Film: Capsule Reviews (Cleveland Scene)
Bangkok Dangerous - Joe (Nicholas Cage) is a hit man planning to retire after one last job in Bangkok. Along the way, however, he undergoes a transformation from cold and amoral assassin into a human being with a conscience. That change is brought about by two locals: Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a petty criminal Joe takes under his wing, and Fon (Charlie Young), a deaf girl Joe starts to fall for. ...
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A study in devotion (The Capital)
Tutor Ann Gibbs of Annapolis talks to 13-year-old Kate Crabtree about math earlier this week. Mrs. Gibbs is closing her much-beloved business, Computer Tutor, at the end of the month.
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'Overheard' -- a good moment with Alda (Miami Herald)
''My problem,'' Alan Alda said, ``is I have to make jokes.'' Isn't it great when someone's affliction turns out to be a boon for the rest of us? Alda was hilarious Tuesday night at Temple Judea at an event for Books & Books, where he talked about his book Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself, which combines biographical stories, speeches he's given in the past and his quest for discovering ...
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IT'S TIME OF THE 'SEASON' (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Popular Southern author's newest exceeds expectations, Opinion:4-Pagination
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Palm Beach County metro report (The Palm Beach Post)
POLICE BLOTTER
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The week that was: September 15-19 (The New Zealand Independent)
TOUGH WEEK FOR THE MARKETS: Global markets plummeted after investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, rival Merrill Lynch agreed to be taken over and the Federal Reserve threw a lifeline to the battered financial industry.
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Les Bowen: Further Review: The bottom line: Eagles defense must clamp down on opposing tight ends (Philly.com)
The giddiest man in the state of Pennsylvania right now has to be Heath Miller. Miller is the Pittsburgh Steelers' tight end. He has managed an OK but nothing-to-write-home-about five catches for 59 yards in the Steelers' first two games. But Miller surely knows there are better times ahead, as he prepares to visit the Eagles on Sunday.
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Strickland tries to dry up prison funds (Ventura County Star)
A bill to finance construction of prison healthcare facilities sought by federal receiver Clark Kelso is expected to be part of the budget package to be considered by the Legislature, and Assemblywoman Audra Strickland is seeking to include language that prohibits any of the money from being spent to convert the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility to an adult prison hospital.
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Raise your student fees, vice-chancellor (Times Online)
The vice-chancellor of Cambridge, Alison Richard, caused an outcry last week by suggesting that the job of her university was education. Rubbish, said one and all. It was to promote social justice or advance the working class or make money or produce more technicians or bat for Britain.
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On Venice Beach (BBC News)
A Sarah Palin fan, floral shirts and memories of 9/11
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