Sinbad (1956—)
A popular African American television comic character of the 1980s and 1990s, Sinbad, whose offstage name is David Adkins, offered wholesome, family-oriented entertainment for ch...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit to meet political leaders and show support for fragile attempts to stem the country's seemingly unstoppable blood...
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Lawmakers attacked Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq policy on Wednesday in their first major debate since 2004 on the invasion, but the British leader skipped the session and rejected calls to with...
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British troops raided a police station in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday after receiving intelligence that a renegade Iraqi police unit might execute its prisoners, the British military...
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AFTER DARKBy Haruki Murakami Alfred A. Knopf, 191 pages, $22.95
Haruki Murakami works wonders with daytime. In the Japanese novelist’s very best books—Dance Dance Dance (1988) and The W...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 4-10:Nov. 4: Former CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite is 91. Actress Doris Roberts ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 77. Actress Loretta Swit ("MASH") is 70. ...
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The setting: A large home in Washington, D.C. Heavy fog presses against the windowpanes. Somewhere—somehow—a coyote can be heard howling.
THE AIDE: Still no luck. All three times I...
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Britain, America's most important ally in Iraq, will withdraw close to half its troops by the end of the year if local troops are able to secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister Ton...
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Wal-Mart gave investors something on Friday they haven't seen in some time: a reason to pour some money into its shares. The world's largest retailer, under pressure by investors to improve its sal...
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Counting down the last 10 seconds of 2007 in a local restaurant, Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff did its best to end the year on a celebratory high note.
Just hours ea...
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