BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 10 November, 2009

Tuesday

10 November, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[837 days in a row]

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The Weekly Poll

Results Delayed

Stuff happened, results delayed a day.


'The Devil is in the Details' Edition...

We all have had to make difficult decisions, from time to time, that involve compromises that can be distasteful. Such as...


A.) Would you take your dream job that has great pay and benefits, but you would have to relocate to an area that you'd loathe (such as Oklahoma)?

or...

B.) Would you live in an area that you've always wanted to but at a minimum wage, hand to mouth, subsistence level existence with no chance of improvement?


It's either A or B... No in between... Choose! Choose now! Ha Ha!






Send your response to


BadToTheBoneBob


( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )






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Despite House Passage, GOP Warns Dems to 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Paranoia Strikes Deep (nytimes.com)
If the G.O.P. essentially shrinks down to a rump party across America, the country could become ungovernable in the midst of a continuing economic disaster.


Jennifer Thurston: War Presidents Often Exploit Mothers' Grief (womensenews.org)
As Veterans Day approaches, Jennifer Thurston looks back at famous mothers who have lost their sons to war and their wide range of reactions to official efforts at consolation. Today, more mothers will be losing their daughters as well as sons.


Oliver Burkeman: 'Civil disobedience has a role to play' (guardian.co.uk)
From presidential candidate to planetary crusader, Al Gore is the rock star of the climate debate. He talks to Oliver Burkeman about optimism, civil disobedience - and Obama's next move.


Neal Broverman: Aravosis v. Tobias on AmericaBlog (advocate.com)
John Aravosis of AmericaBlog was not happy with how the Democrats handled - or didn't handle - the unsuccessful effort to preserve marriage equality in Maine. So the blogger wrote a post about it and ended up launching a mini war with a high-ranking gay member of Obama's party.


Susan Estrich: Everything and Nothing (creators.com)
Everything and nothing happened on Tuesday. I could have predicted that. Whoever "wins" says it means everything. Whoever "loses" says it means nothing. That's how off-off-year elections work. History supports both sides.


Froma Harrop: The Tea-Baggers Were Carpetbaggers (creators.com)
The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York's 23rd congressional district: ...


ANONYMOUS: Class Rage (thestranger.com)
I say hello with a big smile every morning as you shuffle in the door, but I secretly seethe with hatred for almost each and every one of you. Your stupidity and willful ignorance know no bounds.


Connie Schultz: Pay No Attention to the Wrinkles (creators.com)
Last summer, I was at a reception in Washington, D.C., when a woman in her early 40s leaned in to whisper with lips so swollen with collagen they looked ready to burst. It was one of those moments when my immediate response was a silent "Oh, honey. No." Broke my heart. The longer she and I chatted the more I couldn't help but think that I liked her more than she did.


"'Meditations': (Modern Library Classics) by Marcus Aurelius and Gregory Hays": A review by Doug Brown
Meditations is one of those rare books that you can recommend or give as a gift to pretty much anybody, due to its universality. Marcus Aurelius calls on himself to live simply, remain humble, avoid being judgmental, not fear death, and see all things as interconnected. Good advice for the king and for the people.


Rosanna Greenstreet: "Q&A: Charles Dance" (guardian.co.uk)
'The closest I've come to death? Dreaming of drowning.'


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Dareland Nails It

New Yorker Contest

The New Yorker's having a great online contest where they supply you with all the elements you need to create a cartoon that takes place on a talk show. First prize is a trip to NY. Below, one of my sick loser entries...
 
http://www.newyorker.com/online/photocontests/cartoonkit
 
 


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Tom Tancredo Bolts the 'Ed Show' - for Mexico!


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Trivia Question Of The Day

What are the little holes in crackers called?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Paul McCartney wrote the Beatles' song "Martha My Dear". Who is/was Martha?.

      McCartney's Old English Sheepdog                                               Source







Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
   his sheep dog, just heard this on the radio this morning.



