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  • $2.6 mn necklace spirited away at Cannes Film Festival $2.6 mn necklace spirited away at Cannes Film Festival

    CANNES - A second suspected jewellery heist was reported at the Cannes Film Festival, with a single necklace by Swiss jeweller De Grisogono worth nearly $2.6 million reported missing. In the case of the first gem loot at the Cannes Film Festival, thieves literally tore out a safe filled with roughly $1 million-worth of jewels from a hotel room. The second time around the event took place ...

  • Heart healthy lifestyle may help protect kidney patients from dying prematurely

    A new study has found that maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle may also help protect chronic kidney disease patients from developing kidney failure and early death. The findings suggest that patients with kidney disease should be encouraged to improve their heart health. Paul Muntner, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and his colleagues used the American Heart Association's recently ...

  • Jitendra Singh urges states to take action to curb illegal practices in sports

    Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday that states need to take adequate steps to combat illegal practices in sports after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was marred by spot-fixing. Singh said that the central government was ready to extend full support to the states with regards to combating illegal practices in sports. "The states have an important role to play in wake of the ...

  • Sports Minister lauds amputee Everest climber Arunima Sinha

    Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh has congratulated Arunima Sinha for becoming the first amputee to scale Mount Everest. In a statement, Singh said: "Congratulations for having scaled the Mount Everest. This incredible achievement shows your sheer grit and indomitable courage against heavy odds." "Your efforts and achievements show that a physical handicap is not a deterrent to achieve ...

  • Racist Oz broadcaster Morrow spared the sack but banned from marquee events this season

    Veteran Australian sports commentator David Morrow will not be sacked by ABC Radio for his racist remarks, but will be banned from working during this season's marquee rugby league events so that he can complete training and cultural awareness programs. Morrow, Rugby League caller and the voice of National Rugby League (NRL) for ABC Radio, was suspended by the national broadcaster management ...


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Bringing Out the Dead [DVD]

Bringing Out the Dead [DVD]

In the past, whenever director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader have worked together, the result has been an introspective, deeply spiritual film about a character who is trying to find redemption. Their previous three collaborations--"Taxi Driver" (1976), "Raging Bull" (1980), and "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)--had at their core a deep spirituality and a hu ... ...

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    Twinkling fairylights, a cicada symphony and a long table set for dinner under a starlit sky set the scene for a memorable outback dinner at the historic Durack homestead.Celebrity chef Anna Gare, WA food ambassador Don Hancey and indigenous chefs joined culinary forces for the Durack Homestead Dinner -- one of the social highlights on the Ord Valley Muster events calendar.Gare, who hasn't ...

  • Teens dream prom Tux corsage and a Sports Illustrated model on your arm

    Cover goddess Kate Upton said no, so Sports Illustrated model Nina Agdal stepped in to escort L.A. high school senior Jake Davidson to his prom on ...

  • Allegheny County pursues $3M grant for sports complex at Montour Junction site

    Allegheny County homicide Lt. Andrew Schurman talks with detectives and others on scene at HiView Gardens after a fatal shooting on Friday ...

  • Fast Furious 6 THAT ending

    fan of the franchise, you recognize the crucial importance of what we’re about to see. This is the scene where Han (Sung Kang) dies. Han has been alive in the last few movies, constantly threatening a move to Tokyo; now, he’s finally done it. But there’s a twist here. ...

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