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The final cinematic appearance of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character is also the legendary filmmaker's first talkie, though he uses sound sparingly and with predictabl...
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We're tempted to wax hyperbolic about the potential sale by Harry Macklowe of the GM Building, so, what the heck, we will: It could fetch a truly historic record, perhaps becoming the biggest singl...
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"Relax. There will be no test."That's how Rick Steves' "Europe 101: History & Art for the Traveler" begins.The $24.95 book, just out in its seventh edition from California-based Avalon Travel, ...
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The ruling Labour Party's five-day annual conference opened in
the large southern seaside town of Bournemouth on Sunday, with
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling stressing the need t...
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Two centuries of kvetching, kvetching, kvetching. That's New York-ese _ Yiddish, actually _ for complaining, complaining, complaining. And it's the subject of a new booklet of letters both fun...
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Bob Dylan was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias arts award, one of the country's most prestigious honors, Wednesday."He's a living legend of popular music," said Jose Llado Fernandez-Urrutia, pres...
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A federal judge signed an agreement between the state of Michigan and five Indian groups on Monday giving the tribes the power to issue their own hunting and fishing licenses and write their own re...
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North Korea on Thursday slammed a draft resolution criticizing
the country's human rights records adopted by a U.N. committee
earlier this week, calling it a document ''based on sheer lies an...
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Question 1 of 10:The film industry was changed forever when the first ‘talkie’ was released in 1927. What was it called?
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The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation
The General
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc, the
Web retailer known for selling books, said it had paid about $4
million to buy a handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Ro...
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The GM Building Sale: Our Presidential Race