BadtotheboneBob wrote:
   It's either a.) his English Sheepdog or b.) a lady scribe from Long Beach....
  Hmmm... He went with a.)... I'll go with b.)... ;)




mj replied:
   Here goes
  At the risk of political incorrectness, Martha was a bitch, either his old English sheep dog or Jane Asher.




Alan J said:
   An English Sheepdog



Charlie answered:
   Martha was the name of Paul McCartney's sheepdog, though it is obvious enough that the song isn't actually about a dog.




~ Tony In Philly replied:
   His Old English Sheepdog




Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   His sheepdog



Kevin K answered:
   Martha was Paul McCartney's dog, a Sheepdog. He owned descendants of Martha for years, and probably still does.



Sally said:
   Well, I chilled out a bit from yesterday...sorry about that. Of course my tirade was not meant for you, Marty - I love you! :)
  Okay, as for Sir Paul. McCartney bought an Old English sheepdog puppy in 1965, soon after buying his house on Cavendish Avenue, London. He named the dog Martha, and she was his first pet. Therefore, I expect the song was for this canine love...
  BTW, the song was recorded without any other Beatles, the jaunty Martha My Dear was written by Paul McCartney as a piano exercise, and was released on the White Album.
  Love me them Beatles :)




John in HI replied:
   Martha was his sheepdog



And, MAM   wrote:
   "Martha My Dear" was inspired by McCartney's Old English Sheepdog, named Martha.

  'Martha' and Paul McCartney





  


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

OVER THE WALL!

THE PARANOIDS TAKE OVER!

CARIBOU BARBIE LAYS AN EGG!

DICKHEAD DITHERS!

THE WHISKEY AINT WORKING ANYMORE!

HI, I'M ANDY!

"THERE'S A HOLE IN DADDYS ARM WHERE ALL THE MONEY GOES...!"

GONE, BABY, GONE!

STUPAK IS AS STUPAK DOES!

SING ALONG!

GLENN BECK RAPED AND MURDERED A YOUNG GIRL!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and a bit warmer.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH 'The Good Wife'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Jack Hanna and Shakira.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Adam Arkin and fashion director Nina Garcia.


NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH 'Leno' (Howie Mandel and the latest "Biggest Loser" castoff).
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Jessica Biel, Super Dave Osborne, and John Fogerty.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are January Jones, Troy Polamalu, and Wale.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly is Paul Scheer.



ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'V', followed by a FRESH [and totally unrigged (cough, cough)] 'Rehabilitating A Crooked Republican Dancing With The Stars' (the Bugman may have withdrawn, but he's still part of the cast), then the FRESH 'In The Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights, Big Stars, All-Acc Nashville'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Bill Simmons, the latest "Dancing with the Stars" castoff, and Amerie.


The CW offers a FRESH '90210', followed by a FRESH 'Melrose Place'.


Faux has a FRESH 'So You Think You Can Dance?'.


MY recycles an old 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, another old 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by an old 'Deal Or No Deal', and another old 'Deal Or No Deal'.


A&E has 'Criminal Minds', 'The First 48', 'Parking Wars', another 'Parking Wars', still another 'Parking Wars', and yet another 'Parking Wars'.


AMC offers the movie 'Batman Begins', followed by the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'. .


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 5 Bowling
 [1:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 8
 [2:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 16
 [3:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 4
 [4:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 17
 [5:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    James May On the Moon
 [9:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    James May On the Moon
 [12:00 AM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [1:00 AM]    James May On the Moon
 [2:00 AM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 7 Dukes of Hazzard: Catherine Bach, Tom Wopat and John Schneider
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1
 [5:00 AM]    BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of OC', 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover', followed by a FRESH 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover'.


Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Serena Williams.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Maria Shriver.


FX has the movie '13 Going On 30', followed by the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', then a FRESH 'Sons Of Anarchy'.


History has 'The Universe', another 'The Universe', followed by a FRESH 'The Universe', and 'How The Earth Was Made'.


