Project Eyeball, 2 May 2001

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebalLasiaLcom.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Wednesday, May 2, 2001 80 CENTS
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      416 1 X Arroyo rocked Tens of thousands of supporters of jailed ex-President Joseph Estrada tried to storm the gates of the presidential palace early yesterday morning as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo huddled inside. Philippine security forces beat back the protesters and at least three people died. Arroyo declared a state of
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      114 2 THEY swear constantly and fart loudly. And because of that, parrots Sydney and Claud are now homeless and being cared for at a parrot sanctuary in Yorkshire. Their owners gave them up when they became tired of the parrots’ rude noises and bad language. “They are just terrible and
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      Lock icon Charity walk fails to set world record
      384 2 Lack of publicity and more activities may be why it fell 20,000 people short Toh Bee Ping IT WAS to be more than a regular charity walkathon. The aim was to set a new Guinness World record in a few categories. But it
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Market to decide land sales, says Mah
        151 2 THE Government may not release more land for private housing in the new estates if the market softens and shows little interest, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. There’s no point pushing out more land for tender if developers will not bid
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      Lock icon World Watch
      249 3 [newy^T" After meeting UN secretary general Kofi Annan, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Israel and the Palestinians had reached a basic understanding on a ceasefire to end violence, but there was still no written agreement. WASHINGTON President George W Bush telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss
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      Lock icon Training deaths: US pilot’s fault
      272 3 He improperly identified observation post as target during bombing exercise in Kuwait Reuters WASHINGTON The head of the US military’s Central Command said on Monday that human error was behind a deadly March 12 bombing range accident in Kuwait, and recommended punishment for the Navy
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    • Article
      Lock icon Anwar may not accept surgery offer
      236 3 WIFE SAYS HE’LL GO BACK TO JAIL AFP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim will announce today whether he will accept an offer of spinal surgery at his current hospital. But his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was quoted in yesterday’s Star
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
      • Article
        Lock icon First the kiasu parent, now the bochap one
        800 4  -  Principals throw their hands up over no-show parents BY WONG SHER MAINE sher@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN parents are infamous for being kiasu, down to moving house to the “right” districts so their children can enter the “right” schools. So it may come as a
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      Lock icon LENDING A HAND TO OTHERS’ CHILDREN
      446 4 DIRECTING road traffic, teaching sculpting and reading to kids. These are just some of the ways volunteer parents are helping out at their children’s schools. Right at the other end of the spectrum from parents who can’t be bothered, these parents are not only
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gus Dur to respond today
      326 6 Indonesian President consults top ministers before responding to second censure AFP JAKARTA Embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid will go on television today to respond to his second censure by a hostile Parliament. According to his spokesman, Adhie Massardi: “The taping session of his reply is scheduled
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      Lock icon Labour Day causes diverse
      484 6 NOT JUST ABOUT GOVT AND UNIONS Wires SEOUL Yesterday seemed to be the time of the year to air your favourite cause. From “saving” Tibet to curbing pollution, protestors had grievances more varied than jobs, pay and working conditions on their mind when they took to
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon *MEI DAY RALLY
        267 5 FOR the 60,000-strong crowd at the National Stadium, the night took on a magical note when Taiwanese songstress, A*Mei, came on stage. She was the star attraction at a 90-minute concert organised for NTUC members after the May Day rally. Accompanied by a seven-piece band, the pop
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        Lock icon We’ve lost the hunger; that’s bad
        595 5  -  BG Lee: We can’t afford to lose drive to succeed BY Sue-Ann Chia and Denyse Yeo sueann@sph.com.sg denyse@sph.com.sg ARE Singaporeans hungry enough? Not hungry physically but hungry for learning, knowledge and to improve themselves? Not quite, pointed out Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Manila in ‘state of rebellion’
        922 7 Pro-Estrada mob storms palace gates, leaving 3 dead Wires MANILA President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday invoked a “state of rebellion” and began questioning opposition politicians after a night of violence when nearly 40,000 supporters of deposed President Joseph Estrada tried to break down the gates
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        Lock icon Congress not hungry for Bush’s luncheon
        389 9 It’s a PR stunt, say Democrats NYT WASHINGTON President George W Bush marked his first 100 days in office with a luncheon on Monday for all 535 members of Congress, but only about a third of them showed up. In the sun-dappled Rose Garden,
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        Lock icon If I’m the cobra, is Dubya the mongoose or snake charmer?
