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2009 postage stamp program commemorate black-and-white TV
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line. Joe Friday demands "just the facts" with a penetrating gaze. A secret word brings Groucho a visit from a duck. Folks who grew up as television came of age will delight in...Tags: Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Alfred Hitchcock, Maryland, Economy
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2009 stamp sets to feature old TV shows, other topics
Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line. Joe Friday demands "just the facts" with a penetrating gaze. A secret word brings Groucho a visit from a duck. Folks who grew up as television came of age will delight in a 20-stamp set...Tags: I Love Lucy (tv program), Alaska, Los Angeles, Thanksgiving, Alfred Hitchcock
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Do your homework on money managers
From worrying about banks and a financial meltdown, investors are now wondering if they can trust the person investing their money. In this year of shocks, investors were dealt another a little over a week ago. Someone considered one of the nation's...Tags: Bernard Madoff, Corporate Crime, Bars and Clubs, Stock Broking, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Check the track record
From worrying about banks and a financial meltdown, investors are now wondering if they can trust the person investing their money. In this year of shocks, investors were dealt another a little over a week ago. Someone considered one of the nation's...Tags: Corporate Crime, Bars and Clubs, Stock Broking, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Indianapolis
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What don't Hall voters see in Ron Santo?
Don't feel bad. In fact, if it doesn't seem too out of place while Ron Santo goes through his regularly scheduled appointment with disappointment, attempt a small smile. It's OK.
For better, not worse, Santo is the epitome of what it means to be a...Tags: Juan Marichal, Ernie Banks, Don Drysdale, Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Waging War With Pesky Plant Interlopers
It never surprises me when plants fail to grow in my garden. They have a lot of impediments to overcome: sandy, infertile, acidic soil; a lack of sun; and a laissez-faire gardener. What does surprise me is which plants not only grow but thrive to the...Tags: Diseases, Plant Diseases
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Edie Adams
Edie Adams has died. The singer and actress who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, was 81. Adams died Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia...Tags: Movies, Sid Caesar, Bars and Clubs, Television, Jack Lemmon
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Irving Brecher dies at 94; Comedy writer got an Oscar nod for 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
Irving Brecher, a comedy writer whose career in radio, television and the movies included writing two Marx Brothers comedies, co-writing the Judy Garland musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" and creating the radio and TV series "The Life of Riley," has died. He...Tags: Movies, Judy Garland, Jackie Gleason, Crimes, CBS Corp.
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Comedies get little respect from Academy Award voters
Do the Golden Globes have anything to teach the Academy Awards? Maybe one thing: How to lighten up.
The Globes, with its two best picture categories, knows that dramas and comedies are almost completely different art forms that can't be judged against...Tags: Eddie Murphy, Movies, Preston Sturges, Buster Keaton, Peter Sellers
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The night salsa hit a home run at Yankee Stadium
It was a strange night to be at Yankee Stadium. There was a fine mist on the almost-deserted River Avenue across the street from the baseball cathedral, scheduled for demolition now that its final season has ended. But there was one final chapter in the...Tags: Movies, Latin Music, Music, Carmen Miranda, Celia Cruz
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Another white house
Acute concerns about the environment, energy and the economy. Appallingly high heating and gas bills. A Democratic presidential candidate claiming the mantle of "change" in a close race against a Republican pushing fundamental American virtues. 2008?...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, The White House, Society, Family
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Hot Property: Kelsey Grammer puts up Holmby Hills estate for a quick flip
Meet Kelsey the flipper.
Kelsey Grammer, who lives in Malibu's Serra Retreat, has listed an English Country-style estate in Holmby Hills for $19.9 million. Grammer and his wife, Camille, have owned this home for about a year and are hoping to flip it for...Tags: Halloween, Kenny Rogers, Music Industry, Movies, Kelsey Grammer
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