They Can Surely Stand the Heat

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Gary Shapiro Here's an innovation: iPads as table centerpieces. Whenever dinner conversation ebbed at the Kitchen Spring Gala Benefit on Wednesday, seated guests could stare straight ahead at screens showing black-and-white ...
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Nevada National Guard unit prepares to deploy to Afghanistan

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

The flag display outside the Washoe County administration buildings at East Ninth and Sutro streets...- 12:36 pm Two people killed in a jet crash shortly after takeoff from the Boulder City airport have been...- 11:23 pm The death ...
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Cool start to holiday weekend brings frustration for morning commuters

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

The two candidates in the most watched legislative race in Northern Nevada Democratic state...- 3:29 am A worrying cycle of fiery destruction continued Tuesday with a wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed...- 12:32 am U.S. Rep. ...
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Blog: Reno hires special events program manager

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

The two candidates in the most watched legislative race in Northern Nevada Democratic state...- 3:29 am A worrying cycle of fiery destruction continued Tuesday with a wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed...- 12:32 am U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley ...
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Another Idol is crowned

Source: Reuters Blogs

I was assigned to cover the 11th season finale of “American Idol” at the Nokia theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The show culminates after months of nationwide eliminations and crowns a new winner in a two-hour televised show. The show features the ...
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One of three Bee Gees brothers who also had a successful solo career

Source: Irish Times

ROBIN GIBB : ROBIN GIBB, who has died aged 62, was one of the three brothers who made up the international chart-topping group the Bee Gees. They were best known for their disco hits of the 1970s, which included Stayin’ Alive, Night Fever and Jive Talk ...
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The Playlist: Frank Ocean / Teengirl Fantasy / Yeasayer / Donna Summer / Florence & The Machine / The Bee Gees / Oh No ft. MF Doom

Source: The Independent

Frank Ocean - 'Summer Remains' A refreshingly low-key YouTube release from this hip hop star. Teengirl Fantasy - 'Motif' A fine new 7'' single from the electro duo. A new album is out this year. Yeasayer - 'Henrietta' The Brooklyn-based band an ...
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Disco was so much more than just a fad

Source: Miami Herald

As news of the deaths of Disco Queen Donna Summer and the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb circulated the entertainment world, the passing of the two disco icons carried a particular and personal sting for Miamians. Their connection with the city went beyond Gibb be ...
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'American Idol' crowns Phillip Phillips new champion, defeating Jessica Sanchez

Source: Reality T World: Reality TV News

American Idol has crowned yet another male singer its winner. Phillip Phillips, a 21-year-old pawn shop worker from Leesburg, GA, was declared Idol's eleventh-season winner during Wednesday night's live finale broadcast on Fox. He is t ...
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Syosset Then and Now: Bee Gee at the Deli

Source: Syosset Patch

Cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. What was Robin Gibb doing in Syosset in 1979? To view this video, you may need to insta ...
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