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  • September 2008

    • Metallica Tops List of Rock Hall Nominees

      Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Sep 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Metallica Tops List of Rock Hall Nominees

      (Newser) - The nominees for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction were announced today, with rockers Metallica and rappers Run-DMC nominated for the first time, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first recording is released; just five acts are admitted each year. A rundown of some of the nominees: More »

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      nominee  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  • ceremony  • Metallica  • Iggy and the Stooges

  • August 2008

    • China Wraps Up Olympic Idyll

      BBC  |  Aug 24, 08 11:54 AM CDT

      China Wraps Up Olympic Idyll

      (Newser) - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games wrapped up today with a star-studded fireworks-filled extravaganza worthy of its opening, Reuters reports. With 51 golds, China easily topped the medal rankings, capping a near-flawlessly-executed couple of weeks that saw smog lifting, transport worries evaporating, and Tibet protests dwindling. Still, arrests and suppression of free speech marred China's image, say critics. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • gold medal  • 2012 London Olympics  • ceremony

  • May 2008

    • Stonehenge Riddle Solved?

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 4, 08 3:48 PM CDT

      Stonehenge Riddle Solved?

      (Newser) - A British team has excavated Stonehenge in hope of showing it was once a temple used for healing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Archaeologists focused on the site's 4,000-year-old bluestones, a twin circle of huge rocks, for proof of their origins and purpose. Shamans and witch doctors once likely filled the site, researcher Tim Darvill said, along with "all the sorts of people who in prehistoric terms would look after those who were ill." More »

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      archaeology  • temple  • Stonehenge  • ceremony  • excavation  • prehistoric

  • March 2008

    • Olympic Torch Lit in Beijing

      Associated Press  |  Mar 31, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Olympic Torch Lit in Beijing

      (Newser) - The Olympic torch was re-lighted today in Beijing’s Tienanmen Square in an elaborate ceremony marked by tight security, the AP reports. President Hu Jintao passed the flame to a champion Chinese hurdler in a televised event attended by some 5,000 people. Confetti floated over bright red seats and dancers from minority groups—including Tibetans—performed. The lighting begins a 20-country torch relay in a ritual expected to draw anti-China human rights protests around the globe. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Beijing  • Olympic torch  • Hu Jintao  • Tiananmen Square  • ceremony

  • January 2008

    • No White House Nups for Jenna

      People  |  Jan 17, 08 3:02 PM CST

      No White House Nups for Jenna

      (Newser) - It turns out May 10 isn't a nice day for a White House wedding: Jenna Bush and fiancé Henry Hager will marry that day in Crawford, Texas, at the family's 1,600-acre ranch, quashing speculation the ceremony would be an in-the-spotlight DC affair. "It's going to be a small wedding," a source told People , who added that bridesmaids have already been selected. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Texas  • wedding  • Laura Bush  • Jenna Bush  • brides  • Henry Hager  • ceremony  • bridesmaids

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