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Fast Forward Judith Crist, Times Critic, Dies at 90
Judith Crist, a popular American film critic whose acerbic commentary helped herald a new era of film critics at newspapers and media outlets across the United States, died on Tuesday. She was 90. Her son, Steven Crist, said his mother died in New York after a long illness. She was born Judith Klein to parents…
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Fast Forward Gunman Pleads Guilty in Giffords Shooting Spree
A college dropout pleaded guilty on Tuesday to killing six people and wounding 13 others, including then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in a shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona last year. Jared Loughner, 23, pleaded guilty to 19 criminal counts, including murder. He entered his guilty pleas in federal court in Tucson shortly after he was ruled…
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Fast Forward Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68
Marvin Hamlisch, the composer who wrote the scores for dozens of movies and a half-dozen or so Broadway shows and won Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize, has died in Los Angeles. He was 68. The musical creative force behind the films “The Sting” and “The Way We Were” for which he…
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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Wins Gold Medal
Aly’s our gold medal girl! American Aly Raisman won the women’s floor exercise title in the final artistic gymnastics event at the London Games on Tuesday after defending champion Sandra Izbasa fell on her last tumble. Raisman added gold to the bronze she had earned for the balance beam 90 minutes earlier and the team…
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Fast Forward Giffords Shooter Set To Plead Guilty
Jared Loughner, the man accused of killing six people and wounding then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, is set to plead guilty in a Tucson court on Tuesday, a person familiar with the case said. The source confirmed that the federal government believed Loughner was now competent to stand trial and will argue that in…
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Fast Forward Palestinians ‘Guaranteed’ Win in U.N. Bid
The Palestinians’ bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations would find majority support there but would not bring them closer to statehood and peace with Israel, Israel’s UN envoy said on Sunday. Citing stalled peacemaking and Israeli settlement-building on occupied West Bank land where they seek sovereign independence, the Palestinians said on Saturday…
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Fast Forward Leiby Kletzky Killer Set To Plead Guilty
A Brooklyn man was expected to plead guilty next week to butchering an 8-year-old boy who got lost while walking home alone from an Orthodox Jewish day camp, a source close to the case said. The tentative plea deal calls for Levi Aron, 36, to be sentenced to 40 years to life in prison when…
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Fast Forward Obama Imposes New Sanctions on Iran
President Barack Obama announced new U.S. sanctions against Iran’s energy, petrochemical and financial sectors on Tuesday that he said would further pressure the country for failing to meet international nuclear obligations. In a statement, Obama said the United States remained committed to finding a diplomatic resolution to the standoff with Tehran but was committed “to…
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