IFC  -   
 [7:00 AM]   Tsotsi
 [8:35 AM]   Proof
 [10:10 AM]   Assassination Tango
 [12:05 PM]   Tsotsi
 [1:50 PM]   Proof
 [3:30 PM]   Assassination Tango
 [5:25 PM]   Face
 [7:15 PM]   Dahmer
 [9:00 PM]   Arrested Development
 [9:30 PM]   Arrested Development
 [10:00 PM]   The Jon Dore Television Show
 [10:30 PM]   Ideal
 [11:00 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:15 PM]   IFC Web Blast
 [11:30 PM]   Basilisk
 [12:00 AM]   CQ
 [1:30 AM]   Arrested Development
 [2:00 AM]   Arrested Development
 [2:30 AM]   The Jon Dore Television Show
 [3:00 AM]   Ideal
 [3:30 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [3:45 AM]   IFC Web Blast
 [4:00 AM]   Basilisk
 [4:30 AM]   CQ    (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has 'Scare Tactics', another 'Scare Tactics', still another 'Scare Tactics', yet another 'Scare Tactics', followed by a FRESH 'Scare Tactics', then another FRESH 'Scare Tactics', and 'ECW'.


Sundance  -   
 [10:30 PM]   Everlasting Moments
 [04:35 AM]   Together
 [06:25 AM]   Donkey In Lahore
 [08:25 AM]   The Blonde Mystique
 [09:20 AM]   Liberty Kid
 [10:55 AM]   The Thing About My Folks
 [12:35 PM]   Donkey In Lahore
 [02:35 PM]   The Blonde Mystique
 [03:30 PM]   Liberty Kid
 [05:05 PM]   The Thing About My Folks
 [06:45 PM]   Lights in the Dusk
 [08:00 PM]   E2: Design I - 101
 [08:30 PM]   Carbon Cops: Episode 1
 [09:00 PM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: The Unforeseen
 [10:35 PM]   Madame Tutli Putli | Directed by: Chris Lavis
 [11:00 PM]   The Man Who Fell To Earth
 [01:30 AM]   Seeing Other People
 [03:00 AM]   E2: Design I - 101
 [03:30 AM]   Carbon Cops: Episode 1
 [04:00 AM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: The Unforeseen
 [05:35 AM]   Lights in the Dusk     (ALL TIMES EST)


TBS - Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Jamie Foxx and Marc Anthony.


TCM spends the night with Richard Burton, who was born on this day in 1925.
 [6:00 AM]      Her Twelve Men (1954)
 [8:00 AM]      Born To Be Bad (1950)
 [10:00 AM]      Best Of The Badmen (1951)
 [11:30 AM]      Back From Eternity (1956)
 [1:30 PM]      The Racket (1951)
 [3:00 PM]      On Dangerous Ground (1951)
 [4:30 PM]      Beware, My Lovely (1952)
 [6:00 PM]      Clash By Night (1952)
 [8:00 PM]      The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
 [10:15 PM]      The V.I.P.S (1963)
 [12:30 AM]      Becket (1964)
 [3:15 AM]      Look Back in Anger (1958)
 [5:15 AM]      Bitter Victory (1958)
    (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  11/11/09

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      Bombardier (1943)
 [9:00 AM]      Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
 [10:15 AM]      Marine Raiders (1944)
 [12:00 PM]      The Iron Major (1943)
 [1:30 PM]      Tender Comrade (1943)
 [3:15 PM]      Berlin Express (1948)
 [4:45 PM]      Act Of Violence (1949)
 [6:30 PM]      Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      Hollywood Hotel (1937)
 [10:00 PM]      Garden Of The Moon (1938)
 [11:45 PM]      Old Man Rhythm (1935)
 [1:15 AM]      Second Chorus (1940)
 [2:45 AM]      Ready, Willing And Able (1937)
 [4:30 AM]      Hard To Get (1938)     (ALL TIMES EST)



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Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney (2nd R) poses with some of the cast during a 40th anniversary street naming celebration in New York, November 9, 2009.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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OK'd To Sue Tribune

Warren Beatty

Academy-award winning actor Warren Beatty can go ahead with a California lawsuit against a unit of bankrupt Tribune Co over rights to comic strip detective Dick Tracy, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

According to court papers, Beatty bought the motion picture and television rights for Dick Tracy in 1985. He went on to star in and direct the 1990 film by the same name that won three Academy awards and also starred Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and Al Pacino.

