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Weird Al is at Mystic Lake in August

Parody master Weird Al Yankovic will return to the Twin Cities on Aug. 3 to headline Mystic Lake Casino. Tickets are $39 and $31 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, through Ticketmaster. Shows going on sale Friday, May 24, through Etix (unless otherwise noted) include: -- New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5; Orpheum Theatre; $35; on sale at 10 a.m. through ...
Braves rookie catcher takes long strange road to major league glory

Atlanta Braves pinch hitter Evan Gattis (24) celebrates after putting his team ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a two-run home run in the eighth inning of a game on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Atlanta. (John ...
Star Wars Lego Model Is Worlds Largest

The unveiling of a massive Lego model in Times Square has brought new meaning to the saying that everything is bigger in New York City. The model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter - the largest Lego model ever built - was given its public debut on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan ...
Pittsburgh on the Hudson Wrong city in NY City campaign logo

Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing his mayoral candidacy and a campaign logo on his website on ...
ODD NEWS Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam

Having read the news item "Jordan’s ambassador to Macedonia presents credentials" (The Jordan Times, May 23, 2013), I would like to stress that no such country is a member of the United ...

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [DVD]

About midway through Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Raoul Duke, the alter-ego of gonzo journalist and cult icon Hunter S. Thompson, is standing in the middle of a Las Vegas casino, completely blitzed out of his mind on any number of drugs, and in the voice-over narration, we hear him asking himself what he is doing there. He is supposed to be there covering a cross-country motorcycle race ... ...

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Psy Imposter Crashes Cannes VIP Parties

A man pretending to be South Korean pop star Psy has blagged his way into some of the biggest parties at the Cannes film festival, it has emerged. The imposter bears a resemblance to the Gangnam Style singer and had been spotted at VIP events at the world famous festival. He partied with stars, picked up freebies, danced on a French TV show, and even signed a deal to take part in a Monaco ...
Rebecca St. James Looking for Wide Release of Her Film A Strange Brand of Happy

Christian singer-songwriter and actress Rebecca St. James will be in "A Strange Brand of Happy," a movie slated for limited release this fall, but St. James is hoping to change ...
Mike Wyatt Determination humor help overcome diagnosis

When it comes to testicular cancer, commercial real estate broker Mike Wyatt has been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Wyatt, an executive vice president in the Dallas office of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas, was diagnosed in 1994, at age 31. When you hear the C word, it strikes terror all the way through to your bone marrow, Wyatt said. Eighteen years ago, the world was a different place. ...
Sergio Garcia Tiger Woods fried chicken racism row takes fresh twist after coloured athletes comment

The racism row involving Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods took a fresh twist today following comments from European Tour chief executive George ...
Hamburgers for life reward to man who helped Ohio kidnap victims

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown ...

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Indian Caribbean Museum in Nat Geo list of 500 sacred places

The Indian Caribbean Museum, described as "a national treasure, a window to the past, and an opportunity to see history come alive", has been cited by a National Geographic publication that showcases 500 of the world's most powerful and spiritual places and guides travellers who wish to visit them.

"This is a fitting recognition in just seven years of our existence, especially as we celebrate the 168th Indian Arrival Day May 30," Sansbhan Jokhoo, the curator of the museum that serves as a link between indentured Indian labourers and the present, told IANS.

"The Indian Caribbean Museum has international prominence and recognition as the only one of its kind in the world. Not even India has one. And before the inauguration of the Kolkata memorial last year planners from India came to visit our facility," Jokhoo said.

The Kolkata memorial, in the city's Garden Reach area, remembers the indentured Indian labourers who left India during the 19th amp; early 20th centuries to work on plantations in the West Indies.

Between 1845 and 1917, approximately 148,000 Indians were brought to this country, principally from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and worked to rescue the decaying plantations following the abolition of slavery by the British government. ...