        738 9  -  BUSH RISKS BEING KNOWN AS ‘YOUR INADEQUACY’ By Maureen Dowd Nyt WASHINGTON So I found myself on Friday in the Cobra Reading Room on the Web. I had discovered on the Hotline, the Racing Form of politics, that President
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon The ten commandments of Web design
        661 10 AUDREY UM (web@eyeball.com.sg) brings you the second of Eyeball’s two-part guide to Web design fundamentals. This week: Thou shall not abuse Web visuals. 6. Thon slialt not get too flashy As retail.co.uk webmaster Stephen Freeman points out, “simple isn’t easy”. “Sites that are filled
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        Lock icon S’pore firms not game to tap goldmine
        553 11  -  Shortage of programmers a hindrance BY Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg COMPUTER gaming is hot in Singapore and it looks like a cash cow waiting to be milked. Yet, with the exception of Sportsßeal, there are no local game developers producing made-in-Sin-gapore titles. Sportsßeal’s first
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      • Article
        Lock icon US Army installs filtering software in bases
        287 11 NO TO PORN Ap SAN DIEGO The US Army is installing Internet software at more than 100 military posts worldwide to prevent the viewing of pornography and other inappropriate material. The Army said it wants to bar some 200,000 army personnel from accessing
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    • Business
      • Loh & BEHOLD
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          Lock icon Looks like emotional literacy is in short supply
          755 13  -  BY Dr Mike Loh biz@eyeball.com.sg MULL over these incidents: 1: Last Wednesday, a letter by Han Guek Choo, Registrar, Singapore Nursing Board was published in the Forum page of The Straits Times. She referred to an ST report on April 19, “Dead
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        Lock icon Tokyo stocks reach year high
        57 13 A street-level graph indicating a jump in Tokyo share prices in the capital yesterday. Stocks jumped more than 3 per cent to a year-high in a market that snapped up Hitachi and other issues with strong earnings prospects on the back of a Nasdaq recovery
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      • Article
        Lock icon Rough ride ahead for retail
        367 13 But hotel, service industries expect business to pick up RETAILERS are bracing themselves for a rough ride over the next six months. In particular, departmental stores and supermarkets anticipate a slowdown in business. Dealers of motor vehicles and fashion apparel share the same sentiment. Firms
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    • Mailbox
      • Single’s SAY
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          Lock icon Two weddings and a BBQ party
          708 14  -  BY Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu HOW does the saying go again? April showers bring May flowers for June brides? On this campus, it’s been more a case of April theses bringing May forehead creases. At least among my overachieving friends and I, who have
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        • Article
          Lock icon Premature to merge SDU and SDS
          326 14  -  TAN-HUANG SHUO MEI DIRECTOR SDU THERE is some truth that a similar educational background helps in a relationship. But Single’s Say columnist Soh Wen Lin last week argued that, given the increasing sophistication of polytechnic programmes, can we really say that diploma holders are
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        • Global EYE
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            Lock icon Shaky start for Arroyo
            866 15  -  BY Bhagyashree Garekar bhagya@sph.com.sg PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo made the first strategic blunder in the showdown with her deposed predecessor Joseph Estrada when she gave him the mantle of a victim. It was no minor miracle that her administration was able to put the popular leader
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      28 2 (food morning! Showers in the late morning and early afternoon, mainly over northern, western and eastern Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 5.15AM/2.4M 8.05PM/2.3M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      45 11 05.0Z01 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET HOW'S YOUR WIFE, PHIL? fiwe, Luoy. HOW'S yOUR MOM? SO I STill Live AT HOtABI WHAT voes THAT PROVB7! MORE IMPORTAKJTLX HOW ARE yOU? MUOH BETTER KJOW FOR SOME REASON! I 35s ms !2> _4/ 6. m L S
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      159 12 come a long way with Mum's tender loving care. Tell Mum just how much you love her by placing a tribute in our "Dearest Mum" special in Sunday Classified and Lianhe Zaobao Classified on Mother's Day (13 May), and Shin Min Daily News Classified on 12 May. Call C.A.T.S. at
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      136 15 <D 2001 Tribune Media Services, AH Rights Reserved REALLY "NEW" BIER HAPPEN? ft P J jf to km, ihemcrethin^ flUWff frm £WfiL www.comcspage.com w NO mjcoldK) TV TIMES WITH the launch of the Mandarin Channel U and the English channel TV Works by Mediaworks, TV viewers will have more programme
