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• Philly Spring Cleanup just one month away (6abc Philadelphia) Mayor Michael Nutter kicked off the one month countdown to the 3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup on Wednesday. read more >> • Inqlings: Stars are shooting in Philly (The Philadelphia Inquirer) It's going to be a veritable star festival around here this spring. Just announced: Jimmy Smits (L.A. Law NYPD Blue The West Wing ) will star in an NBC pilot as a hard-nosed Supreme Court justice going into private practice. Conan O'Brien 's production company Conaco is behind this untitled drama by writer/producer John Eisendrath and Smits has an executive-producer credit. read more >> • A.M. news links: Snowball leads to weapons charge Philly beer raids expand Macy's melee (The Star-Ledger) file photoPennsylvania authorities raided another bar and confiscated beer that was not on a state-approved registry according to Philly.com. • Four Bronx buddies facing year in jail after 'hitting' off-duty transit cop - with a snowball! (New York Daily News)... read more >> • Brown's ties to Philly make his opinions count (Philadelphia Daily News) WHEN LARRY BROWN speaks particularly in a part of the country where he used to coach (oh wait a minute he's coached in all parts) people gather. It was no different when the former 76ers and now Charlotte Bobcats coach met with the media before last night's game. read more >> • P.M. news links: Toyota Prius problems Philly beer raid fallout Letterman blackmailer pleads (The Star-Ledger) Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerToyota Prius hybrid cars at a Morris County dealership. • Toyota Reviewing U.S. Report of Accelerating Prius (BusinessWeek.com) • Pol calls beer raid 'ridiculous use of manpower' (Philly.com) • Ex-CBS producer Robert Halderman pleads guilty to blackmailing... read more >> • Yo Philly In the News (Phillyist) Photo by Flickr user poolie A 30 year old man was shot on McKean St in South Philly early Monday evening. The shooting comes on the heels of another in the area early Sunday morning. Lt. Frank Vanore summed up the situation concisely by saying "they've been having some problems in that neighborhood." Indeed. Olney High School may be renamed for Joaquin Rivera a local activist and musician ... read more >> • Charlotte Bobcats Observations: Larry Brown to Philly? (The Charlotte Observer) It was an odd experience at Bobcats coach Larry Brown's pregame media availability: The Philadelphia Inquirer had just reported 76ers coach Eddie Jordan would be fired by the end of the season and Brown - the most successful coach in recent Sixers history - was asked to size up that team. read more >> • A.M. news links: World Trade Center rally freight train derails in Philly Lil Wayne goes to prison (The Star-Ledger) Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesPeople walk by the World Trade Center site Feb. 19 2010 in New York City. • Rally At World Trade Center Site (MyFoxNY.com) • CSX train derails in Center City Philadelphia (Philly.com) • Rapper Lil Wayne sent to... read more >> • Dan Gross: WIP chief irate over mag bit (Philadelphia Daily News) 610 WIP BOSS Marc Rayfield says that he was "misquoted throughout" the April Philly Sport magazine article in which he dissed 97.5 The Fanatic which we reported on in yesterday's column. read more >> • Skull Bones Found In Northeast Philly Park (CBS 3 Philadelphia) Police are investigating a gruesome discovery in a wooded area in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon. read more >> • NBA: Charlotte 102 Philadelphia 87 (UPI) PHILADELPHIA March 10 (UPI) -- A near-perfect shooting effort from Gerald Wallace helped Charlotte to a quick start Wednesday and the Bobcats easily held on to defeat Philadelphia 102-87. read more >> • Philadelphia 76ers Team Report (USA Today) A report on a Philadelphia television station cited unnamed sources as saying Sixers coach Eddie Jordan won't be back for a second season as the team's coach. It also listed four possible replacements: former NBA coaches Doug Collins Avery Johnson Jeff Van Gundy and current Villanova coach Jay Wright. read more >> • New York Islanders can't keep Philadelphia Flyers at bay losing 3-2 (New York Daily News) Simon Gagne's power-play goal broke a third-period tie and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied for a 3-2 win Tuesday night their franchise-record 15th straight victory over the New York Islanders. read more >> • Cavs expect LeBron to play Friday at Philadelphia (CBS Sports) LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers while Antawn Jamison remains day to day. read more >> • 'Jihad Jane' to be arraigned on terror charges in Philadelphia next week (New York Post) Accused terror plotter Colleen LaRose also known