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Schuylkill pilot can resume flying after fighting to get his name off watch list
Of The Associated PressA Schuylkill County commercial airline pilot whose job was threatened because his name was apparently on a secret terrorist watch list is being allowed to resume flying, according to a letter his lawyers released Tuesday. The two-sentence letter from...Tags: Trials, Constitutional Issues, Personal Data Collection, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Din of presidential race drowns out local elections
Of The Associated PressCompeting for attention against the battle for the White House, candidates for three statewide offices are raising millions of dollars and campaigning across Pennsylvania in the hope that voters will consider their messages by Election Day. The offices...Tags: Public Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Primaries, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Jamie Bell stays close to his roots
Special to The TimesSINCE HE grand-jetéed onto the scene with his BAFTA-winning performance in "Billy Elliot" at 13, Jamie Bell has grown into a bona fide globe-trotter. He just shot "Defiance" in Lithuania with Daniel Craig (slated for a December release), went to nine...Tags: New York, Celebrity, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
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Corbett, like Obama, calls for change -- but in quarters from Morganelli
Of The Associated PressIn the race to determine who should be Pennsylvania's chief law enforcer for the next four years, the discussion Tuesday swirled around the most minor of offenses -- an expired parking meter. Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's re-election campaign...Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Elections, Pennsylvania, Political Candidates, Local Elections
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Amazing Jamie Bell
Special to The CourantJamie Bell is about to sit down for this interview when the past visits him with a hearty hug. It is one of the publicists who worked for him when he emerged as the dancing lad in the 2000 feel-good hit "Billy Elliot." "It brings so much back," he says....Tags: New York, Celebrity, Jamie Bell, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Mister Foe
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PETA doc ask movies to end chimpanzee abuse
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI generally don't want to be in any club that includes Pamela Anderson, which is part of the reason I'm often skeptical about PETA causes. That said, I was horrified when I saw the latest documentary from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,...Tags: Celebrity, Tim Burton, Abusive Behavior, Jane Goodall, Death and Dying
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OFF THE WALL
GET IN THE HOBBIT. All three of Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson's acclaimed Tolkien films unreel on TNT this weekend. First up: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (tonight at 8, TNT), followed at the same time tomorrow by "The Lord...Tags: The Hobbit, Weaponry
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'Rings' team returns for 'The Hobbit'
Los Angeles TimesThe essential pieces of " The Hobbit" are falling into place. The latest announcement confirms the rumor that Peter Jackson and his "Lord of the Rings" screenplay collaborators, Fran Walsh (Jackson's wife) and Phillipa Boyens, will be returning to...Tags: The Hobbit, Movies, Guillermo Del Toro
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'Lord of the Rings' Team Will Write 'Hobbit' Scripts
Zap2It.comAs has long been expected, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have officially signed on to work on the script for "The Hobbit" and its sequel. The Oscar-winning team behind the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will work on the "Hobbit"...Tags: The Hobbit, Guillermo Del Toro
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Jazz man Herbie Hancock comes to Westhampton Beach
steve.parks@newsday.com'Herbie Hancock is the quintessential border crosser," wrote Down Beat magazine, unofficial arbiter of all things jazz. And that was before he became just the second jazz artist in Grammy history - the other was Stan Getz in 1965 - to snag the album of...Tags: Stan Getz, Technology, Bob Dylan, Electronics, Bill Cosby
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Lieutenant governor receiving cancer treatment
Of The Associated PressLt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll was diagnosed with cancer in early July and has been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments, a spokesman said Thursday. Knoll, 77, a native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Mc-Kees Rocks, is Pennsylvania's first...Tags: Health Treatments, Constitutional Issues, Health Organizations, Parliament, Pennsylvania
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AP asks judge to unseal record in DeNaples perjury case
The Associated PressThe Associated Press on Friday asked a judge to unseal records of his inquiry into whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate alleged leaks from a grand jury probe involving a casino owner. Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover, who...Tags: Mount Airy
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