Saturday, 22 November 2008
For the second year in a row, Elvis Presley is at the top of Forbes magazine's list of dead celebrities with the biggest earnings. Presley, who died in August, 1977, made $52 million last year.There are a number of things that contribute to his continuing popularity and one of them is his status as the world's first rock star. VOA's Greg Flakus has more in this report from Elvis' hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. The song "That's All Right, Mama" launched the career of the world's first rock star. Elvis Presley recorded the song in the Memphis Recording Studio run by Sam Phillips on...
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Nease-Ponte Vedra students perform 'Godspell'
Florida Times Union
Florida Times Union
Matt Young plays Jesus Christ as a singing messiah. Jacob Fine plays a character who is a combination of Judas Iscariot and John the Baptist. The other 33 cast members of Godspell,...
Black community blasts arrests of pols
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
Prominent members of Boston’s black community decried the arrest of a second top black politician in the span of two months, saying the scandals have rubbed the city’s...
Local Man Battles Saggy Pants Trend
MSNBC
MSNBC
More local links from WLKY 32 Most popular• Most viewed• Top rated• Most e-mailed More news from your region By Natasha Collins/WLKYWLKY.comupdated 7:25 p.m. ET Nov. 21, 2008...
New ways of seeing
The Guardian
The Guardian
'I don't make excuses for what communist regimes have done. But I have the right to keep my ideas'...
George Jones Jnr: Singer and songwriter who composed the doo-wop classic 'Rama Lama Ding Dong'
The Independent
The Independent
While doo-wop groups barely made an appearance in the British charts in the 1950s, their material provided rich pickings for cover versions throughout the following decades. The...
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Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Music and Entertainment The Southern Plainsmen: Gospels and hymns. 6 p.m. Sunday. First Assembly of God Church, 1915 FM 1960, Humble. Special services Community Thanksgiving...
Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs
Scientific American
Scientific American
Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs A sarcophagus, one of three found where Herod's fortress palace once stood, is seen at Hebrew University in Jerusalem November 19,...
Bob Jones University Apologizes For Racial 'Failures'
MSNBC
MSNBC
More local links from WXII 12 Related stories Most popular• Most viewed• Top rated• Most e-mailed More news from your region ThePiedmontChannel.comupdated 3:24 p.m. ET Nov. 21,...
Can technology help me find customers?
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
The answer is yes. For today's small business owner, technology is a key that can unlock many doors leading to more customers. And more than that, it's an exciting new cyberworld...
When you feel like a wretch, give thanks
The Examiner
The Examiner
Add a Comment by Robert V. Thompson, Chicago Spirituality Examiner ...
Getting off at Gateshead, By Jonathon Green
The Independent
The Independent
Jonathon Green is the nation's indefatigable lexicographer of filth, a tireless troweller in the slurry of the unsayable. His Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (1998) and Chambers...
