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Fast Forward Gerard Depardieu Gets Passport From Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to Gerard Depardieu, the French movie star who is quitting his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The “Cyrano de Bergerac” actor bought a house across the border in Belgium last year to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires…
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Music Hitler’s Jewish Neighbor Remembers When
A former Jewish neighbor of Adolf Hitler in Munich has co-authored a book describing his childhood brushes with the dictator. Edgar Feuchtwanger, 88, has joined forces with French journalist Bertil Scali to write “Hitler, mon voisin, souvenirs d’un enfant juif,” or “My Neighbor Hitler: memories of a Jewish child.” The 320-page book is due out…
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Life Finding Judaism in Newtown Tragedy
While 26 people were being massacred at an elementary school in Newtown, I was 50 miles away in Hartford, talking on the radio about the eccentricities of Connecticut. Town nicknames, historical tidbits, “Nutmeggers” vs. “Connecticutians,” that sort of thing. The show was over at 10:00 am ET; I have no idea when the first fragmentary…
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Culture Dustin Hoffman’s Directorial Debut
Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, “Quartet,” is a film set in a British home for retired musicians and singers, starring Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, and the incomparable Maggie Smith. It’s about love and friendship and getting older, and is funny and sad and a total delight. It’s a film that leaves the audience in a good…
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News Top Lawyer Takes Yeshiva Abuse Case
An attorney who just won a landmark sex abuse lawsuit against an elite private school has been retained to represent a former student with similar claims against Yeshiva University. Kevin Mulhearn has been hired by Mordechai Twersky, the first of almost two dozen students to come forward claiming they were abused decades ago while studying…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Discharged From Hospital
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital on Wednesday after being treated for a blood clot near her brain and her doctors expect her to make a full recovery, the State Department said. Clinton, who has not been seen in public since Dec. 7, was at New York-Presbyterian Hospital under…
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Fast Forward Christie Slams Boehner for Dropping Ball on Sandy
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday blamed U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, a fellow Republican, for delaying a vote on federal disaster aid for Superstorm Sandy, calling the inaction “disappointing and disgusting.” “There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent (storm) victims – the House majority, and their…
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Fast Forward Love at First Sight? 56% of Americans Believe
Most Americans believe in love at first sight, have never read their partner’s email and think good sex is very important to a successful relationship, a poll released on Wednesday showed. They also cited a partner’s TV choices as the most annoying source of strife – more than household chores, bedside reading or cleaning the…
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