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Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding receives Masterton award
There was no Viva Las Vegas for the NHL. The league’s awards gala -- based in Las Vegas the last few years -- was a casualty of the lockout, so the NHL is handing out its awards over two days during the Stanley Cup Final. Still, there was a...
Tags: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings, Ray Shero, National Hockey League, Dustin Brown (ice hockey)
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King of comedy Mel Brooks honored with AFI Life Achievement Award
Irreverent and often raucous, the 41st American Film Institute Life Achievement Award gala Thursday evening at the Dolby Theatre honored the king of comedy, Mel Brooks, in a full-on laugh fest. Martin Short got the evening off to a flying start by...
Tags: PTA, Human Interest, Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks
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Review: 'Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic' a keen look at gifted comic
Richard Pryor died in 2005 at the age of 65 from a heart attack related to multiple sclerosis. The unexpected thing, given his life and habits and health, was not that he died so young but that he lived so long. Marina Zenovich's enlightening...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Mark Twain, Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Epps
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Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race
Ultramarathons are to running what the Marquis de Sade was to romance. Not sure I support such extremism. When one of the sport's stars, a frantic rabbit by the name of Shannon Farar-Griefer, runs the infamous Badwater, she races on desert roads so hot...
Tags: Running, Road Running, Sports
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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Sleep Apnea, General Practitioners, Alprazolam (drug), Justice System, Food and Drug Administration
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PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding
Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Obituaries, National Government, U.S. House of Representatives, Religion and Belief
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Sharon Osbourne says she's 'devastated' by Ozzy's substance abuse
Hey, Ozzy Osbourne -- in case you didn't know, the missus isn't too thrilled with you right now. Sharon Osbourne on Tuesday addressed the rumors over her marriage to the heavy-metal star on her CBS show "The Talk." Reports have suggested that the...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, America's Got Talent (tv program), Futurama (tv program), Chicago Fire (tv program), Sharon Osbourne
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Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies at 53
Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the Australian rock band the Divinyls, died Saturday in New York after a long battle with breast cancer, according to the Associated Press. She was 53. The Divinyls hit big at home in the '80s and '90s with four Top 10...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Music Industry, Sports, Tom Jones, Music
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Blackhawks beat Wild, 2-1, on Bryan Bickell's overtime goal
— Bryan Bickell scored in overtime on a two-on-one rush, and the Chicago Blackhawks started the playoffs on a winning note after dominating the regular season, beating the Minnesota Wild, 2-1, on Tuesday night. Corey Crawford settled down after...
Tags: Cal Clutterbuck, Marian Hossa, Viktor Stalberg, Sports, Chicago Blackhawks
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Annette Funicello: From Mouseketeer to icon on screen
Annette Funicello, who died Monday at age 70, will be forever remembered as the child performer from the "Mickey Mouse Club." And it was on this program, which aired in its original incarnation from 1955 to 1959, that the broadest range of the young star'...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Dance, Blue Bloods (tv program), Melissa McCarthy, Movies
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Remembering Annette Funicello
I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person. Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Morey Amsterdam and Jody McCrea were promoting American International Pictures’ sun-and-surf musical comedy “Muscle Beach Party” and...
Tags: Annette Funicello, Mary Poppins (musical), Frankie Avalon, ABC (tv network), Television Industry
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Annette Funicello dies at 70; Mouseketeer and 'beach' movie star
If you were a girl in the 1950s, Annette Funicello was the ideal of feminine goodness, your fantasy best friend forever. If you were a boy, she was your dream date, demure, doe-eyed and just different enough to set hearts pounding. The most adored of...
Tags: Obituaries, Tim Considine, Diseases and Illnesses, Britney Spears, ABC (tv network)
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