as "Jihad Jane" will be arraigned in a Philadelphia federal court next Thursday March 18 Fox News reported Wednesday. LaRose has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists conspiracy to kill in a foreign country making false statements to a... read more >> • Human skull found in NE Philadelphia (6abc Philadelphia) A human skull and two bones were found behind a Northeast Philadelphia motel Wednesday afternoon. read more >> • Bobcats hope to end road woes in Philadelphia (The Sports Network) Bobcats hope to end road woes in Philadelphia read more >> • 'Jihad Jane' from suburban Philadelphia accused of aiding terrorist agreeing to kill Swede (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) PHILADELPHIA - The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat authorities say. read more >> • Philadelphia 76ers ready to fire coach Jordan (Covers.com) The Philadelphia 76ers are ready to fire coach Eddie Jordan perhaps before the end of the season the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday night. The report cited multiple sources and also indicated that 76ers general manager Ed Stefanski w... read more >> • NHL: Philadelphia 3 New York Islanders 2 (UPI) PHILADELPHIA March 9 (UPI) -- Simon Gagne's goal late in the third period capped a Philadelphia comeback and gave the Flyers a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders Tuesday. read more >> • Funny money ends up costing McCollum High student (KENS 5 San Antonio) A Harlandale School District high school student is paying for a real life lesson in crime and punishment. Jose Roberto Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday on forgery and counterfeit charges. It's alleged the 17-year-old was printing fake cash from the computer in his bedroom. According to an arrest warrant Harlandale officials became aware of the funny money when one of the suspect's friends tried ... read more >> • BROWSER: Funny video: Leno's Ross Matthews jokes with Oscar celebs (Detroit Free Press) If you're still searching for more glitz and glamour from the 2010 Academy Awards the always funny Ross Matthews from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" had a great segment on Monday's show where he rubbed elbows with some of the night's biggest stars. read more >> • Weekly NHRA Audio Blog - Bob Tasca - Motorcraft/Quicklane Funny Car (The Auto Channel) Indianapolis March 9 2010: Bob Tasca driver of the Motorcraft-Quicklane Funny car offers his weekly comments on the RaceFanNetwork. The RaceFanNetwork is a multicast broadcaster offering the best in motorsports and automotive performance news information scheduled and live event programming. read more >> • Todd Snider's sad funny world (Houston Chronicle) Todd Snider knows his place. He's respectful and reverent toward the great songwriters he's learned from: John Prine Randy Newman Billy Joe Shaver Jerry Jeff Walker Roger Miller and numerous others. But the guy who sang My Generation Part 2 is my favorite songwriter of my generation. Snider's isolated from the bargain bin cynicism that pockmarked so much rock from the '90s. read more >> • "Funny Girl" to Open at Regional High School (Cape May County Herald) ERMA — The students of Lower Cape May Regional High School will present the Julie Styne and Bob Merrill musical biography of Vaudeville and Broadway comedienne Fanny Brice "Funny Girl" March 18 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and Sunday March 21 at 2 p.m. at the Paul W. Schmidtchen Theatre at the high school. read more >> • Barbershop group can let its hair down with songs funny stories (Jefferson City News Tribune) They've come a long way from trying to impress girls in the dorms. read more >> • Citi AIG Fannie and Freddie: The Not Fab 4 (CNN Money) Investors had a funny way of commemorating the first anniversary of the market's bottom on Tuesday. They rewarded some of the stocks responsible for most of the problems in the first place. read more >> • Hawks campaign Myki funny (Herald Sun) THE HAWKS have taken a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the State Government and its troubled Myki system. read more >> • Ritter back at work but not on bike (Denver Post) He's battered and bruised and he learned Ferris Bueller is painfully funny. Literally. read more >> • 'T'ain't funny McGee!' (Jefferson City News Tribune) During the Great Depression and World War II radio was the gathering place in many households. It was not radio as we know it but a means of entertainment and getting information to the masses - the programs similar to today's television sitcoms and dramas. read more >> • Police Say Triple Murder Not Random Act (YNN Rochester) Three men are dead and police in the town of Greece are looking for the shooter. The killings took place at an apartment complex Tuesday