Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Friday, October 29, 2010,
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Celebrities
James MacArthur, famous for his role as Danno on the original Hawaii 5-0, has died at the age of 72 on Thursday. His agent reported that he died of natural causes but no official report on the cause of death has been released. Hawaii 5-0 originally aired from 1968 to 1980, and MacArthur was on every show until the last season. He left 5-0's cast before the start of the last season, stating that the show had become boring and repetitive, and no longer challenged him as an actor. Born on De... Continue reading ...
Nuns Auctioning Off Rare Baseball Card
Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Wednesday, October 27, 2010,
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People
An unusual donation will be very helpful to a group of nuns and their ministries. The brother of a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Baltimore left all his possessions to the religious order when he died earlier this year, and his lawyer informed the nuns that part of this donation was a very rare and much-desired baseball card picturing Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Honus Wagner. Wagner played 18 seasons and was one of the original Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. The card was p... Continue reading ...
The Cars Reunite, May Tour Again
Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Friday, October 22, 2010,
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Music
The Cars are out of the shop and are running again. The 1980s new wave group has reunited and is working on a new album, their first in 23 years, and may even tour to promote it, according to Billboard.com. Last week they put a 73 second teaser of a new song titled "Blue Tip" on their Facebook page, but no further information has been released. Singer Ric Ocasek, guitarist Eliot Easton, keyboard player Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson are original members who have reunited. Bass pl... Continue reading ...
Car, James Bond's Car Up For Grabs
Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Wednesday, September 8, 2010,
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Entertainment
If you're a James Bond fan, you'll soon have the chance to own the biggest piece of the secret agent's memorabilia. RX Auctions is auctioning off the Aston Martin DB5 that Sean Connery drove in the 1964 hit film "Goldfinger" during Automobiles of London event on October 27. Auction organizers say it could bring at least $5 million, which would be the highest amount ever paid for a piece used in a movie. Everything in the car is functional, including the retractable machine guns, rotating l... Continue reading ...
Chinese Weapon Could Change Balance of Power
Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Friday, August 6, 2010,
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Technology
In the last few years, nations have viewed America's invasions of weaker countries and the installation of puppet governments friendly to the United States in them as a hostile move, but there was little they could do about it. Some countries, such as Iran and North Korea, are developing nuclear capabilities to hold us at bay, but now the largest threat may be coming out of China. They are developing a new weapon called the Dong Feng 21 D, which is being called an aircraft carrier killer. ... Continue reading ...
Toyota Rebounding From Problems
Posted by ChiefJack Hawk on Wednesday, August 4, 2010,
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Business
Toyota is recovering very nicely, thank you, from its financial troubles over the last year, bolstered by two events. First off, a general global recovery is now stimulating the economy, and secondly, a report has surfaced recently that revealed a lot of the so-called defects that resulted in accidents were driver-induced and not mechanical defects, in truth attempts by people to squeeze money out of a company that has it. Toyota posted a $2.2 billion profit for its latest quarter, and expe... Continue reading ...