Jodie Bullock, daugter of longtime smoker Betty Bullock who died of lung cancer in 2003, has been awarded $13.9 million in damages by the cigarette company Phillip Morris. The recommendation was made on Monday, in the third trial between Bullock and Phillip Morris. Jodie...
" Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary. "She told me that people of our stature have insurance...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Ah Yes, the Left rises again to the occasion of implementing "One of these things is not like the other" in their quest to segrate children leading them to believe they...
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It's great to see how far we've come since the days of Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom being the only mainstream television series that promintently featured gay and lesbian characters. As GLAAD Presiden Neil Giuliano notes, "This year's extraordinary nominees exemplify the...
"A few weeks ago, an email came from Exit Art announcing an exhibition entitled "Love / War / Sex." The image of a condom wrapped over the head of a blue colored missile came with it, as well as a poetic text by...
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"From hairspray and gangsters to old men -- get the star-studded SAG noms right now!
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
George Clooney / Michael Clayton - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Daniel Day-Lewis / Daniel...
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Ugly Betty's not a dog, but her co-star is.
Snoop Dogg will make an appearance on hit ABC comedy Dec. 13, TV Guide reports. Don't expect to see the rap star in any technicolour Dolce and Gabbana. Snoop will be playing himself in the episode, and will perform during a...
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"LOS ANGELES -- Victoria Beckham, now living in Los Angeles, is going Hollywood. Despite her recent denials about being interested in an acting career, Beckham, aka Posh Spice, is taking a first step by playing...
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Regency and 20th Century Fox will shoot JR... the two studios are working on the big-screen version of the classic prime-time drama Dallas, which featured Larry Hagman (he of I Dream of Jeannie fame) as the...
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Some 50 to 60 seismic stations have been
installed along Indonesia`s 4,400 kilimeters areas, according to an
E-mail dispatch of the US Embassy received by ANTARA here on Wednesday.
It said...
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"At Jazz Fest, final acts mean tradition
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Sun May 6, 8:26 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS - Ben Wilson was a contented man Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Wilson,...
Editor's Note: Calder Lorenz, our great colleague and arguably NowPublic's first newsifier, posted this article last September. It's a great pointer to what makes her "so damn rad", in Calder's sharply worded ...
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Over 120 protestors crowded the steps of the B.C. Supreme Court this morning as environmental activist and great grandmother, Betty Krawczyk, received a 10 month sentence for her involvement in the protest at...
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Today, as WestCoastTreehugger reported, environmentalist Betty Krawczyk was sentenced to ten months in jail. This follows the imprisonment and death of fellow protester Harriet Nahanee (that's both of them in the...
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Charismatic envirnomentalist Betty Krawcyk has been thrown in jail as a result of her popular campaign to oppose logging operations in BC. She is 75 years old. Here is an excerpt from her powerful final statement to the judge: "And yet in spite of lots of evidence that...
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