night. Police say there was nothing random about them. read more >> • Greece Police: Triple Homicide Not Random (YNN Rochester) Greece police say it was no random act: Three men were found shot to death inside an apartment building Tuesday night. read more >> • The Results are In - See the Playlist of Random Words Chosen by You (well some of you) (MOG) So it all started w/ a simple post by Music Geek Chic It snowballed into a plea for random everyday words. The response was whelming (I won't say over. It's never over). TynansAnger began with suggesting "milkshake" (based on a very familar clip from I suppose a film that's been seen round the globe). Dale continued w/ "shove." Scotfree is apparently a procrastinator w/ the present tense ... read more >> • Police hief: Recent South Plainfield home invasions weren't random (MyCentralJersey.com) SOUTH PLAINFIELD — A recent pair of violent home invasions were not random acts according to Police Chief John Ferraro. read more >> • Cohasset students learn the joy of giving back through Random Acts of Kindness (Grand Rapids Herald-Review) February was Random Acts of Kindness Month at Cohasset Elementary School. Join our Premium Online Membership to view the rest of the story. Not Yet a Member? read more >> • Chief Baxter: Triple homicide in Greece not a random crime (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) A triple homicide at a Greece apartment complex last night was not considered a random act Greece Police Chief Todd Baxter said today. Video from the sceneHomicide scene read more >> • WIAA girls basketball regional: Random Lake advances (Sheboygan Press) Krista Navis had eight points six assists six rebounds and two steals as Random Lake topped Brookfield Academy 54-41 Tuesday night in a WIAA Division 3 girls basketball first-round playoff game in Random Lake. read more >> • Jury summons not quite so random (Traverse City Record-Eagle) In the world of random odds there are lightning strikes lottery windfalls and "Dear Prospective Juror" letters. I don't expect a hit of 1 billion volts of electricity or an equal number of before-taxes dollars. The jury is still out on more you-are-hereby-summoned mail. read more >> • Stop and search not random (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) The Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says he does not intend to use the proposed stop and search laws for random searches of ordinary members of the public. read more >> • Random police drug testing questioned (WPRI Providence) The debate continues over the legality of random drug testing within the Providence Police Department. Providence Mayor David Cicilline ordered the random testing Monday in the wake of the drug scandal known as "Operation Deception." read more >> • CROUCHIE'S VIRGIN ON THE HILARIOUS (Daily Mirror) Peter Crouch has been named the funniest man in British sport. read more >> • Break a leg (The Record and Herald News) Old Library Theatre presents the Bergen County Premiere of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. read more >> • Leon's Dream diary (Wandsworth Guardian) A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose has been a great success thanks in no small part to performances of theactors playing the hapless Rude Mechanicals. Leon Williams who gives a hilarious performances as Flute tells us how the play went from rehersal to opening night with his exclusive production diary. read more >> • You guys are really good at what you do! An etiquette guide for local bands in awkward situations (Lawrence Journal-World) We asked more than a dozen local bands questions pertaining to band etiquette. The responses we received proved to be both insightful and hilarious... read more >> • Humor: Russell Simmons Buys Himself A Clone (Hustles With Russells) (Baller Status) This is the second episode of an eight-week parody series Russell Simmons has launched on his GlobalGrind.com. In this episode Russ uses his Rushcard to buy himself a clone. Obviously it's comedian Affion Crockett playing the part but it's hilarious. read more >> • The Comedy Tree: Addy van der Borgh + Seann Walsh (My Village Putney) Featuring the brilliant Addy van der Borgh and the hilarious Seann Walsh. Highly entertaining Pete Jonas is MC. There are no special offers in this location. read more >> • What the Duck? (The Boston Phoenix) Oregon again; plus all the news that's fit to steal and home invasions at the Citadel The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the "bird flu" — has now spread in an unexpectedly hilarious direction. The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the ... read more >> • ‘Mark Twain’ performs in West Point March 17 (Southside Sentinel) “An Evening with Mark Twain” is a hilarious and insightful recreation of an actual lecture that the world-famous humorist and author would have given during his highly-acclaimed world tour culminating in 1905. read more >> • Raquel Welch 's bustier sets off alarms at O'Hare Airport after Oprah appearance (Chicago Sun-Times) Raquel Welch 's black-satin bustier set off a metal detector lastweek at O'Hare Airport and the actress had to undergo a patdown search. "It was hilarious" Welch's publicist Julie Nathanson said today. "Every alarm in the hemisphere went off." She said the corset-like bustier is lined with little strips of metal. read more >> • Inaccurate Reenactments reenactedInaccurate Reenactments reenacted (Telluride Daily Planet) It’s back. If you missed the first staging of SquidShow Theatre’s absurd hilarious sometimes off-color romp “Inaccurate Reenactments” it’s back tonight at the Sheridan Opera House. read more >> • Former local comedian to open at State Theatre (Western Herald) By Garret Schuelke Western Herald Western Michigan University alum and Hollywood comedian Skyler Stone will be performing at the State Theatre tonight. Along with attending school developing his performing skills and DJing for local radio stations WRKR and WIDR Kalamazoo native Stone known for his stand-up and his short-lived Comedy Central show “Con” worked at the Kalamazoo State [... read more >> • Entertainment › Comedian Masako Ohara goes nude for book on love (Japan Today) Comedian Masako Ohara 34 has made her first foray into the world of nude photography by appearing naked on the cover of her self-deprecating book… read more >> • Roy Chubby Brown: Comedian faces court over car park 'assault' (Yorkshire Evening Post) Blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown will go on trial today over an alleged assault on a woman in a car park. read more >> • Comedian Loni Love lets ‘Fat People unite’ Monday in Rosebud Theatre (The Shorthorn) Comedian Loni Love loves her food. “Fat people love buffets” Love said. “I can wreck shop on a buffet I sure can.” Love wrecked shop with her jokes at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Rosebud Theatre for a crowd of about 150 people. read more >> • Comedian Kathy Griffin adds second show (Knoxville News Sentinel) Controversial comedian Kathy Griffin has added a second Knoxville show for 9 p.m. Saturday May 1 at the Tennessee Theatre.Tickets for Griffin's 7 p.m. show on the same night sold out shortly after the tickets went on sale.Griffin chose the Tennessee as the spot to film her upcoming comedy special on the Bravo channel.Griffin is also the star of the Bravo series "My Life on the D-List" which ... read more >> • Blue comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown 'punched slightly-built woman in the face in car park argument' (Daily Mail) The 65-year-old punched slightly-built Kelly Oliver 21 in the face after he nearly bumped his jeep into her grandmother's parked car a court head. read more >> • Acrobat comedian musician to perform at Donna Reed Theatre on March 16 (Denison Bulletin & Review) The Crawford County Arts Council will present its second production of the 2009-2010 season with Michel Lauziere Master of the Unusual sponsored by the Denison Rotary Club. read more >> • NDSCS deals an Ace: comedian visits campus (The Wahpeton Daily News) Students of the North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) enjoyed the high-energy collegiate comedy of Adam Ace Thursday evening. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) chose Ace to perform. CAB chooses all of the acts that visit the campus. read more >> • Will Dayton comedian be named 'Next Big Comic'? (Dayton Daily News) Dayton comedian Ryan Singer is one of the four finalists in Country Music Television (CMT) and Rooftop Comedy’s online search for America’s “Next Big Comic.”CMT’s Big New Comedy Week kicks off Monday March 8 and is a weeklong comedy celebration starring some of the nation’s hottest comics including Melissa Peterman Jeff Foxworthy Bill Engvall Larry The Cable Guy Ron White Brian Regan ... read more >> • NEW ON CHOICES PLUS VIDEO: Comedian Darren Carter set to perform in Visalia (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register) Carter read more >> • Sushi restaurant chef charged over whale meat (AP via Yahoo! News) Federal prosecutors have filed charges against the owner of a California restaurant and its sushi chef that marine mammal activists say served illegal whale meat. read more >> • Feds search Calif. sushi restaurant for whale meat (AP via Yahoo! News) A special agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has requested a warrant to search a California sushi restaurant where activists say they were served illegal whale meat. read more >> • Canadian parliamentarians feast on seal meat (AFP via Yahoo! News) Lawmakers a beauty queen and guests crammed into Canada's parliamentary restaurant to dine on seal meat Wednesday to show solidarity with hunters fighting a European ban on seal products. read more >> • Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with illegally selling whale meat (Los Angeles Times) The eatery admits the wrongdoing its attorney says. Federal agents and animal activists cooperated in a video sting orchestrated by a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove.' Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs alleging they had sold meat from an endangered whale. read more >> • Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products. read more >> • U.S.: Restaurant sold banned whale meat (UPI) LOS ANGELES March 10 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors Wednesday accused a Santa Monica Calif. restaurant and one of its chefs of selling Sei whale meat illegally. read more >> • Gin and Meat seminar (New York Post) Tom Mylan of Meat Hook and mixologist James Moreland will conduct a -- you guessed it -- meat and gin seminar at Meat Hook. You'll learn about gin and porterhouse pairings among other things. The best part? You get to try everything after. Tickets are $80. Call 718-349-5033 for... read more >> • Sushi restaurant chef charged over whale meat (San Diego Union-Tribune) Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant accused of serving illegal and endangered whale meat. read more >> • Protesters Oppose Canada Parliament Lawmakers’ Seal Meat Lunch (Bloomberg) March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian protesters today demonstrated against a seal-meat lunch lawmakers will have in the Parliamentary restaurant in defiance of a ban on seal imports by the European Union. read more >> • Complain About Phones During A Movie Get Stabbed With A Meat Thermometer (Gizmodo Australia) Next time someone complains about your habit of using a mobile phone in the cinema just casually tell him this story of a man who got stabbed with a meat thermometer after making a similar complaint. (more…) read more >> • Top Ten Celebrity Comebacks of the Decade (ABC News) Celebrity Comebacks: Michael Jackson Britney Spears Tom Cruise britneyspears - Music - Arts - Anti-Music - People read more >> • Demi Moore gives daughter a pole-dancing lesson; celebrity tributes pour in for Corey Haim; Molly Ringwald talks about ... (San Francisco Chronicle) Demi Moore gives daughter a pole-dancing lesson; celebrity tributes pour in for Corey Haim; Molly Ringwald talks about 'Brat Pack' Oscar reunion read more >> • Celebrity Bike Ride Goes through Austin (FOX 7 Austin) Twenty cyclists rode into Austin on Wednesday for a celebrity bike ride. The event was part of the 850 mile Rise Across Texas challenge from Orange to Presidio. read more >> • Haim approached by Celebrity Rehab days before death (Hollywood.com) Tragic actor Corey Haim rejected offers for a televised intervention on U.S. programme Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew in the final days before he died of an apparent drug overdose. read more >> • A pasta special at Celebrity's (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) Celebrity's Deli & Pub 901 Union St. Suite C is serving shrimp and Italian chicken sausage over a bed of angel hair pasta with a house salad on Thursday and Friday. Celebrity's also will have music Friday night with local jazz artist Phil Mariani. read more >> • Los Angeles Lakers Lamar Odom talks about celebrity marriage to reality star Khloe Kardashian (ESPN) Lamar Odom talks about celebrity marriage to reality star Khloe Kardashian. read more >> • Meals on Wheels program to host celebrity dinner (Ypsilanti Courier) The Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels Annual Celebrity Dinner will be from 5 to 9 p.m. March 18 at Bentley's at the Ann Arbor Marriott at Ypsilanti. read more >> • Celebrity Tax Troubles: Scandals & Stories of Famous Tax Evasion (Black Voices) Filed under: Celebrity News Lynnette Khalfani-Cox When actor Wesley Snipes and stand-up comedian Sinbad were accused of owing millions in overdue taxes they became some of the most high-profile celebrities in recent years to run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service. But Snipes and Sinbad are hardly alone. There is actually a long history of actors singers athletes entertainers and ... read more >> • Celebrity birthdays (USA Today) See who's celebrating a special day. read more >> • Celebrity birthdays: Who's another year older March 10? (Orange County Register) See which famous people are celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slide show. MORE CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Celebrities born March 9 Celebrities born March 8... read more >> << Next Page >> |
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