We were scheduled to speak with Steve Martin just after his sound check for a concert in Los Angeles to benefit the city’s public libraries.
Steve Martin and his passion, the banjo
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In Susan Boyle’s hometown, heartbreak and hope
Streamers still line the streets of Susan Boyle’s hometown, where the international singing sensation’s second-place finish in "Britain’s Got Talent" left those who know her best feeling crushed — but also hopeful. “I am disappointed for Susan,” said one of about 200 residents of the small town who turned out for a viewing party at a community center Saturday night
Clinton and Bush Share Stage and Mutual Admiration
“Welcome to the Bill and George Show” That was how former President George W. Bush greeted a crowd of 5,000 Friday evening in Toronto who had paid a few hundred dollars to hear Bush and fellow former leader of the free world Bill Clinton share their experiences — and perhaps their differences — as commander-in-chief. But if they paid that money in the hopes of witnessing a partisan, post-presidential throwdown, they would be sorely disappointed.
10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business
Microblogging platform Twitter has 32 million users, an increase from about 2 million a year ago, according to research mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. Some Internet measurement services show that figure increasing 50% to 100% month over month.
NYPD police officer killed by cop
A police officer was shot to death by another officer as he was chasing a man he saw breaking into his car in New York’s East Harlem neighborhood , authorities said. New York Police Department Officer Omar Edwards, 25, was shot twice about 10:30 p.m. Thursday just blocks from the precinct where he had finished his shift
A Brief History of Multiple Births
Cecile Dionne learned to say the word “doctor” before she did the word “mother.” As one of the Dionne girls — the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy, born 75 years ago May 28 — Cecile spent her first nine years under medical care in “Quintland,” a hospital that essentially doubled as a government-run theme park. Born in Ontario to a pair of devout Catholics , the Dionne quintuplets were an immediate media sensation, a Depression-era precursor to today’s Octomoms and Jon and Kates. Two months premature, weighing about two pounds each, Cecile, Annette, Yvonne, Marie, and Emilie were quickly made wards of the state by authorities who feared that their father would exploit them for his own financial benefit
Afghan plan would rely on innovative tactics, new rotations
The Pentagon is considering new tactics in Afghanistan: deploying hundreds of troops using creative and nimble counterinsurgency techniques to fight the Taliban, a U.S. military source told CNN. The change is based on a plan used in Iraq by Lt.
Obama asks Americans to remember fallen troops
Barack Obama marked his first Memorial Day as president on Monday, calling on Americans to remember U.S. troops who died in the service of their country and navigating a Civil War memorial controversy.
Earthquake hits Mexico City
A moderately strong earthquake rocked Mexico City on Friday afternoon, shaking the earth in the sprawling capital.
Sri Lanka street party celebrates end of civil war
The deafening roar of drums and horns rose as thousands of people took to the streets in Sri Lanka Friday for a victory parade marking the end of the decades-long civil war. Enthusiastic revelers danced in the street, carried yellow and red flags and some even carried hand-crafted puppets depicting the dead body of the leader of the rebel Tamil Tigers. Watch the victory parade » Sri Lanka’s government declared victory Tuesday in the country’s 25-year civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels