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Ways With Words 2012: Michael Palin is star talker

The former Monty Python comedian, film actor, writer, TV presenter and raconteur will be appearing on the opening day of the festival, Friday 6th July 2012, and tickets went on sale to the general public today. Palin’s novel, about a writer called Keith Mabbut, is set in London and India and is published the day before his festival talk. The festival, held at the beautiful Dartington Hall near Totnes, will run until 16th July and features more than 150 speakers ...

Ricketts: I’m not going to use Jeremiah Wright

NBC’s Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the day’s top political news including the possibility that republicans may use President Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in ads attacking the president. The Super PAC funded by Joe Ricketts has released a statement from the founder of TD Ameritrade that essentially states he will not use Jeremiah Wright as an attack against President Obama. Joe Ricketts is a registered independent, a fiscal conservative, and an outspoken critic of the Obama Administration, ...

Boehner: ‘I’m not threatening default’

By NBC’s Luke Russert and Mark Murray House Speaker John Boehner this day denied he was threatening default when he called yesterday for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling. “I’m not threatening default,” he stated in response to a question by NBC News. “What I’m trying to do is encourage people on both sides of the aisle on both sides of the Capitol and on both ends of Pennsylvania Ave to be ...

Gay Marriage: Why Obama Couldn’t Wait

Even though the waiting was frustrating, President Barack Obama’s announcement this day that he fully supports marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans is historic. It will certainly go down in record books with events like Stonewall as an important milestone in the equal-rights movement. Having a President, especially this President, take a strong moral stand in favor of rights for gays will help the country complete its own evolution on the issue and lead to a day where, once ...

Pamela Stephenson advises her daughters against fame

“They’re in very different fields and I don’t think they have any desire to do that, which is great,” states the 62-year-old comedienne-turned- author of her children, Daisy, 29, Amy, 26, and Scarlett, 24. “I’m definitely sticking to the day job,” Vaz states of his experience. “This is the first time I have ever been on a film set and it is far harder than I imagined.” The film is about two brothers who run competing restaurants. Vaz appears as ...

Mindax plunges as rift continues

Mindax shares plunged on the ASX this day after the company appointed  a new non-executive director ahead of a shareholder vote regarding the future of the company’s $115 million tie-up with Japan’s Sumitomo. Mindax announced this day that Lion Asiapac executive director Eric Loh had joined its board with immediate effect. Chairman Gilbert George stated the company believed an expansion of its board would be in the interests of shareholders as it progresses towards the development of the Mt Forrest ...

Melo tweaks groin, hopes to play Wednesday

Updated: March 27, 2012, 1:45 AM ET Carmelo Anthony goes for 28 as Knicks pull past Bucks. Knicks Win Second StraightNEXT VIDEO Knicks Win Second StraightKnicks Win Second Straight Carmelo Anthony goes for 28 as Knicks pull past Bucks. Star Power In The CityStar Power In The City Tim Tebow is not the first New York athlete to be showered with attention before playing a single game in the Big Apple.

Ray J’s Lawyer Slams Brown’s Drug Accusations

A lawyer for R&B star Ray J has slammed Bobby Brown’s sister for suggesting he is withholding information about Whitney Houston’s death. The music icon was found submerged in the bathtub of her Los Angeles hotel suite on 11 February, and on Thursday, her official cause of death was ruled as accidental drowning, in addition to the affects of heart disease and cocaine use. The singer’s former sister-in-law, Leolah Brown, appeared on speak show Dr. Drew on Thursday to discuss ...

A Tale of Two Campaigns

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – At the most basic level, political campaigns are exercises in resource management. Money is the most obvious resource, but also precious is a candidate’s time. Some campaigns have more money than others, but all candidates only have 24 hours in the day. How campaigns select to use their candidate’s time reveals much about the efficiency and effectiveness of the operation. If Friday’s dueling events in the critical say of Illinois are an indication of where things ...

Spencer Set For Day Honor In Alabama

Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer is set to be honored with her own day in her native Alabama. The actress, who claimed Oscar gold last month for her critically acclaimed role in The Help, will be feted by Governor Robert Bentley and Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange on Wednesday, which will be proclaimed Octavia Spencer Day. Her career will then be celebrated by Representative Mike Hubbard and fellow officials at the State Legislature with a private reception, during which Mayor Strange ...