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A federal appeals court on Monday vacated a water permit needed by developers to restart construction on the Mountain Valley pipeline in West Virginia, marking the latest setback for the $6.2 billion project. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found several defects in the review the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection conducted before issuing the permit.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- As grand marshals, Jane Lynch and Kate Upton, co-stars from the new The Three Stooges movie, will deliver the four most famous words in motorsports: "Drivers, start your engines." Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso -- starring as Larry, Moe and Curly -- will start the action by delivering the green flag at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 26. "We look forward to Jane and Kate's participation in the pre-race ceremonies, adding to the star power of NASCAR's biggest and richest race of the year," Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III said. "Also, the...

With the passing over the weekend of Johnny Carson, I thought we should also remember today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Louis Feinberg, a.k.a. Larry Fine, of "The Three Stooges". Rather than repost something long here, I'll just add a couple of links: A good biography of the life of Larry Fine, from the official Three Stooges web site. Another good bio is courtesy of the StoogeWorld site. threestooges.net, one of the better of the scores of Stooge web sites out there. Amazon has a listing of what I think is the only biography of Larry Fine...

Hollywood director Peter Farrelly is hoping Russell Crowe will play Moe Howard in his next blockbuster - The Three Stooges. Farrelly, who with brother Bobby, has directed such films as There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal and Just Married. He is in Sydney this week to promote the pair's latest film Stuck On You, a comedy about conjoined twins played by Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear. "It is ultimately a love affair between two brothers that look after each other," Farrelly said of the film which also stars Cher and Meryl Streep. Farrelly said he and Bobby...