The Infamous Boom Boom, left, and adult film star Brittany Andrews pose Jan. 9, 2011, at the AVN Awards at the Palms. This years AVN Awards will run Jan. 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel. The Adult Entertainment Expo and Adult Novelty Expo will also run at the Hard Rock starting Jan. 18, changing venues after years at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal File Photo #187;Buythisphoto
City could recognize domestic partnerships
January 27th, 2012Eden Prairie is set to create a domestic partnership registry.
The Eden Prairie City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance Tuesday. A second reading is expected at the Jan. 17 City Council meeting.
At an August work session, the Human Rights and Diversity Commission told the city that Minneapolis created a registry in 1991. Several other cities have since included a registry, like Duluth, Edina, Richfield and St. Louis Park.
City Manager Rick Getschow said Eden Prairie’s ordinance was modeled on one in Hopkins, where those registering must live in the city.
He said it would allow unmarried couples who live in Eden Prairie to document their relationship...
The Celebrity Entertainment Show
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January 26th, 2012
Most of the 150,000 or so people who will attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week are executives and other staffers from companies in the tech industry: hardware makers, service providers, and retailers. Several thousand other attendees are mediafolk like me: reporters, bloggers, and analysts.
And the third most-represented group? It may well be celebrities. Theyre one of the most surefire ways to attract attention to a booth or a party, and so the companies exhibiting at the show bring them to Vegas by the truckload.
Some of the well-known people in attendance actually are into tech stuff: LeVar Burton, who I once had a pleasant chat with at a Monster party,...
School sports cuts threaten the Olympic legacy, says Tessa Jowell
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January 26th, 2012
The 2012 London Olympics will go down in history as a giant missed opportunity for young Britons unless David Cameron orders an urgent rethink to revive and boost sport in schools, former Labour Olympics minister Tessa Jowell says.
The stark warning from Jowell, a member of the Olympics board and one of the leading champions of the Games, lays bare mounting concern at sports highest levels that the Olympics will be scarred by a failure to deliver on the promise of a permanent legacy.
Her comments, in an interview with the Observer, will embarrass Cameron ahead of a special Olympics cabinet meeting this week to fine-tune planning for the £9bn Games, which are now just some 200 days...
Secret Sessions of Congress
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January 25th, 2012
Congress has the constitutional authority to conduct its business in secret and to close its proceedings to the public whenever it deems secrecy necessary. A new report from the Congressional Research Service reviews the justification, history and frequency of secret sessions of Congress.
Since 1929, the Senate has held 56 secret sessions, generally for reasons of national security or for consideration of impeachment questions. On December 20, 2010, for example, the Senate met in closed session to discuss the New START Treaty with Russia, the CRS report said. Since 1830, the House has met behind closed doors only four times: in 1979, 1980, 1983, and 2008.
The proceedings...
Paranormal Activity 4 is haunted by the sequel problem
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January 24th, 2012
It wont come as a surprise to you to hear that Paranormal Activity 4 will be released in October. Why should it? Every Halloween, like clockwork, a new Paranormal Activity movie comes along; made for pennies, but raking in millions. Sure, the film needs to be written, performed, edited and released at whipcracker pace – so far, neither a writer or director has even been hired – but it doesnt matter. Paranormal Activity 3 has made over $200m so far, so itd be silly not to keep churning them out until the wheels fall off.
The problem is, the wheels might fall off at any minute. The Paranormal Activity formula is now so slick that the films pretty much write themselves....
People & Entertainment MSNBC chief mum on Buchanan
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January 23rd, 2012
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MSNBC chief mum on Buchanan
PASADENA, Calif. – MSNBCs top executive said Saturday he hasnt decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network.
Cherries: Partnerships blossom for Bradbury
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January 22nd, 2012
BOSS Lee Bradbury wants his talented twosomes to keep hunting in packs as Cherries continue to scent the League One play-offs.
Bradbury says he has been encouraged with the partnerships struck up between lefties Charlie Daniels and Marc Pugh and strikers Wes Thomas and Michael Symes.
The quartet, who starred in the 2-0 win over Wycombe on Bank Holiday Monday, are all expected to keep their respective places when Cherries visit Walsall tomorrow (3pm).
Bradbury said: “Charlie and Marc have a good relationship on and off the pitch and I feel they are getting on well.
“It is natural for Marc to come...
The Clayton Police Weekly Activity Report
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January 21st, 2012
CLAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT
FOR THESE DATES: Friday, December 23, 2011 – Thursday, January 5, 2012
The times shown indicate when the incident was reported to the PD.
ACCIDENTS:
Oakhurst Dr . /Indianhead Way . Non-injury. (12/29/11 – 1555 hrs.)
ARRESTS:
Oakhurst Dr./Indianhead Way . Minor Driving w/BAC .05 or more. An 18-year-old Clayton female was arrested after being stopped for a Vehicle Code violation. She was transported to Concord Police Department for booking. (12/23/11 – 2300 hrs.)
Clayton Rd. Public Intoxication. A 38-year-old male transient was arrested after officers responded to a call...
Morning Sentinel police log: Jan. 8, 2012
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January 21st, 2012
January 8
Morning Sentinel police log: Jan. 8, 2012
Morning Sentinel Staff
IN ANSON, Friday at 4:20 pm, a motor vehicle accident was reported on Main Street.
IN ATHENS, Saturday at 9:07 am, a chimney fire was reported on Fox Hill Road.
IN BINGHAM, Saturday at 7:33 am, mischief was reported on Lake Road.
IN CANAAN, Saturday at 10:42 am, theft was reported on Browns Corner Road.
IN DALLAS PLANTATION, Saturday at 2:18 am, an unattended death was reported on Dallas Hill Road.
IN EMBDEN, Friday at 2:31 pm, reported trespass was investigated on Timber Lane.
IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 1:30 pm, reported larceny or forgery...