Tribune has said an agreement that granted rights to Beatty had lapsed because the actor-director had not started work on a new project based on the character.

Beatty contends that he was producing a television special last year about Dick Tracy when a Tribune subsidiary notified him the Dick Tracy rights had lapsed.

Warren Beatty

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Actress Zooey Deschanel, right, and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt arrive at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
Photo by Dan Steinberg

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Berlin Philharmonic To Tour US

Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.

Rattle and the 128 members of the Berlin Philharmonic depart Monday for a seven-stop U.S. tour that will take them from New York and Boston to Ann Arbor, Michigan and Chicago, before wrapping up in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Unlike on previous tours, ticket sales have been sluggish this year, a problem that reflects the ongoing economic crisis as well as the challenges classical music faces in today's world.

Simon Rattle

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Two Cable Networks Snap Up Reruns

'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

TV Land and TV Guide Network have jointly acquired the basic cable rights to HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

TV Guide will begin airing Seasons 1-7 of the Larry David comedy starting in February. TV Land will air the episodes after the TV Guide run in 2013 (though it could start later if HBO produces an eighth season).

In addition, both networks will acquire broadband, wireless and video-on-demand rights to the program, allowing the distribution of "Curb" content to multiple screens. The cost of the deal is expected to be south of $600,000 per episode.

"Curb" has been sold into syndication previously, with Tribune stations picking up the rights to it and HBO's "Entourage" last May. The series will air starting next year in 17 Tribune markets for a three-year run.

'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

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Canadian film director David Cronenberg smiles during a news conference at the Estoril Film Festival November 9, 2009. David Cronenberg is at the festival to present his film "Crash".
Photo by Hugo Correia

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Renewed Through 2014

"Dr. Phil"

Syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil" has been renewed through the 2013-2014 season in 70% of the country, including 20 of the top 25 markets.

The three-year renewal will take "Dr. Phil," now in its eighth year, through its 12th season.

Since its debut in September 2002, the series has been ranked second among all daytime talk shows behind "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Host Phil McGraw is the subject of two recent lawsuits filed by former participants on the show claiming inappropriate behavior on his part.

"Dr. Phil"

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Vidiot Speak

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Ex Blocked From Selling Sex Movie

J-Lo

Jennifer Lopez won a court order Monday barring her first husband from making their sex life public - at least for a day.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant issued a temporary restraining order blocking distribution of a proposed movie, "The J.Lo and Ojani Noa Story." The order is in effect until a hearing on whether to extend it is completed. That hearing was scheduled to resume Tuesday.

"I'm going to fight this," Noa said of the order.

Lopez sued Noa on Friday for $10 million, claiming he breached a prior confidentiality agreement by intending to sell a movie containing hours of home video footage, including some showing Lopez in sexual situations on their 1997 honeymoon.

J-Lo

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Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn, right, meditates in a boat in Varanasi, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The other person in photo is unidentified.

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Leading Cause Of Death In Women

AIDS

In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries for these women of childbearing age, with others including lack of access to contraceptives and iron deficiency, the WHO said. Throughout the world, one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unsafe sex, according to the U.N. agency.

"Women who do not know how to protect themselves from such infections, or who are unable to do so, face increased risks of death or illness," WHO said in a 91-page report. "So do those who cannot protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy or control their fertility because of lack of access to contraception."

WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan noted that women enjoy a biological advantage because they tend to live six to eight years longer than men. But in many parts of the world they suffer serious disadvantages because of poverty, poorer access to health care and cultural norms that put a priority on the well-being of men, she said.

AIDS

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Lays Off 10 Percent

A&E

t was Black Friday at A&E Television Networks where 100 employees, 10% of the company's workforce, were laid off.

A company spokesman said the job losses were a direct result of the August merger with female-oriented cable network Lifetime.

Under the post-merger structure, Lifetime is being brought into the AETN fold alongside A&E and History Channel under AETN president and CEO Abbe Raven.

