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Long overdue Casablanca remake a new classic Wartime locale shifted to BaghdadVibrantly modern cast a joy to watch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Casablanca 2005 ****(Out of 4) Starring Ashton Kutcher, Paris Hilton, Owen Wilson, Bernie Mac, Topher Grace and Jack Black. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. At theatres wherever. R -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You must remember this, even though you're going to have a lot of trouble believing it. Casablanca 2005, the highly unlikely remake of the classic 1942 wartime romance, doesn't just stand up to the legend of the Bogart/Bergman original. It actually goes one better, with a vibrantly modern cast that puts...

ELKHART, Ind. - Detective Fred Mock knew exactly where to find a man suspected of stealing $180 worth of pennies.David Headrick, 19, was caught dumping about 18,000 pennies into a coin-counting machine at a grocery store Wednesday, Mock said.The pennies and a couple hundred quarters were taken during a robbery in which an 88-year-old man was tied up with a phone cord and punched in the head, Mock said."I got to thinking, `If I was a person who did this, I'd want to convert this to currency as quickly as possible,'" Mock said.Headrick was held Thursday on preliminary charges of...