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Peter Tork, a member of the massively popular ’60s band the Monkees, has died. The Washington Post reports that Anne Thorkelson, Tork’s sister, has confirmed news of Tork’s death, though she declined to say how he died. Tork was 77. Tork, born Peter Thorkelson, was born in Washington, DC, and he grew up largely in Connecticut. After college, he moved to New York and joined the thriving Greenwich Village folk scene. Tork auditioned for The Monkees, a sitcom about a band of four up-and-coming musicians, after his friend Stephen Stills suggested him for the job. Tork, the oldest member of...

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DISGRACED 1970s British pop star Gary Glitter will be considered for early release from a Vietnamese prison next month, a jail official said yesterday. Glitter, 62, was sentenced to three years last March, for obscene acts with two girls, 11 and 12. He is on a list to be considered for a presidential amnesty to mark the lunar new year's celebrations next month. "Glitter has respected the jail's regulations, and his re-education is quite good," the official said. Born Paul Francis Gadd, he will have served a third of his term, including time before his trial.

he Catholic church has blasted a decision by the Procurator Fiscal to issue Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc with a caution for blessing himself. Polish star Boruc was rapped for making the sign of the cross at Ibrox in an Old Firm match last season. The caution was issued after a six-month police investigation into the incident, which is said to have angered a section of the Rangers support. Boruc is reported to have been completely baffled by the decision to issue him with the warning But the move has angered the church and prominent Scottish Catholics including outspoken composer James...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Stressed Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that it has earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. Norwalk, Conn.-based AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving in its first "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey." "The advent of road rage is part of every day life," said Todd Smith, director of corporate communications for AutoVantage's parent company, Affinion Group, which has offices in...

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'Hey, hurry up. You're holding up my men' (Filed: 21/11/2004) Once the fighting in Fallujah began, Toby Harnden was keen to prove he would not be a burden to his platoon. Here he reveals his life embedded with the US Army. The ground rules were simple, said Lieut Nathan Braden, as he read out all 12 pages of them to our group of embedded journalists. We were to bring no drugs, no alcohol and no guns. Especially no drugs, he repeated, his gaze lingering over the longer-haired photographers. US Army troops search for insurgents "If you have it, get rid...

Johnny Ramone is not dying, according to his doctor. The Ramones guitarist, who has been living with prostate cancer for the past several years, was recently admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with what his physician, Dr. David Agus, told MTV News was a "complication from the cancer. But he got through it, and he's now on a new, experimental therapy. He's fighting courageously, and I think he will be going home in the near term." Johnny's admission to Cedars-Sinai set off a nationwide — maybe worldwide — media death watch. He was said to be in an...

Mercury hits 100 05/30/2003 From Web Staff Reports The official temperature at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport soared to 100 degrees Friday. "Whenever you get southwest winds in here, you know the temperature will probably go above normal," said WFAA-TV (Channel 8) meteorologist Steve McCauley, who forecast an afternoon high of 100 degrees, the first triple-digit reading of the season. As of 3 p.m., the D/FW temperature was holding at 99, but 100 degree readings were reported at Addison Airport and the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. Those southwest winds, gusting up to 23 mph, were having...

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