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July
25
"If your pictures aren't good enough," Robert Capa once remarked, "then you're not close enough." For more than 35 years, Capa's 1936 photograph "Death of a Militiaman" arguably the most enduring image of the Spanish Civil War commanded worldwide acclaim and helped establish Capa as the archetypal modern war photographer.
But beginning in the 1970s, researchers and historians began to challenge the picture's veracity and raise questions about Capa's reputation: Did the famous photograph capture ...
July
24
Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage has pretty much got this acting thing down. After all, he started acting at the age of 15 and, well, he's got that Oscar. So he doesn't really need to deliver another gut-wrenching performance to demonstrate his chops. In fact, he can deviate from a traditional film and venture into animated territory. He's voiced animated characters in the past, but in Disney's new 3-D tale "G-Force," Cage lends his voice to a mole. ...
July
22
"I'm not wanted in this state." "I'm not wanted in this state." "How many young women work here" "I didn't steal it; I just borrowed it." "You touch somebody and they call it sexual harassment!" "I've never heard such a stupid question." Believe it or not, the above statements weren't overhead in bars or random conversations -- they were said in job interviews. Watch man sing his resume to get an interview ยป Maybe you were nervous, ...
July
20
On July 23, 1969, as Apollo 11 hurtled back towards Earth, there was a problem -- a problem only a kid could solve. It sounds like something out of a movie, but that's what it came down to as Apollo 11 sped back towards Earth after landing on the moon in 1969. It was around 10:00 at night on July 23, and 10-year-old Greg Force was at home with his mom and three brothers. His father, Charles Force, was at ...
July
19
Throughout his career as a television anchorman, Walter Cronkite had a few memorable run-ins with other powerful figures at CBS News, one of his producers told CNN. Sanford "Sandy" Socolow, who worked at CBS News for 32 years, more than four of them as Cronkite's producer, said Cronkite ran into trouble soon after he took over for Douglas Edwards in the "CBS Evening News" anchor chair. "The first night up, he ended the show by saying, I'm paraphrasing, 'That's the ...
July
12
From the towering, pineapple-shaped Grand Lisboa to the vast campus of the Venetian, there's no shortage of casinos to choose from in Macau. The only place in China where casinos are legal, Macau opened up its gambling industry in 2004, spurring the number of casinos to jump from 11 to 32. While there may be a question of where this city's gamblers like to play, there's no debating which game is king. Baccarat, a 15th century Italian table game, ...
July
11
Red Bull's Mark Webber will start on pole position for the first time in his Formula One career following a rain-affected qualifying session for Sunday's German Grand Prix at Nurburgring. Bad weather blighted the middle 15-minute session on Saturday, but it stayed dry for the vital top-10 shoot-out, where the Australian proved quicker than his rivals. The Brawns of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will start second and third on the grid, with Webber's team-mate Sebastian Vettel back in fourth ...
July
8
A medical examiner says the killing of NFL quarterback Steve McNair was most likely murder-suicide carried out by his girlfriend. "Based on the scene investigation, police interviews, autopsy results and the preliminary lab studies, this is pointed to the direction of murder-suicide," Dr. Feng Li, the assistant medical examiner who has been handling the case, told CNN. McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20, were found fatally shot in a condominium in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday afternoon. McNair was ...
July
7
It shouldn't have surprised anyone that Gov. Sarah Palin would surprise everyone by announcing that she was quitting her job by the end of July. (CNN) -- It shouldn't have surprised anyone that Gov. Sarah Palin would surprise everyone by announcing that she was quitting her job by the end of July. Everything about her career has been a surprise. I remember distinctly when Arizona Sen. John McCain selected Palin to be his vice presidential running mate. It was, to ...
July
6
Roger Federer has exclusively told CNN that he was so excited after his historic Wimbledon victory over Andy Roddick, that he could not sleep on Sunday night. Federer's sixth Wimbledon title in seven years gave him his 15th grand slam victory -- surpassing the watching Pete Sampras' record of 14 -- and thr Swiss has admitted he still cannot believe he has been able to achieve such an histhoric feat. "It's going to take some time to digest what I've ...
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