Childhood actor Jake Lloyd, 26, known as Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” was booked on June 21 for starting a high-speed chase with police, topping speeds of 117 mph. The pursuit ended in Lloyd crashing into trees and being cited for reckless driving, failure to
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July 01, 2015 by justin
in Food Dude
Buffalo wings revolutionized the economics of chicken as well as the image of Buffalo, New York. Invented either at The Anchor Bar or John Young’s Wing’s ‘n Things in the mid-1960s, they employed what was then the least desirable part of a chicken. At that time, when most chicken was
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July 01, 2015 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The applause is thunderous. But not from hands clapping. Instead, skateboards brought by fans are smacked against the hardwood floor again and again. The raw sound of wood pounding against wood resonates around the skating rink. Primal. Especially when laced with the dark throb of heavy metal music and the
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Read More →Nickelback, slated to play at Wells Fargo Arena next week, has canceled the rest of its current tour. Front man Chad Kroeger has developed cysts on his vocal chords and is on vocal rest until at least the end of the month, pending surgery. No makeup dates are in the
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July 01, 2015 by justin
in Political Mercury
Martin O’Malley can’t spot any Orioles these days in Baltimore, the city he served as mayor for eight years. Climate change chased the birds away, he said. On an acreage 1.5 miles southeast of Roselle, O’Malley, a Democratic presidential candidate, searched the trees Sunday afternoon for his beloved bird. He thought he
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July 01, 2015 by justin
in Tech Talk
When cell phone technology first made its public debut in the early 1980s, the technology was revolutionary. Sure, there had been mobile two-way radios, but nothing like the ability to walk down the street with a cordless phone in your hand and make a cross-planet call. But as with all
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Read More →Stationery and history — this is sure to be a big hit for stationery aficionados. Those various items you find on your desk every day, how did they come to be? And why did they come to be? Although the book starts out as advertised — the history of the
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July 01, 2015 by justin
in Film Review
It can be easy to fault “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” for its non-titular characters. Everyone of them is an over-earnest caricature of themselves. Molly Shannon plays a long-suffering, heavy-drinking single mom who is going through a tough time and gets through it by flirting with the high
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