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Country trio the DIXIE CHICKS have been forced to scrap an upcoming show in Memphis, Tennessee, because locals don't want to see the girls live. It seems Memphis music fans still haven't forgiven the WIDE OPEN SPACES hitmakers' comments about US President GEORGE W BUSH in 2003. Singer NATALIE MAINES became a target for Republicans and Bush fans after she declared she was ashamed to come from the same state (Texas) as the President during a concert in London. Her bandmates were then ostracised for supporting their outspoken singer, and the group's music was banned from some US country music...

'Black Tuesday' Continues: 'NYT' Cutting 500 Jobs By E&P Staff Published: September 20, 2005 4:37 PM ET NEW YORK The New York Times Company announced a staggering staff reduction plan Tuesday that will likely mean some 500 job loses at the company's many properties, including an expected 45 newsroom positions at The New York Times newspaper and 35 at The Boston Globe. In a press release distributed Tuesday afternoon, the company said it "plans to begin the staff reductions in October and implement them over the course of the next six to nine months. The news followed an announcement earlier...

Owens' season likely overBy Bob BrookoverInquirer Staff WriterThe best-case scenario that the Super Bowl-hopeful Eagles gave for Terrell Owens' return this season wasn't all that good, and even worse was the prognosis provided by the foot specialist who examined the star wide receiver's injured right ankle yesterday."To be fair to him and the team and its fans, it doesn't make sense to say that he could be back in time to play in the Super Bowl," specialist Mark Myerson said last night from his office in Baltimore.Ninety minutes earlier, trainer Rick Burkholder had broken the news that Owens had suffered...