Flashy cars, pricey hotels and movie premieres aren’t just for celebrities! “Extra” and Audi are teaming up to give one “Extra” friend the experience of a lifetime!
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The delicious case of the missing sushi chef (The Japan Times)
Chauffeur-driven black Lexus and Mercedes sedans glide down narrow, darkened streets past beautiful women in elegant gowns, who welcome clients to private clubs. A pale green $215,000 Lamborghini gleams in a showroom. This is Ginza, home to the Tokyo outlets of top fashion brands, expensive hostess bars and many of the city’s best sushi restaurants. Takashi Hozumi, one-time boxer and former …
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Harper unveils new cabinet (St. Catharines Standard)
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper played it safe by sticking seasoned veterans on key economic files while gambling on a handful of rookies [...]
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State audit criticizes Mary Easley’s trips (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville)
Two cultural exchange trips to Europe led by first lady Mary Easley incurred nearly $46,000 in “unreasonable and excessive expenses” paid for by taxpayers, State Auditor Les Merritt said Thursday.
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£4,000-a-week football legend John Barnes pleads poverty to escape driving ban (Daily Mail)
Former England football star John Barnes has sparked fury after he escaped a ban for driving without insurance by claiming he was too poor to employ a driver.
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Phil Spector murder retrial opens (BBC News)
Music producer Phil Spector goes on trial for the second time for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in February 2003.
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Reprise of murder trial for Phil Spector (New York Daily News)
Phil Spector had better call his hairstylist. The eccentric music producer is about to go on trial for the second time in the death of actress Lana Clarkson five years ago. He faces second-degree murder charges.
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Spector’s Rerun Spectacle Resumes (E! Online)
If at first you don’t succeed, trial, trial again. Such is the case for Phil Spector, whose retrial on the 2003 murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson heard opening statements in…
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Candidate of the week: Kaeng Krachan National Park (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)
Thailand’s largest national park is also one of Phetchaburi’s most frequented tourist attractions. And rightly so, as its natural beauty is indeed a sight to behold.
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Actress’ death center stage again in Spector trial (AP via Yahoo! News)
The death of actress Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector’s hillside castle stunned Hollywood five years ago. It is a distant memory now as Spector, the eccentric musical genius behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest sounds, goes on trial for a second time.
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