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Blues setback
        70 16 LONDON Ipswich Town’s dreams of a top three finish and a place in the Champions League suffered a severe setback yesterday when they lost 2-1 at Charlton Athletic. Charlton’s Mathias Svensson drew first blood against the Blues in the 12th minute. The loss left the Blues fourth on
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        Lock icon Rush for tickets
        68 16 SEOUL In a bid to register ahead of the deadline for the first release of the 2002 World Cup tickets, surfers jammed Internet site Fifaworldcup.com. Eight million users besieged the site on Sunday alone to register before the applications ended yesterday. A Fifa spokesman said the demand
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      • Article
        Lock icon Life ban lifted
        93 16 Wires RIO DE JANEIROFormer Chile goalkeeper Roberto Rojas yesterday said that justice was done after Fifa lifted a life ban on him for faking an injury during a 1989 World Cup qualifier. “At 43, I’m unlikely to play again, but the pardon is away of cleansing my
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      Lock icon O’Leary’s birthday wish
      531 16  -  The Leeds manager couldn’t have a better present than a Valencia loss BY Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg DAVID O’LEARY will be saying a few prayers tomorrow. Firstly, it’s his birthday he turns 43. But more importantly, he’ll be wishing that his young Leeds United team beats Valencia in
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      Lock icon Internal bickering threatens harmony
      571 16 F1, SOCCER TWO British powerhouses are feuding. But this time, it’s not in the political ring. Team McLaren-Mercedes and Manchester United are experiencing different problems within their ranks. And they are threatening to cause disharmony. On the Formula 1 track, reliability used to be one of
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      162 17 AMERICAN FOOTBALL: There is an influx of African-American quarterbacks in the National Football League these days. And they are known as “The New Breed”. Who are these guys? What are they made of? Are they up to the challenge? Can they take on the thumps and bumps? Catch
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      Lock icon Zo in fight of his career
      561 17 Hopes to beat disease, play nest season Ap TO COAX his diseased kidneys into shape for the next basketball season, Alonzo Mourning plans an offseason regimen that includes rigorous workouts, daily therapy and a strict menu. “Beet juice, parsley, carrots and a little celery,”
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      Lock icon SPURS CLOBBER WOLVES
      357 17 Ap MINNEAPOLIS Whoever is up next for San Antonio doesn’t really matter to the Spurs. They will face either Utah or Dallas after wrapping up their first-round series with a 97-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday. “You can say it doesn’t matter, and sometimes it does
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Still with Postal
        89 17 Afp NEW YORK-Two-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong signed a three-year extension of his contract with the US Postal, the team’s spokesman announced yesterday. The 29-year-old will stay with the US Postal team until the end of the 2004 season. The contract is worth about US$25
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        Lock icon Identical wins
        52 17 Reuters MUSCAT (Oman)Oman and Syria scored identical victories in their World Cup Asian zone qualifying Group One matches yesterday. Oman defeated Laos 12-0 with Hani Dabit scoring a hat-trick, and Syria whacked the Philippines 12-0 at home, with Sayed Bayazid getting five. The two winners meet in their
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        74 17 Reuters LONDON England’s premier league named Barclaycard, the credit card business of British banking group Barclays, as the next sponsor of the world’s richest soccer league yesterday. The three-year, £4B-million (Ssl2s-million) deal means the league will be known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership, starting from the 2001-2002 season.
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  • Unwind
    • Arts
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        Lock icon Endless love
        990 18 LOVE is in the air. Love with a new twist, that is. In the next two months, the Singapore stage will play host to three different productions: Singapore Repertory Theatre’s staging of Shakespeare’s R&J by Joe Calarco; I Theatre’s (a new offspring of Imaginarts) Romeo And Juliet; and
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        Lock icon GIVING NEW LIFE TO OLD STORIES
        527 19  -  Tan Dawn Wei Shakespeare’s Rb J J By Joe Calarco THE New York Times called it a “vibrant, hot-blooded new adaptation...that pulsates with an adolescent abandon and electricity of which Romeo himself might approve”. The setting is a strict school that has banned literature.
