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Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University.…
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Singer Chris Brown arrested for felony battery in Florida
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Singer Chris Brown walked off stage after his concert in Florida and into the hands of waiting deputies, who arrested him on a felony battery charge involving a nightclub photographer last year. Tampa Police released more details about the battery warrant…
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Actor who played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars says the hate for his character almost led him to suicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man who played Jar Jar Binks, likely the most universally ridiculed Star Wars character, revealed this week that the hate directed at his character prompted a personal downward spiral that led him to almost take his own life. Actor Ahmed Best posted on Twitter,…
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Actor who played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars says the hate for his character almost led him to suicide
The man who played Jar Jar Binks, likely the most universally ridiculed Star Wars character, revealed this week that the hate directed at his character prompted a personal downward spiral that led him to almost take his own life. Actor Ahmed Best posted on Twitter, with a photo of himself and his son on a…
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Governor: 49 missing as boat overturns in seas off Thailand
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PHUKET, Thailand — A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned Thursday in rough seas off southern Thailand and 49 passengers were unaccounted for, an official said. Strong winds were still blowing as searchers looked for the missing people off the tourist island of Phuket…
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Governor: 49 missing as boat overturns in seas off Thailand
PHUKET, Thailand — A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned Thursday in rough seas off southern Thailand and 49 passengers were unaccounted for, an official said. Strong winds were still blowing as searchers looked for the missing people off the tourist island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea. Phuket Gov. Norraphat Plodthong said 48…
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Billboard’s charts used to be our barometer for music success. Are they meaningless in the streaming age?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drake and Kanye West — two reigning kings of pop music — both flooded the American consciousness with music this summer in strikingly different manners. West released a series of seven-track albums, including one bearing his name and one collaboration with Kid Cudi. Drake, meanwhile,…
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Billboard’s charts used to be our barometer for music success. Are they meaningless in the streaming age?
Drake and Kanye West — two reigning kings of pop music — both flooded the American consciousness with music this summer in strikingly different manners. West released a series of seven-track albums, including one bearing his name and one collaboration with Kid Cudi. Drake, meanwhile, dumped the contents of his hard drive on streaming services…
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Liberty Island evacuated after climber ascends statue
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — Liberty Island has been evacuated because of a climber at the Statue of Liberty. A person climbed the statue’s base on the Fourth of July shortly after several people were arrested after hanging a banner from the statue’s pedestal calling for abolishing…
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Liberty Island evacuated after climber ascends statue
NEW YORK — Liberty Island has been evacuated because of a climber at the Statue of Liberty. A person climbed the statue’s base on the Fourth of July shortly after several people were arrested after hanging a banner from the statue’s pedestal calling for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. News helicopter video showed the climber…