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Obama: Don't snatch defeat from victory
The Swampby Frank James Our friend, New York Times man, Jeff Zeleny, was in the small group of journalists on pool-duty last night who were following Sen. Barack Obama around and watching, taking notes and capturing photos and video on......Tags: New York Times, Allentown, John Legend, Billy Joel, National Government
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New On CD: Akon, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Seal, Supersuckers, Lee Shaw
The Hartford CourantAKON Freedom Universal The past two years have been tough ones for Akon. The Senegalese singer and rapper ran afoul of authorities for dirty dancing with a minor and for allegedly tossing a teen offstage, even as thesmokinggun.com demolished most of...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Music, David Byrne, Ahmad Jamal
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N.E.R.D. comes home for ODU festivities
Pharrell Williams and his high-flying friends in N.E.R.D will land back on their home turf later this month. The genre-chopping band from Virginia Beach will perform Nov. 20 in Norfolk as part of Old Dominion University's homecoming week festivities. The...Tags: College of William and Mary, Music, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Fiona Apple
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New CDs: Kenny Chesney, Nikka Costa and Lucinda Williams
Kenny Chesney "Lucky Old Sun" (BNA)
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This is the one Kenny Chesney watchers have been waiting for ever since the cuddle-bunny country superstar's 2005 marriage to Renee Zellweger flamed out so spectacularly.
Last year's "Just Who I Am: Poets and...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Stevie Wonder, Depression, Music, Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
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OCT. 12 "The Clean Up Woman" JD Lawrence's new stage play and dramedy, The Clean Up Woman, stars Jackee Harry, Telma Hopkins, Christopher Williams and George Wilborn. 8 p.m. at Morgan State University, Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Drive. $39....Tags: Minority Groups, Walters Art Museum, Anthony Hamilton, Maryland, Diseases
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Robin Thicke coming to Madison Square Garden
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comRobin Thicke believes the country is looking for change, and he's hoping his new album, "Something Else" (Interscope), in stores tomorrow, can provide the soundtrack. Calling from a tour stop in Virginia Beach, Thicke talks about following up a hit...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder
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'I have control' | A job with ultimate flexibility
Vashon Revils has been sitting in his white pickup along the north berth of Norfolk International Terminals for almost five hours. He has his windows rolled down to catch a steady, cooling breeze from the open harbor, and his radio dial is turned to R&...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Game Playing, Games, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Mary J Blige
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'Shaft' Composer Isaac Hayes Dies
Isaac Hayes, the musician, composer and producer whose innovative sound changed the shape of pop music and whose shaved head, bejeweled outfits and regal demeanor embodied African-American masculinity in the 1970s, has died. He was 65. Family members...Tags: Minority Groups, Alicia Keys, John Belushi, Stevie Wonder, Music Industry
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The cool part about being a N.E.R.D.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTALK about a tour manager's worst nightmare. Chad Hugo had missed his flight from Virginia, skipped rehearsal and wasn't picking up the phone. Worse still, with less than an hour until show time it appeared the 32-year-old multi-instrumentalist and...Tags: Jay-Z, David Letterman, Nelly, Music Industry, Virginia
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Mayfields music fueled an era
Special to The TimesIf asked to name the recording artist whose music came closest to serving as a soundtrack for the civil rights movement in the 1960s, most pop fans would probably think of James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan. But a new DVD makes a strong case that...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Civil Rights, Music, Bob Marley, Jerry Butler
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Casey Jenkins, chef and owner of Darker Than Blue Cafe
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Casey Jenkins knows good food. He also is betting that he knows a good location when he finds it. Although his friends in New York wonder why he stays in a city made famous by TV crime dramas, Jenkins...Tags: Parkville
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