

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox has got together 23 of the world's top female singers to raise awareness of HIV and Aids.

Teaming up superstars such as Madonna and Celine Dion, the Scottish singer has recorded the charity single Sing for the South African charity group Treatment Action Campaign. It goes on sale in the Body Shop on March 10.

Annie has long been one of the music world's most active voices in the fight against HIV and Aids. Of her new campaign, she says: "I am determined to continue to speak up and keep singing to spread the message, to try to make a real difference to people's lives."

Other artists who have dedicated their vocal skills to the song include Shakira, Dido, Joss Stone and Gladys Knight.

Annie Lennox

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Cast member Jim Carrey (C) with daughter Jane (L) and actress Jenny McCarthy attend the premiere of the film "Horton Hears a Who!" in Los Angeles March 8, 2008.
Photo by Phil McCarten
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25 Brilliant Animated Short Movies

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Gets Hollywood Star

Sherwood Schwartz

Sherwood Schwartz, who created the TV comedy classics "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Brunch," gleefully thanked the leading ladies of those shows Friday when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"To me, Dawn will always be Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island' and Florence will always be Mrs. Brady," said Schwartz, 91, referring to actresses Dawn Wells and Florence Henderson, who also spoke during the ceremony.

Schwartz also mused about his start in show biz, which happened "by accident," he said.

Schwartz came to Southern California from New York in 1938 to get a master's degree in biological sciences. In need of work, he started writing jokes for Bob Hope's radio show, which Schwartz's brother Al worked for.

"Bob liked my jokes, used them on his show and got big laughs. Then he asked me to join his writing staff," Schwartz said. "I was faced with a major decision - writing comedy or starving to death while I cured those diseases. I made a quick career change."

Sherwood Schwartz

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Amazing & Intresting World | 10 must see electron micrograph images

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Getting Second Chance

Vick's Dogs

Shadow and 21 other pit bulls are living at a southern Utah animal sanctuary where handlers hope to undo the mental damage done at Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels.

"These are the 22 that they thought were the most hopeless - the least likely to ever be rehabilitated," said Dr. Frank McMillan, a veterinarian at the Best Friends Animal Society's sanctuary.

It took weeks for handlers to get Shadow to stop cowering at the back of his kennel. Finally, someone discovered that he loves car rides and after a few spins through the red rock canyons - lapping up the air with his head hanging out the window - Shadow was warming up to his new caretakers.

Vick's pit bulls are getting a chance most fighting dogs don't. And surprisingly, animal rights groups don't think they should. Groups such as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals believe that euthanasia, the fate of most fighting dogs, would still be the most humane option, rather than keeping them in a shelter indefinitely or in some cases permanently.

Vick's Dogs

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Online Deal With AOL

CBS Radio

CBS Radio is teaming up with AOL to provide online streams from all 140 of its stations to AOL's online radio service.

The deal announced Friday will bring news, sports and music programming from big CBS stations to AOL, including WFAN-AM and 1010 WINS in New York.

AOL's deal with CBS will replace an arrangement the online portal currently has with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. The deal with CBS Radio, which is part of CBS Corp., goes live in mid-May.

CBS Radio

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French artist Vanessa Paradis delivers a speech after winning the best female group or artist of the year award during the 23rd "Victoires de la musique" ceremony (French music awards) in Paris March 8, 2008.
Photo by Benoit Tessier
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Neatorama » Blog Archive » Presidential Oddities

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NPR's Chief Executive Steps Down

Ken Stern

National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday.

Ken Stern, who spent 10 years with the company as chief operating officer and chief executive officer, is leaving by "mutual agreement," the board said in a statement. Chairman Dennis L. Haarsager will serve as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent replacement.

The board did not give a reason for Stern's departure.

Ken Stern

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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No charges Filed

Esai Morales

No criminal charges will be filed against "NYPD Blue" star Esai Morales over allegations that he raped his ex-girlfriend, a prosecutor's office spokeswoman said Friday.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office rejected the case on Feb. 13, citing lack of evidence, spokeswoman Shiara M. Davila said.

Morales' former girlfriend, Elizabeth Mazzocchi, alleged that he raped her in April 2006. Morales has denied committing any crime, Morales' attorney, Richard Charnley said. He also noted that Mazzocchi continued to live with Morales for months after the alleged rape.

