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NEWS ABOUT: ceremony

ceremony stories: 15 news summaries

Guru at Sweat Lodge That Killed 2: 'I'm Being Tested'

James Arthur Ray says he has hired investigators to probe incident

Oct 14, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The self-help guru who ran a spiritual retreat where two people died during a sweat lodge ceremony last week says he is "being tested" by the tragedy. James Arthur Ray told a seminar audience that he is "frustrated and confused" and has hired his own investigators to find... More »

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Arizona • New Age • ceremony • James Arthur Ray • sweat lodge • sweat lodge survivor

 2 Dead After Arizona
Sweat Lodge Ceremony 

19 hospitalized after cleansing ritual goes wrong at new-age retreat

Oct 9, 09 10:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two people died and 19 others were taken to hospital after a "sweat lodge" ceremony at a new-age Arizona retreat last night. Some 68 people were packed into a tarpaulin-covered dome for the 2-hour ceremony, which involved pouring water over hot rocks to produce steam in an effort to... More »

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Arizona • Native American • New Age • ceremony • sweat lodge • sweat lodge survivor

 Sharpton Tweets 
 During Jackson 
 Burial 

Reverend's thumbs stay busy during historic ceremony

Sep 4, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The burial of Michael Jackson was a somber, private moment—and Rev. Al Sharpton made sure all 10,286 of his Twitter follows knew it, E! Online reports. During the ceremony, Sharpton chatted with MJ's friends and tweeted: "We are all discussing his battles. This is a real... More »

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Al Sharpton • Michael Jackson • ceremony • burial • Twitter • social media

Wash. Mayor Under Fire for 'Glenn Beck Day'

Critics slam decision to offer controversial pundit key to the city

Sep 3, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Mount Vernon, Wash., has taken a stand on the controversy over Glenn Beck calling President Obama a “racist.” He plans to give the Fox News lightning rod a key to the city and proclaim Sept. 26 “Glenn Beck Day,” the Seattle Times reports.... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington • mayor • Fox News • Glenn Beck • ceremony • honor • racist remark • Mount Vernon, Wash. • Bud Norris

 Goody Christened 
 in 'Final Goodbye' 

Cancer patient Jade Goody in 'emotional service' with sons

Mar 7, 09 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Terminally ill British reality star Jade Goody was christened today along with her sons in a ceremony at a London hospital chapel, the BBC reports. The “very pale and fragile” Goody had a “smile and a kiss for everyone” at the “very short and emotional service,”... More »

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cancer • television • reality TV • cervical cancer • Britain • ceremony • Jade Goody

Glossies

Party's About to Start for Obamas' Social Secretary

Desirée Rogers brings tradition and inclusiveness to the party

Jan 19, 09 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - As White House social secretary, Desirée Rogers will not only organize all social events and ceremonies, she'll help people imagine what Barack Obama’s presidency represents. Catching up with the “the most eligible woman in Washington" for Vogue, William Norwich finds the former Chicago businesswoman and Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • parties • ceremony • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • Desiree Rogers • social secretary • Letitia Baldrige

Bush and Condi Find Something to Celebrate

Crisis, what crisis? It's all backslapping at Foggy Bottom

Jan 16, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - India and Pakistan are at loggerheads, Afghanistan is a narco-state, and the Middle East is almost unspeakably troubled—so how did George W. Bush's diplomatic team see off their president? With yesterday's "Ceremony to Commemorate Foreign Policy Achievements," a State Department lovefest complete with billowing flags and commemorative... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Laura Bush • ceremony • George W. Bush

Obama Will
Take Oath on Lincoln Bible

President-elect the
first to use volume
since Abe himself

Dec 23, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - On January 20, Barack Obama will place his hand on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln used during his 1861 swearing-in, Politico reports. Obama will be the first president to use the tome since Lincoln. Though it’s not constitutionally required, “Presidents have traditionally used Bibles for the ceremony, choosing... More »

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Abraham Lincoln • Bible • inauguration • ceremony • President Obama

 Obamas' 
 Chicago 
 Pal to be 
 Social 
 Secretary 

Desirée Rogers will run White House functions

Nov 24, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chicago businesswoman and close friend of the Obamas will be White House social secretary, the Tribune reports. Desirée Rogers, 49, will be the first African American to run functions and ceremonies at the president’s residence, working with the first lady. A Harvard MBA, Rogers has been a... More »

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White House • ceremony • Valerie Jarrett • event planners • President Obama • Desirée Rogers

 NYC Bridge Renamed After RFK 

Bill Clinton, Gov. Paterson attend ceremony at former Triborough to honor slain senator

Nov 19, 08 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s official: The bridge formerly known as the Triborough was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge today, NY1 reports. Michael Bloomberg, Bill Clinton, David Paterson and members of the Kennedy family attended the ceremony in Astoria, Queens, to honor the late senator from New York, who would have been... More »

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New York • Bill Clinton • ceremony • Robert F. Kennedy • David Paterson • Triborough Bridge • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Metallica Tops List of Rock Hall Nominees

Run-DMC, Stooges, Bobby Womack, War also in the running

Sep 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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nominee • Metallica • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • ceremony • Iggy and the Stooges • Bobby Womack • Run-DMC

 China Wraps Up Olympic Idyll

A look back at a successful 2 weeks

Aug 24, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Stonehenge Riddle Solved?  

Bluestones may prove site was a healing temple

May 4, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(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... More »

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archaeology • Stonehenge • prehistoric • excavation • ceremony • temple • bluestone

 Olympic Torch Lit in Beijing 

Security is tight as flame begins global journey

Mar 31, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

No White House Nups for Jenna

Bushes' Texas ranch to stage May 10 wedding to Henry Hager

Jan 17, 08 3:02 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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