DVD Quick Picks (The Morning Call) Three offbeat, but worthwhile, new DVDs COOL CLASSIC us.rd.yahoo.com
Weekend Guide (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) A list of things to do this weekend. us.rd.yahoo.com
Outlook: In Roe's Reversal, a Trap (Washington Post) "President McCain appoints a suitably conservative replacement, and a complaisant or cowed Senate confirms the nomination. ... Well, that wouldn't be so bad, you may think. Some states (or even cities and counties) will offer abortion, and others won't. Women will just have to go to New York or someplace else if they want or need to end a pregnancy. A lot of states had pretty liberal laws in ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Moving Midway / Family Name among new releases (Creative Loafing Charlotte) Capsule reviews of films currently playing in Charlotte... By Matt Brunson New Releases MOVING MIDWAY / FAMILY NAME How coincidental that these two documentaries – both about North Carolinians grappling with their lineage – are hitting town at roughly the same time, one in theaters (Oct. 3), the other on DVD (Sept. 23). The new release Moving Midway, by film critic and Raleigh native Godfrey ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Academy Award-Winning Actor Paul Newman Dies at 83 (Washington Post) Paul Newman, 83, the actor and sex symbol who surged to stardom by playing loners as well as criminal and moral outlaws -- anything to downplay his astonishing looks -- died of cancer Friday at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn. us.rd.yahoo.com
Paul Newman, legendary actor, philanthropist, dies (Albany Times Union) Paul Newman, the actor and sex symbol who surged to stardom by playing loners as well as criminal and moral outlaws -- anything to downplay his astonishing looks -- died of cancer Friday at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn. He was 83.Newman was an Academy Award-winning actor and acclaimed director, and he used his fame to propel his political activism, race car driving and philanthropy. He ... us.rd.yahoo.com
It's a jungle gym out there (Orlando Weekly) 2) Staff believes that kids these days don't use their imaginations nearly enough. Picture this: full, wet, luscious lips, slightly parted. Mmmmmm, sexy us.rd.yahoo.com
The Clanton Advertiser (Clanton Advertiser) NEW YORK – The failure of the bailout package in Congress literally dropped jaws on Wall Street and triggered a historic selloff — including a terrifying decline of nearly 500 points in mere minutes as the vote took place, the closest thing to panic the stock market has seen in years. us.rd.yahoo.com
'Monticello' Tells Untold Story Of Sally Hemings (NPR) Thomas Jefferson's biography got significantly more complicated when DNA evidence linked him to the descendants of Sally Hemings, a slave on his estate. Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello an exhaustive study of Hemings and her role in the Jefferson household. us.rd.yahoo.com
Against the evidence (The New Statesman) Throughout the 1960s, the tobacco industry famously spent millions promoting a small group of vociferous "sceptics" who, in the face of overwhelming evidence, continued to deny the link between smoking and cancer. The strategy paid off. us.rd.yahoo.com
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