Mazzocchi has sued Morales in Los Angeles County Superior Court for unspecified damages, contending he raped her and gave her herpes. The lawsuit is awaiting trial.

Esai Morales

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The Manhattan Transfer perform during the three-day Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta March 8, 2008.
Photo by Crack Palinggi
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How Retailers Trick You in to Buying Crap You Don't Need (and How to Fight Back)

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Loopholes For The Chosen Few

Special Rules

House Democrats targeted a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole Friday by vowing to investigate why - and how - it was slipped into plans to crack down on fraud in taxpayer-funded projects.

The inquiry will look at whether the exemption was added at the request of private firms, or their lobbyists, to escape having to report abuse in U.S. contracts performed abroad.

"By taking this action, the Bush administration is sending an unambiguous message: If you are a U.S. government contractor in Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas, you have a green light to defraud our government and waste taxpayer dollars," Rep. Peter Welch wrote to Democratic leaders of the committee.

Special Rules

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People enjoy a hand-made swing during celebrations of the Pancake Week (Maslenitsa) in Nikola-Lenivets, some 200 km (124 miles) from Moscow March 8, 2008. Maslenitsa is the only purely Russian Holiday that dates back to the pagan times.
Photo by Denis Sinyakov
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FAA In Hot Seat

Safety Probe

The Federal Aviation Administration should "clean house from top to bottom" and has too cozy a relationship with the airlines, the head of a congressional committee investigating airline safety inspections said Friday.

The problems have led to the sort of lax enforcement that allowed Southwest Airlines Co. to fly at least 117 aircraft past mandatory inspection deadlines, said Rep. James Oberstar, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman.

Oberstar also said he believes similar violations may have occurred involving other airlines, but that those who have such evidence are afraid to come forward.

Southwest has said it voluntarily disclosed its maintenance violations, but Oberstar said the law requires that planes be grounded until they are in compliance. The Southwest planes continued to fly with full knowledge of an FAA supervisor, Oberstar said.

Safety Probe

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Vittorio Galloro (L) and Elena Casolari of Italy perform during the finals of the 5th Rudolf Nureyev international ballet competition in Budapest March 8, 2008.
Photo by Karoly Arvai
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Embalming

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Archaeologists Unveil Finds

Rome

A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans, and remains of Renaissance palaces are among the finds unveiled Friday by archaeologists digging up Rome in preparation for a new subway line. Archaeologists have been probing the depths of the Eternal City at 38 digs, many of which are near famous monuments or on key thoroughfares.

Over the last nine months, remains - including Roman taverns and 16th-century palace foundations - have turned up at the central Piazza Venezia and near the ancient Forum where works are paving the way for one of the 30 stations of Rome's third subway line.

Archaeologist Mirella Serlorenzi said that among the most significant discoveries in a ninth-century kitchen were three pots that were used to heat sauce. Only two others had been found previously in Italy.

Rome

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In Memory

Malvin Wald

Malvin Wald, a screenwriter who was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1948 movie "The Naked City," has died at 90.

Wald wrote dozens of scripts for motion pictures and TV shows including "Peter Gunn," "Daktari" and "Perry Mason."

He wrote the story for "The Naked City," then co-wrote the screenplay with Albert Maltz, who was one of the "Hollywood 10" of blacklisted writers during the McCarthy era.

In addition to Wald's nomination, the movie won two Oscars for film editing and cinematography. It also spawned a popular television show of the same name that aired from 1958 to 1963 and inspired countless others.

During World War II, Wald was in the Army Air Forces and helped make more than 30 training and recruitment films in Culver City. He also taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California.

He is survived by his son, Alan, and a daughter, Jenifer Wald Morgan.

Malvin Wald

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A close up of a sea lamprey attached to the window of a fridge in a Lisbon restaurant March 2, 2008. They're slimy, pre-historic and considered a pest in North America meet sea lampreys, a creature that has Portuguese gourmets salivating this time of year. These freaks of nature that are neither fish, worm nor eel have survived for 360 million years, have long snake-like bodies and a sucker mouth adorned with sharp teeth worthy of any Hollywood sci-fi movie. Picture taken March 2, 2008.
Photo by Jose Manuel Ribeiro
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