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Ex-computer engineer Vienna Teng sings for supper
steve.parks@newsday.comVienna Teng knew it was time to quit her day job when she ran out of vacation time to pursue her passion - music. One problem: She had a pretty good day job - she was a computer engineer for Cisco. Her parents and especially her grandparents saw it as a...Tags: Family, Kanye West, Music
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California IOUs to be shunned by big banks after today
People holding California state IOUs -- including taxpayers, vendors and local governments -- will soon have a tougher time redeeming them, as most major banks are standing firm on a vow not to cash the vouchers after today.
Many credit unions say they...Tags: Pete Wilson, Bank of America Corp., Loans, Manhattan Beach (Los Angeles, California), Bill Lockyer
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Art film's restoration is a work of art
A masterpiece of avant-garde filmmaking becomes a masterpiece of restoration with Manhatta. Film historian Bruce Posner spent almost four years on this inspired salvage job, using some of the same cutting-edge digital tools developed to restore better-...Tags: Poetry, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, Movies, Walt Whitman
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Deaths elsewhere
ALLEN KLEIN, 77 Managed Beatles, Rolling Stones Allen Klein, a cunning record executive whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and who was known as the "toughest wheeler-dealer in the pop jungle," but whose ego and temperament...Tags: John Lennon, Public Employees, Government, Yoko Ono, Contracts
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'Herb & Dorothy'
Film CriticIf Ripley's Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries. "They are one of the biggest collectors of new art in New York City,"...Tags: United States, Movies, Chuck Close, New York, Arts
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Witness list set for Sotomayor hearings
Associated Press-- Republicans will use next week's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor to raise concerns about her record on race, gun rights and abortion while Democrats work to defend President Barack Obama's first high court...Tags: Witnesses, National Government, Court Administration, Republican Party, Government
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Guilty plea in tax scheme
Tribune reporterA Deerfield man who was a tax partner at Chicago-based accounting firm BDO Seidman pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges in connection with tax shelters that generated billions of dollars in phony tax losses. Robert Greisman, 58, pleaded guilty...Tags: United States, State Budgets, Deerfield, Internal Revenue Service, Trials
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John Leguizamo, Star Of One-Man Show In New Haven
The Hartford CourantJohn Leguizamo is returning to the solo stage for the first time in seven years, but this time out it's a different exploration for the actor-writer. He is trying to figure out what life is all about by looking at his prolific stage, TV and film career....Tags: John Leguizamo, Lawyers, Music Theater, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Ingmar Bergman
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Training wheels off for museum
Special to the TribuneAn ambitious plan to bring the first children's museum to Will County has become a reality in Frankfort, even while similar ventures in Cook and DuPage Counties are struggling financially. KidsWork Children's Museum opened last month inside a 6,700-...Tags: Naperville, Society, Oak Lawn, Forestry and Timber, Frankfort
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NYPD probes beating death of immigrant who ran lottery
New York City police are investigating whether a woman found beaten to death in her SUV was killed in a botched extortion plot from her native China. Chao Ru Xie was found Monday slumped between the seats of the family vehicle in the Bay Ridge section of...Tags: Bay Ridge, Gaming and Lotteries, Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), China, Vehicles
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Woman sues, says NY school used her as 'plaything'
A fundraiser at an upstate New York university says senior athletic department officials tried to use her as a sexual "plaything" to ply big donors. Elizabeth Williams has sued Binghamton University and the two officials in federal court in Manhattan....Tags: New York Knicks, Isiah Thomas, Charity, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups
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LI surgery centers say they're ready for new rules
ridgely.ochs@newsday.comLong Island office-based surgery centers say they are ready for a deadline next week requiring them to be accredited, a mandate they believe will benefit patients. In 2007, the state passed a law requiring any ambulatory surgery center that uses moderate...Tags: Long Island, Office Needs, Health Treatments, Medical Specialization, Surgery
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