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The swollen Mississippi River broke an all-time record level at Natchez, Mississippi, on Wednesday -- 10 days before its expected crest in the southern city.
The level of the largest river in North America reached 58.25 feet at Natchez on Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service, breaking a record of 58.04 feet in 1937. The river is expected to crest at 64 feet on May 21, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Marc McAllister.
The US Presbyterian Church voted to allow gays and lesbians to be ordained as ministers and lay leaders, becoming the fourth mainline Protestant church to do so.
The decisive vote capping a three-decades-long debate was cast by a regional group in Minnesota, the Los Angeles Times reported.
s You!, the law firm Baker Hostetler announced on April 27, the day the musical opens at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.
The complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York seeks "damages on behalf of world-famous performers Beverly Lee of The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson, as well as the Estates of [original Shirelles] Doris Coley Jackson and Addie Harris Jackson, for the unauthorized use of their names and likenesses in connection with the new Broadway show, Baby It's You!"
s industry leading Subprime Finance asset tracking brand, will be exhibiting at Booth #609 at this year’s NABD 5th Annual Buy Here/ Pay Here Conference, being held at the Venetian-Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas, NV May 16th-20th.
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A pro-Pyongyang newspaper pressed Seoul Wednesday to accept an offer from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to hold a summit with South Korea's leader.
Ex-US president Jimmy Carter, who visited the communist state late last month, said he received a "personal" written message from Kim.
A Japanese climber who became ill while attempting to scale Mount Everest died just several hundred feet (meters) from the summit, a Nepalese official said Friday.
Takashi Ozaki was headed down the slopes of the Everest on Thursday after feeling sick when he collapsed at an altitude of 28,200 feet (8,600 meters), Department of Mountaineering official Tilak Pandey said. He died that afternoon.
males can conceive even into their dotage, but oxidative damage to the sperm of men above 50 can make their offspring more prone to genetic diseases. Now, a new paper published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology shows that the same can be true of male boobies.
The research, conducted by a joint Spanish-Mexican research team, focused on boobies because the still relatively isolated nature of their populations keeps them safe from at least some of the dangers that claim other animals in their prime. As male boobies age, the researchers found, their sperm suffers the same kinds of degeneration that human sperm does. At the same time, they change in more visible ways - including a fading of the distinctive blueness of their feet. Female boobies - no fools - generally give these seniors a pass, opting instead to mate with the boys who retain their blue hue.
Lease Guaranty Program was created to assist landlords, condo/co-op owners, renters and brokers in closing residential leases. Its role as the "institutional mommy and daddy" allows thousands of leases to quickly and easily close to the benefit of all parties that otherwise would not close without Insurent.
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Paramount's "Thor" is expected to again thunder through North American theaters this weekend, collecting a leading gross of nearly $30 million and by Sunday night amassing a two-week domestic total of $100 million and global receipts approaching $300 million.
The Marvel Comics super hero faces two very different newcomers: Sony's action-packed "Priest" in 3-D and the R-rated fun of Universal's "Bridesmaids."
Former Syracuse great Floyd Little has been a frequent visitor over the years to the Carrier Dome on fall afternoons to watch his alma mater play.
The commute just got a lot shorter.
Andy Powell was given yet another chance to resurrect his faltering career when the Wales back-row was signed by English Premiership side Sale.
Powell left Premiership rivals Wasps earlier this month following his part in a bar-room brawl.
s most conservative Republican members. But some are crying foul over the special treatment that the government would be providing to the natural gas industry, arguing that it is not Washington’s role to “choose winners and losers” by offering tax credits to promote one energy industry over another. The bill’s proponents, however, say promoting natural gas — a plentiful resource in the United States — will help wean the country off foreign oil, provide resources to alternative energy sources and increase the nation’s energy security.
A coalition of nearly two dozen free-market and conservative groupsto members of Congress in March urging them to avoid new subsidies and tax credits, and they plan to blast anyone — especially Republicans — who do.
The Season 3 winner ofwill be revealed tonight. Throughout the seasons, the queens provided us with a lexicon that rivals thecast's. Find out the secrets behind "tucking," the meaning of "kai kai," and why "sickening" is a good thing!
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On a wind-swept balcony at the posh Chateau Marmont hotel, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, one-third of the legendary hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, is recounting to Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz what happened at a party that he departed early the night before. Among the recollections is that the DJ spun "Jolene."
"He killed it," Diamond recalls. "That's a great song though. Dolly Partner is a great songwriter."
s Skirball Center will have a theme of "Off-Broadway Rocks!," featuring performances by Everett Bradley, Orfeh, The Bettys and more.
They, along with "New York City's own rock 'n' roll nightlife impresario" Michael T, will present "pieces from the Off-Broadway canon with a rock sound." The 26th annual Lortels honor excellence in Off-Broadway theatre. The ceremony is at 7 PM. Michael Heitzman directs with musical direction by David Holcenberg.
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking water from the center of the reactor seen as the closest to stabilizing, its operator said on Thursday, risking a delay in its plan to resolve the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The discovery of the leak, through a hole in the container that houses the reactor core, provides new insight into the sequence of events that triggered a partial meltdown of the uranium fuel in the No. 1 reactor at Fukushima after the plant was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, officials said.
David Beckham could return to Old Trafford to play in his friend Gary Neville's testimonial when Manchester United face Juventus on May 24.
Nicky Butt and Phil Neville are set to play in the match, a repeat of the 1999 Champions League semi-final, as are Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs.
New Jersey's Supreme Court said Friday that it won't weigh in on whether Carl Lewis is eligible to run for the state Senate, a decision that keeps the former Olympic star on the ballot, for now.
A denial of certification signed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, said the key constitutional issue is already being litigated in federal court.
