Michael Jackson | Brando’s Friends | Studio Musical Chairs | Howard Keel Jacko Box Set Dead on Arrival? We’re one week away from the release of Michael Jackson’s box set, to be called “The Ultimate Collection.” But now there are concerns that the audience for this $60 item may not …
Read More »Hands on a Piece of Punch Card History
And now the most engaging two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it! Bestowing Ballots Don’t look now, but those pesky chads are back! Leaders in Hillsborough County, Fla., are giving away 140,000 unused punch cards from the 2000 Presidential Election, complete with …
Read More »Playing With Fire
I remember when I was a kid, I had a friend named Johnny. Johnny loved firecrackers. The only problem was his dad didn’t love him loving firecrackers. So he told Johnny, no more firecrackers. But Johnny kept buying firecrackers and he hid them, everywhere: in his attic; under the family …
Read More »Springsteen: 'Demand Accountability From Our Leaders'
Springsteen at Shea | Tony Danza | Eva Mendez Springsteen: ‘Demand Accountability From Leaders’ Last night, Bruce Springsteen called for the President to be impeached. He was kidding, of course: the suggested impeachment would make a Clarence Clemons presidency possible. But Springsteen wasn’t entirely kidding. At one point toward the …
Read More »At What Price Love?
So I’m reading thatTrista and Ryan’s wedding (search)cost $4 million. Four-million-bucks. And I’m thinking, how the heck can a wedding cost 4 million clams?! Then I read the details. Trista’s strapless white satin dress was $70,000 — 70,000 bucks for a dress! You’d think for all that dough, you’d “want” …
Read More »Where Does the War Stand Now?
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly reporting this evening from The Factor’s Southern Command Center, Miami, Florida. Thank you for watching us. Did American bombs kill Saddam Hussein? And where does the war stand now? That is the subject of …
Read More »Widow of murdered Russian spy blames Russian govt for slaying of opposition leader Nemtsov
LONDON – The widow of murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko thinks the Russian government may have been involved in the murder of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Marina Litvinenko told BBC Radio on Sunday she thinks Nemtsov’s slaying Friday night in Moscow seems to have been the Russian government’s way …
Read More »French president to make historic trip to Cuba amid improving ties
PARIS – President Francois Hollande will travel to Cuba in May in the first such trip by a French head of state. The visit comes as President Barack Obama is increasing U.S. ties with Cuba, and the Caribbean island is gradually opening up after decades of communist rule. Hollande’s office …
Read More »Stoltenberg says German chancellor Merkel asked him to become NATO chief
STOCKHOLM – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel who convinced him to accept the alliance’s top job. In a prerecorded talk show to be aired Friday by Swedish broadcaster SVT, Stoltenberg says Merkel “was the first to talk to me (about it). And I must …
Read More »Romania will probe 1990 miners' riots that left 6 dead, 500 injured, caused havoc in Bucharest
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s top court has ordered a probe into the miners’ riots 25 years ago in Bucharest that left six people dead and more than 500 injured. The High Court for Cassation and Justice on Monday approved a request by prosecutor-general Tiberiu Nitu who has said that Romania …
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