The combined company is jointly owned by Disney-ABC and Hearst, each holding a 42.5% stake, and NBC Universal controlling the remaining 15.5%.

A&E

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A bird flies next to a Puya Raimondii plant in Chupaca, Peru, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Puya Raimondii is a gigantic inflorescence found in the Peruvian and Bolivian highlands and has a distinctive life cycle, producing seeds once in 80 years, just before dying. The environmental NGO International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, included the emblematic Bromeliad to their Red List of Threatened Species, claiming that climate change may already be impairing its ability to flower and also blaming the expansion of cattle grazing areas for the decreasing in the number of its colonies.
Photo by Karel Navarro

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Settles 'Aha' Suit

Mutual of Omaha

Mutual of Omaha may have had its own "aha moment." The insurance company has decided to settle its lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey's production company over rights to the phrase.

Jim Nolan, a spokesman for Mutual, and Angela DePaul, a spokeswoman for Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc., would only say Monday that the case was resolved amicably. Documents filed last month in U.S. District Court in Omaha do not outline details of the settlement.

Mutual and Harpo began sparring earlier this year after Mutual starting using the slogan "official sponsor of the aha moment" in a national advertising campaign.

Harpo asked Mutual in a letter to stop using "aha moment" to promote its insurance and financial products because it didn't want confusion about whether there was a relationship between Mutual and Winfrey. Winfrey's representatives argued in April that the phrase was synonymous with Winfrey and her show.

Mutual of Omaha

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Actress Sentenced

Noriko Saka

A Japanese singer-actress famous in Asia for her sweet, girl-next-door image was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for using illegal stimulants in the latest celebrity drugs case in Japan.

The court handed down an 18-month jail term, suspended for three years, to 38-year-old Noriko Sakai, who shot to fame in the late 1980s with pop songs and later turned to acting.

Sakai's drug scandal has made headlines in Japan and in parts of Asia where she has many fans, since she and her husband, Yuichi Takaso, were arrested in August for possessing and using drugs.

Sakai was held in detention for nearly 40 days after her arrest before being released on 5 million yen ($55,500) bail.

Noriko Saka

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A dispensary employee holds a medical marijuana flower, 'bud', at the Peace in Medicine dispensary in Sebastopol, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. The lone medical marijuana dispensary in this Northern California wine country enclave has become such a pot destination that it has more patients on its rolls than the town has people. But local officials view the business as a welcome addition to the community and a strong source of tax revenue during the recession. The Peace in Medicine marijuana dispensary is a clean, modern operation occupying a recently closed Ford dealership near downtown and could easily be mistaken for a doctor's office, if not for the three security guards and overwhelming skunky smell of pot.
Photo by Russel A. Daniels

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Film Office Interest

Iowa

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver's office took a close interest in the state's film promotion efforts long before questions about spending and bookkeeping prompted the governor to freeze the program, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press indicate.

The 224 e-mails between the Department of Economic Development and governor's office from mid-2007 to fall 2009 show Culver's office was kept fully abreast of the Iowa Film Office's efforts to lure moviemakers to the state by offering them big tax breaks. The AP requested the communication through the state's open records law.

None of the e-mails were sent directly to Culver.

The governor's oversight of the film office has become an issue since allegations surfaced in September of inappropriate tax credits and sloppy bookkeeping. Culver fired the film office manager, Thomas Wheeler. Department of Economic Development director Michael Tramontina and a deputy director abruptly resigned.

Iowa

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New Crusade

NASA

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.

The latest big screen offering from Sony Picture, "2012," arrives in theaters on Friday, with a 200-million-dollar production about the end of the world supposedly based on myths backed by the Mayan calendar.

The doomsday scenario revolves around claims that the end of time will come as an obscure Planet X -- or Nibiru -- heads toward or collides with Earth.

Some websites accuse NASA of concealing the truth on the wayward planet's existence, but the US space agency denounced such stories as an "Internet hoax."

NASA

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Giant domino pieces installed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall's original path are seen at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Photo by Wolfgang Rattay

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