| MISCELLANEOUS |
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London:
Queen Victoria's Bloomers Go on
Display
Back by popular demand. |
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 Houston
to Install More See-Through
Public Restrooms
Finds people spend less
time in them. |
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| CRIME |
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Police Reopen 1969 Case Surrounding
Rolling Stones Guitarist's Death
Coincides nicely with 40th anniversary reissue
of Let It Bleed. |
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| BETWEEN THE LINES |
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| Displeasure with (Hatred of) Obama (blacks) is
helping conservative lawmakers (racist honkies)
gain ground in those states (the former Confederacy)
where skepticism about his agenda (fear of communist
takeover) has fed doubts (paranoia),
leading to calls for restraint (lynch mobs). |
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| FEATURE |
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| A
settlement has been reached between Warner
Bros.' New Line Cinema and the Tolkien Trust on royalties
owed for the “Lord of the Rings”
trilogy. The films cost $285 million to produce, market and
distribute, but New Line claimed there were no profits
from $6 billion in gross receipts. Other "Rings" suits
have been brought by: |
| A ) |
HarperCollins
Publishers Ltd, publisher of Tolkien's works |
| B ) |
Producer Saul
Zaentz who bought the worldwide film, stage,
and merchandise rights from J.R.R. Tolkien |
| C ) |
Trilogy director
Peter Jackson (who eventually settled out of
court and is now executive producing “The Hobbit”) |
| D ) |
Sixteen
cast members who sued over revenue from
merchandise bearing their likenesses |
| Hint: No wrong
answers here — in Mordor and Hollywood things never
change. |
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| RELIGION |
|
Half Of All American Adults
Have Changed Their Religion
Percentage who end up in Hell
unchanged. |
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