Ben Gazzara Dead: Actor Dies At 81
Ben Gazzara, star of “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” has died at age 81. The actor, who was a favorite of director John Cassavetes, died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital Center, his lawyer, Jay Julien, told the New York Times.
He was a contemporary of higher-profile stars Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger and also studied at the famed Actors Studio in Manhattan. He conquered Broadway, originating the role of Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” but didn’t capitalize on his rising star when Hollywood came calling.
“When I became hot, so to speak, in the theater, I got a lot of offers,” he told Charlie Rose in a 1998 interview. “I won’t tell you the pictures I turned down because you would say, ‘You are a fool.’ And I was a fool.”
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Beef Prices Hit Record Highs Amid ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Drought, Foreign Demand
Steel yourselves, steak fans: your dinner is about to get a lot more expensive.
The price of beef has hit an all-time high in each of the last four months. Experts expect cattle prices to rise even more throughout 2012 — and, if conditions don’t improve — beyond.
The cause is what Mark Miller, of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, called a “perfect storm of elements” that show the convolutions of the global economy as effectively as any PowerPoint on the European debt crisis.
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Dr. Thomas W. Payzant: The Problem With School Accountability Systems
Using test results to drive teacher and leader effectiveness is akin to poking the raw batter with a toothpick. Which is why it hasn’t worked and is not going to.
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Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich Ahead Of 2012 Florida Republican Primary
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former presidential hopeful Herman Cain is backing Newt Gingrich’s White House bid.
Cain endorsed his fellow Georgian Saturday, just days before Florida’s primary, at a GOP fundraiser.
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Lauren Mackler: Mastering the Art of Resilience
Change is part of the human condition and no one is exempt from emotional pain and adversity. Developing resilience is a critical key to not only accepting and meeting a life challenge head on, but being able to get to the other side of it with greater wisdom and strength.
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Paul Abrams: Romney Will Be a Tea Party/Neocon Puppet: DeMint’s (Not So) Secret Strategy for Taking Over the U.S.
The goal of the DeMints, with the backing of the Kochs and their fellow travelers, is not to let the American people have what they want. And, they will take whatever steps necessary to buy elections, to suppress the vote, to select robotic judges.
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Gay Straight Alliance Taking Hold In Earlier Grades: Report
It took just a single word for Marcel Brown to make up his mind to join his school’s Gay Straight Alliance.
“I was walking down the hallway with my little brother, and he was messing around with his friends and they called him a ‘faggot,’ ” said Marcel, an eighth-grader at San Francisco’s Everett Middle School. “And I thought, ‘That’s messed up.’ My older brother is gay.”
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“Truth Never Dies” (A Poem)
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Filed under Elementary | Tags: Dies, Never, poem, Truth | Comment (0)Heat Beat Celtics 115-107: Norris Cole Comes Up Big (VIDEO)
MIAMI — Norris Cole stepped to the foul line with 9.3 seconds left, set to clinch the game as cries of “M-V-P! M-V-P” rained down upon him from the sold-out stands.
No, this wasn’t a scene from his days at Cleveland State.
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Peter Smith: A Christmas Shopping Memory
The other week, I found myself walking down a small town Main Street. It was snowing and I was suddenly transported back to a Christmas before Wal-Mart’s or mall stores; a Christmas when the stores along another Main Street were all I had.
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