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ON THE BOOKSHELF: David Chang's "Momofuku"
(AP) – Let's be real: You are never going to cook from "Momofuku."
But this first cookbook from three-time James Beard Award winner David Chang lays bare the talent and obsession that has propelled the New Y...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before he died 340 years ago, Rembrandt van Rijn lost his house, studio and most of his money. He even sold his wife's grave to pay bills.
Since then, he also has been stripped of credit given to him for hundreds of drawings and pa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Can "Nellie the Elephant" help your heart beat?
LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters Life!) - Humming to upbeat songs like "Nellie the Elephant" while compressing the chest of a heart attack victim could improve a life-saving heart resuscitation technique, scient...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and Lionel Richie are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The annual outdoor music festival is marking its 41st year. The event spans two weekends in the spring an...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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ATLANTA (Reuters Life!) – Acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, arguably the world's most prominent jazz musician, is set to premiere a major new project – composing a Blues Symphony for orchestra.
In keeping with a career that spans jazz, classical m...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Actor Grizz Chapman of '30 Rock' said this week he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition.
Chapman said he is receiving dialysis treatments and will ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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December 16
Griot Sessions with Joy T. Barnum and The Channel and a special guest performance from BLAC. Tickets $20, are available at Chew HQ, on the corner of Elliot and Court Streets in Hamilton, starting at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are not available on ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Fancy a cuppa? From highbrow salons to highland plantations, Lonely Planet lists the world's best places to have a cup of tea in its '1000 Ultimate Experiences' guide.
1. LONDON, ENGLAND
Ladies, don your gowns; gents, star...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Until this year one of Bermuda's illest rappers, Keamon (KASE) Woolaston had never been to an actual rap concert.
(For the uninitiated illest means really, really cool in rap terms.)
"Don't put that in," he said with his hands over his face.
But last...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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(Reuters Life!) — CD sales are off 13 percent in 2009 heading into the lucrative holiday shopping season, after a 20 percent annual drop in 2008 from the year before, but sales of vinyl records are bucking that trend.
Vinyl record sales reached 1.9 m...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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