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  • Keith Richards has 20k pounds bill overdue at library

    Keith Richards apparently owes a library bill worth a whopping 20000 pounds for books he failed to return 50 years ago. The 'Rolling Stones' star revealed that his local lending room was one of his favourite places as a teenager, the sun reported. "It was a place where you get a hint there was a place called civilization," the guitarist said. The rocker, 69, admitted that he still owes fines ...

  • Cheap books a night market and pancakes This weeks Scout List

    Outfit yourself with a solid assortment of spring reads at the Vancouver Public Library. Books donated to the Friends of the Vancouver Public Library will go on sale to raise money for programs and services. May 23-25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Promenade area of Library Square, 350 W. Georgia ...

  • Kids get down and dirty at Green Tree Public Library

    "It's good for kids to experience worms in a positive educational kid of way," library director Adaena Tray said. "Here, they can see them at the library in a fun ...

  • Senior golf tour gift benefits Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel

    The buzz is especially strong among the leaders of the Cooper-Siegel Community Library, who last week received a $20,000 donation from the Constellation Senior Players Championship as part of the PGA's mission to give back to the ...

  • Minn. park landslide leaves 1 child dead 1 missing

    Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, ...

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Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

The character of Sam Bowden as played by Nick Nolte in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear is a far different man than the one played by Gregory Peck in J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original. As played by Peck, Sam Bowden was a pillar of dignity, honesty, and rationality, a good-hearted Southern attorney and family man forced to unleash his inner animal when his family is threatened by an unst ... ...

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  • FBI Arrest made in Wash. state ricin letter scare

    SPOKANE, Wash. - A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.A grand jury indictment accused Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a death threat to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14.A search of federal court records turned up no ...

  • Yellow Pages publisher delays results

    The uncertain future of the Yellow Pages directories publisher Hibu took yet another twist yesterday as the debt-laden company unexpectedly delayed its annual ...

  • CBS News goes undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factory

    CBS News (CBS News) Many of the clothes in American stores are made in Bangladesh, which has a history of workplace disasters. Six months ago, 112 workers died when their factory burned down. Last month, another factory collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers in one of the worst industrial accidents ever. If you own clothes that were made in Bangladesh, this is where they come from. ...

  • Parents ask why Okla. schools dont have tornado shelters

    (CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - The mayor of Oklahoma City said Wednesday as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in Monday's tornado, and 33,000 people have been affected. The mayor says the damage could total $2 billion. The state medical examiner said there were 24 deaths. Two were infants: four months old and seven months ...

  • Over 50 injured following Ind. school buses crash

    This image provided by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department shows a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in North Webster, Ind., Wednesday, May 22, ...

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