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Review of the Year 2009: Michael Jackson

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Few things, amid the madness and sensationalism that marked Michael Jackson's extraordinary life and still-mysterious death, were so grimly appropriate as the manner in which the world marked his passing. On 7 July, his body was carried in its solid-gold coffin to a sports arena in downtown Los Angeles, where an 8,000-strong crowd, plus a global TV audience estimated at one billion people, bore witness to popular music's equivalent of a royal funeral ...

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Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman not making road trip

Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 10:03 p.m.

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Bruins head coach Claude Julien confirmed the obvious Thursday when he announced defenseman Dennis Wideman would not make the team's upcoming road trip to Dallas and Phoenix ... Wideman, out since suffering an "upper-body" injury (thought to be his left shoulder) last Saturday, did not practice again Thursday at Ristuccia Arena. As of noon, the Bruins planned to head west with just six defensemen at their disposal ... When asked if Wideman's absence ...

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Quebec City plans $400 million arena to attract NHL team, Winter Olympics

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Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.

Quebec City has announced its intention to build a new arena in the hopes of bringing back an NHL team and one day hosting the Winter Olympics ...

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PJs Coffee Named Preferred Coffee of the New Orleans Saints

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 1:35 a.m.

PJ’s Named ‘Preferred Coffee of the New Orleans Saints’ ... Sponsorship includes World’s Largest Coffee Cups at the Dome ... The next time you see the Louisiana Superdome, you may do a double-take at the two larger-than-life coffee cups outside of the world-famous arena. While the owners of PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans would like this to serve as a subliminal message that you are craving coffee, it’s really part of the company’s sponsorship of the New Orleans Saints ... PJ’s Coffee

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Jamie Foxx

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Aug. 278 p.m. ThursdayNew Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.comBack for one night only: Ray Charles! OK, not really. A talentedmusician and singer, Jamie Foxx has yet to release a record thatmeasures up to his on-screen work as an actor — or, for tha ...

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Payton Post-Practice - August 24

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 11:40 a.m.

Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton ... Monday, August 24, 2009 ... Opening Statement: ... “Just to go through the injury list: Jeff Charleston practiced, he has a thumb that he’s working with; Scott Shanle practiced – he’s better today; Pierre Thomas we sat – he has a medial collateral sprain. It’s nothing significant but nonetheless we sat him. Scott Fujita was fine; Joey Harrington we held out today because of the concussion from the game. Billy Miller got work today. Pierson

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Payton and Saints Prep for Bengals

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 2:12 a.m.

New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton ... Wednesday, August 12, 2009 ... Opening Statement: ... “We pretty much have the same injury list that we’ve been operating off of. Adrian Arrington took limited reps; we’re still resting Tracy Porter’s hamstring along with Courtney Roby. We sat Billy Miller in this afternoon’s practice just to get him off his feet and give him a breather. His knee has some swelling but he should be fine. Mark Simoneau is going to have his surgery tomorrow.

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Saints Release WR David Patten

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Published Aug. 4, 2009 at 6:21 a.m.

The New Orleans Saints announced today that they have released veteran wide receiver David Patten ... In 2008 Patten played in five games for the Saints and made three starts. Over the course of the season he totaled 11 receptions for 162 yards for a 14.7 receiving average and one touchdown. Patten missed games four through seven due to a groin injury, returned to action in game eight at Atlanta, and was inactive for the final eight games of the season ... The 5-10, 190-pound product of Western

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Uncorked: Are restaurants ripping customers off?

Published July 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


How often have you walked into a restaurant, opened the wine list and stared wide-eyed at the seemingly ridiculous prices? You scan down the list, looking for one or two of your most recent favorites, find them and can't believe that the restaurant wants $125 for the bottle you paid $35 for last week. Uncorked explores the meaning of this markup, explains the rationale and talks about a world with reasonably-priced wines.

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Coldplay with Snow Patrol

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Published June 8, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

June 97 p.m. TuesdayNew Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., 587-3663; www.neworleansarena.comIn a 2008 Travelodge sleep study, 2,250 Britons voted Coldplay themost slumberrific band on the planet. The No. 3 act? Glasgow's SnowPatrol, which supports the heavy-lidded London pop stars on th ...

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