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        Lock icon CULTURE CASH
        431 20 Images of tradition and modernity merge in Toy Factory’s The Eastern Line On My Palm. CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph. com.sg) reports. N ACTRESS utters lines about food and marriage as she sits cross-legged upon a bed of rice. This image becomes a metaphor for the relationship between things new
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        Lock icon Orchid among the thorns
        434 20  -  BY Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg A ROSE is a well-worn allegory when it comes to characterising a woman with an edge. An Occasional Orchid’s Zoe likes to think of herself as an orchid instead exotic, beautiful and of indeterminable sex. You see, Zoe is also Joe
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    • Living Well
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        Lock icon Facelifts, Asean style
        378 21 Don't move house, refurbish! Qet tips from interiors show InterDecAsia. LEVI HUI LING (f un@eyeball.com.sg) reports. CHANGE the lighting, re-paint your walls, revamp the kitchen, create a personalised space. If your home needs a makeover, and the renovation bug bites, head to the InterDecAsia 2001 Exhibition the
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    • Travel
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        Lock icon E-travel booking takes flight
        823 22 NYT E-commerce seems to have fallen on its promise of gold at the end of the information autobahn, but that's not stopping e-travel booking from booming. JOE SHARKEY reports. AT LEAST one area of e-commerce appears to have real traction: e-travel booking. This year, online business
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      • Travel SHELF
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          Lock icon Take the A train
          102 23 AMTRAK has started its new Acela Express trains the US answer to bullet trains on the Washington-Boston route on weekends. The trains make the run in 6 hours 15 minutes, compared to 8.5 hours on normal trains. The premium service offers business- and first-class sections only.
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          Lock icon Schengen advantage
          50 23 FIVE Nordic Bloc countries Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland are now part of the European Passport Free Zone (Schengen Agreement). It is now possible for non-Europeans to show their passports only once when entering Schengen countries. However, Britain and Switzerland are still not part of the treaty.
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          Lock icon Wash up in London
          92 23 A FIRST at Heathrow Airport, the lounge in Terminal 3 now has pay showers for travellers, from 5 am to 2 pm every day, regardless of airline and ticket class. The Island, as the lounge is named, has 29 shower stalls supplied with toiletries and towels.
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        • Article
          Lock icon Insurance online
          60 23  -  Lim Hui Ling ABACUS is soft-launching its new travel insurance Abacus Travel Secure soon in key markets. Travel Secure reduces paperwork by processing travel insurance transactions online, within the same passenger name record, ensuring optimum accuracy and ease for all. Abacus may be the first in Asia-Pacific to
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        Lock icon For a ferry wild time
        806 23 Reuters Hordes of young people cheap alcohol and nowhere to run for miles. Ids what made QooM-ing the best party on the high seas. ANNA PELTOLA reports. RENT a huge ferry, fill it with 2,500 students, encourage them to ingest loads of tax-free liquor and
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      35 20 The Eastern Line On My Palm by will be staged from April 25 to May 5 at Toy Factory Theatrette (17A Smith Street), 8 pm. Tickets are $l5. To purchase, call *****26 or e-mail toyfactory@mail.com.
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      36 20 Rated R(A), An Occasional Orchid is at The Room Upstairs, 42 Waterloo Street, till May 13. Tickets at $29.50fr0m Ticket Charge (tel: 296 2929). Matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. No performances on Sun and Monday nights.
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  • The Back Page
    • Chat & Mouse
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        Lock icon Things to wonder about
        261 24 Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. Atheism is a non-prophet organisation. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? The main reason Santa is so jolly is
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      Lock icon Blair has new vision of Britain
      106 24 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair “came out” on Monday as suffering from weak eyesight. Addressing an awards lunch at the London Press Club, Blair, 47, admitted that he needs to wear glasses when making public speeches. The PM (left) has occasionally been photographed wearing
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      Lock icon Madonna’s controversial video voted 2nd greatest
      187 24 A CONTROVERSIAL Madonna music video, condemned as blasphemous when it first aired, ranks as the second-greatest video of all time on music cable network VH-l’s list. 1989’s Like A Prayer featured the scantily clad singer cavorting amid burning crosses and kissing a saintly black
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    • Making HEADLINES
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        Lock icon Doherty guilty of drunk driving
        113 24 SHANNEH DOHERTY (above) pleaded no contest on Monday to drunken driving, acting on the day her trial was scheduled to begin in Ventura County, California, Superior Court. Judge Charles Campbell found the Charmed star guilty of driving while under the influence and having a blood-alcohol
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        Lock icon Meanwhile...
        97 24 Wires A SMALL jet carrying Sting skidded off the runway at Florence, Italy’s airport on Monday night, but the pop star walked away unhurt... Patti McCartney, who lost his wife Linda, to breast cancer in 1998, said he’s comforted by thoughts that her spirit lives on. “After Linda died,
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