He was lauded and ridiculed. He broke down barriers and built them around himself. He soared to heights unimaginable with his music, and he made the ignominious front page of gutter tabloids worldwide.
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Roll of a die, draw of a marble decide election
The votes were tied 126-126, and it all came down to a marble. In an interview with Italian magazine “Chi,” the 72-year old denied he had ever paid for sex. ”I’ve never paid a woman
10 things to love about iPhone’s OS 3.0
Last week, Apple released a free update for iPhone users, pushing them to the third iteration of their mobile operating system. (Yes, iPod Touch users are welcome to upgrade, too, at a very reasonable cost of $10.) Does the new software live up to the hype and buzz generated Absolutely. Here are 10 things I love about the iPhone 3.0 operating system: 1
Reality bites for ‘Jon & Kate’
In the beginning, it was all about the children. Before there was the hit reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” there were just Jonathan and Kate Gosselin, an information technology analyst and registered nurse marginally known as the parents of what was believed to be only the second set of sextuplets born in Pennsylvania.
India Comes Under Pressure to Get Serious About Child Labor
Asha’s day starts at 8 a.m., when she wakes up and makes breakfast for the family she lives with as a nanny in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi. She takes the kids down to play, feeds them, bathes them and puts up with their tantrums
‘Kill Bill’ Star David Carradine Dead
— David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” whose career roared back to life when he played the assassin-turned-victim in Quentin Tarentino’s “Kill Bill,” was found dead Thursday in Thailand. A published report said he committed suicide.
French national kidnapped in Pakistan
A French national was kidnapped early Saturday afternoon in southwestern Pakistan, police in Pakistan said. In “The Girl Cut in Two,” veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabrol tells the story of one young woman for whom just the opposite is true. It stars French starlet Ludivine Sagnier as a young woman who rejects the amorous advances of a flashy, wealthy man her age, in favor of a sleazy affair with a fickle, 60 year-old father figure
Bullying: Suicides Put a Spotlight on a Schoolyard Problem
Last month two 11-year-old boys committed suicide within 10 days of each other.
In pictures: Star power on full wattage at Cannes
Like the swarms of snapping paparazzi that constantly surround them, stars of all shades are irresistibly drawn (or contractually obliged) to show face at Cannes — quite simply, when the world’s most prestigious film festival turns the wattage up to full, there’s nowhere more glamorous. The subject of Speaker Michael Martin’s speech wasn’t clear.
Church gives fresh meaning to ‘offering’ plate
The pastor of a non-denominational church in Argyle, Texas, passed around the collection plate to his congregants earlier this year — and asked them to take money from it. Martin said lawmakers had let the public down “very badly indeed,” adding: “To the extent that I have contributed, I am profoundly sorry,” said Martin.