4 Jul 2008 at 11:37am Businessman J.P. Singh, 49, and his interior designer wife, Sangeeta, travelled to Europe in May with their children, Saloni, 21, and Hitesh, 18. The couple was familiar with several cities on the itinerary, but there?s nothing quite like ...
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29 Jun 2008 at 5:16am Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a ...
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28 Jun 2008 at 5:56pm We may be experiencing another strike in Hollywood soon -- this time it's the actors who want their dues. The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires tomorrow, so another few months ...
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26 Jun 2008 at 12:43pm London's "Unkown East End" Walking Tourtravelandtransitions
4 min - Jun 26, 2008My second full day in London (May 11, 2008) started off with gorgeous sunshine. Andrea and I enjoyed a fabulous breakfast at the Zetter Hotel, a cool boutique type hotel in London’s Clerkenwell area. Then we decided to make our way to the Liverpool Street Station to hop onto the No. 11 bus that would take us past all sorts of important sights to the historic Victoria Railway Station – a great, inexpensive way to view some of London’s main attractions. We then walked toward Buckingham Palace and got caught in the crowds awaiting the famous Changing of the Guards Ritual. After the ceremonial parade had passed by, we strolled beside beautiful St. James’s Park to Trafalgar Square. From here we made our way past the Horse Guards and Downing Street (the British Prime Minister’s residence) to the Houses of Parliament where we arrived just minutes before Big Ben proudly rang out noon. From the bridge we had a perfect view of the the Parliament Buildings and the London Eye, London’s famous giant ferris wheel. Shortly after 1 pm we took a sightseeing boat from Westminster Pier to Greenwich, and enjoyed the guide’s humorous narration as he explained various sights along the riverbanks of the Thames, including Tower Bridge, one of London’s most recognized landmarks. Upon our arrival in Greenwich we had to race to the Docklands Railway to make our way to Whitechapel where we were going to link up with a tour called “The Unknown East End of London”. Harry Jackson, our certified Blue Badge tour guide filled us in about the colourful history of this area, traditionally home to successive waves of immigrant labourers who, among others, included French Huguenots, Ashkenazi Jews and more recently, Bengali immigrants. Jack the Ripper of course terrorized this area in the late 1800s and was included in the stories. On Brick Lane we happened across a street festival and ended our tour at Christ Church, Spitalfields. After a short walk we arrived at Liverpool Street Station and took the tube back to our hotel ...
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26 Jun 2008 at 12:55am Detroit minimalist rock duo (specifically, southwest Detroit minimalist rock duo) the White Stripes -- Jack White, guitar and vocals, Meg White, drums -- formed in 1997 (Bastille Day, to be precise) with the idea of making simple rock & roll music ...
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23 Jun 2008 at 3:36am David Robert Boss, a history major and Boise native, was found dead by a roommate about 2 a.m., Moscow police officials said. Boss? roommate apparently arrived at the apartment at 1218 S. Main St. about 2 a.m. and found the victim on the floor in ...
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19 Jun 2008 at 5:53pm MyESPN Fan Profiles SportsNation Corrections Ombudsman Outside the Lines EXPN.com ESPN Alerts Video Games Arcade Travel Join Our Team Just as quick as the 2007 season ended, the 2008 season is about to get back under way with pitchers and catchers ...
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