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History's first prank phone call was way back in ... 1884?
Unless it turns out that Alexander Graham Bell didn't really want to see Watson - that he was just goofing on the guy - then the first documented prank phone call would appear to have occurred about eight years after that famous 1876 exchange ... and at the expense of an undertaker in Providence, R.I. Read more
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Dr. Carolyn Chang, plastic surgeon, a cut above
Sure, Dr. Carolyn Chang cuts a nice figure in an Alexander McQueen ball gown. But can her skills with the knife cut it in the competitive world of plastic surgery? Colleagues and clients say yes. Chang, who trained at...
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East county community briefs: City gets ready for anniversary fun
The city of Agoura Hills' Cultural Arts Council is looking to scan vintage images as part of its upcoming 30th anniversary celebration and creation of a potential Heritage Room at the Reyes Adobe historical site.
www.vcstar.com
NJPAC Announces 2012-2013 Season: Includes More Curtains, New Festivals, Community Partnerships, NJPAC Debuts and Year ...
Celebrating 15 seasons of bringing the world’s premier artists to its three Newark stages, and the first full season under the programming leadership of John Schreiber, President and CEO, and David Rodriguez, Executive Producer/VP Programming, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced an exciting and engaging 2012-13 Season filled with new festivals, curatorial and artistic ...
news.yahoo.com
What is body intelligence?
Did you ever wonder why some people easily achieve fitness results, and others find it more difficult despite the effort? Maybe it’s time to explore the concept of body intelligence, and focus now on how to improve it.
lifestyle.inquirer.net
The Yassine Sixth Street Noir
Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side
www.austinchronicle.com
Brian Cazeneuve: Despite failed comeback attempt, Rulon Gardner is not yet finished wrestling
Call Rulon Gardner The Biggest Dreamer. The Olympic gold medalist and celebrated TV weight shedder may be 40 years old, but he tells SI that he isn't done with the sport that first propelled him into cartwheels.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com
“Safe”: Ultra-violent ’70s action flicks are back!
It's easy at first to draw comparisons between today's America and that of the 1970s -- economic struggle, a widening gulf between rich and poor, a persistent sense of national crisis -- but as those who actually lived through that storied decade can tell you, once you get to the details it all falls apart. The '70s was a decade of explosion: Exploding inflation, exploding crime rates, terrorist ...
www.salon.com
America’s failing powerhouse
The American economy has been driven by waves of technological change and the successful adoption of ideas from elsewhere. Michael Lind, the author of "Land of Promise," tells us how it happened, and what history teaches us about the way ahead. Your latest book is a sweeping economic history of America. In a nutshell, how did America become such an economic powerhouse? Well, it did so as a ...
www.salon.com
Alber Elbaz: 'I hate the word cool'
Following the final sequence of Alber Elbaz's 10th anniversary collection for Lanvin – all jewel-coloured, frilled, embroidered and over-embroidered cocktail dresses and mirrored tiger-head pendants the size of small dinner plates – the curtains at the end of the runway parted to reveal the designer, flanked by a band and with microphone in hand.
www.independent.co.uk
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