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PaRaDeS...The evening of April 10, 2014, in Las vegas: the death of The Juice (know your memes) at age 76.Simpson's attorney confirmed to TMZ he died Wednesday night in Las VegasOrenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 -- April 10, 2024) was an American football player and actor. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills, and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. His professional success was overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron...

Salesman on train: How far you going, friend? Harold Hill: Wherever the people are as green as the money, friend. -- The Music Man, 1962 Among the many gaps in my knowledge is a broad unfamiliarity with Broadway musicals. So when Chris Matthews said that Bill Clinton would make a perfect Harold Hill in The Music Man, I scampered Googleward and discovered that the Hardball host had just called the former President of the United States . . . a con man. Appearing on today's Morning Joe, what set Matthews off was footage of Clinton making the case to a...

From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk Published 2/20/2003 7:07 PM WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- This here's the 338th Report ta the Folks Back Home from the (More er Less) Honorable Billybob, cyberCongressman from Western Carolina. This week they's three subjecks, n a definition ov a local word. Plus, a touch ov song n dance, which yer Congresscritter only does on occasional karaoke nights (much ta his later embarrassment). So I'll turn this over ta ma able assistant, J. Armor, Esq. Buncombe Rides Again, and AgainThree things happened last week which seemingly have zero connection with each other: the...