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    NEW YORK TIMES: The Senate on Saturday struck down the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, bringing to a close a 17-year struggle over a policy that forced thousands of Americans from the ranks and caused others to keep secret their sexual orientation. By a vote of 65 to 31, with eight Republicans joining Democrats, the Senate approved and sent to President Obama a repeal of the Clinton-era law, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a policy critics said amounted to government-sanctioned discrimination that treated gay and lesbian troops as second-class citizens. Mr. […]

BY PELLE GUNTHER Lasers and Texans and tunes. Oh My! After the opener left the Troc stage Thursday night, the crowd hyped itself up so successfully, that the arrival of Ghostland Observatory’s water bottles brought enough foot stomping and shouting to make a football stadium blush. To even greater applause, the band stepped onto the stage, frontman Aaron Behrens clad in black, ball-crusher jeans, a black t-shirt and slick black shades to match; synth god Thomas Turner flaunting a vampire-esque cloak adorned with the Texas state flag. The band stood perfectly still. Blue lasers flooded the scene in a brilliant […]

BY COLONEL TOM SHEEHY The year 2010 will go down as a very industrious year for The Rolling Stones. Even though there was no world wide tour, or a new album, the lads were very active in this recent past. For example, they released a newly remastered version of Exile On Main Street which included previously unreleased tracks, all of which were issued in support of the debut of Stones in Exile, a documentary of the making of the album they recorded in Keith’s basement in France, at a time when the band pulled up roots from the United Kingdom […]

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The Yogi Bear “alternate ending” video that took the Internet by storm yesterday is the handiwork of New York-based animator Edmund Earle, whose 3-D modeling and animation work can be seen on the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and elsewhere. But when he saw the trailer for Yogi Bear, his attention turned to pic-a-nics. And … brutality. We caught up with Earle to ask him about Boo Boo, shotguns, and his rise to viral video fame. “This started in September, when they released the trailer, and it seemed ripe for parody,” Earle says. “It’s a sad trend to […]

BY CAROLINE SCHMIDT Director Andrew Jarecki is best known for Capturing the Friedmans, the acclaimed 2003 documentary that chronicled the 1989 pedophilia and sexual abuse scandal that resulted in the incarceration of Arnold Friedman and his son. The film examined the convoluted ambiguities of the Friedman case, and exposed the glaring failures of the justice system. The case was reopened this year after the Federal appeals court handling the case watched the documentary. Now Jarecki has trained his camera lens on another lurid criminal case that cries out for closure, if not justice, years after passing through the legal system. […]

FRESH AIR Robin D.G. Kelley’s newest book is Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. In focusing on the career of the eccentric jazz pianist and composer, Kelley reveals new details about Monk‘s life, music and mental health problems, and provides a glimpse into the New York jazz scene of the mid-twentieth century. Kelley’s book traces Monk’s music journey from childhood piano lessons to late night concerts in the Village and offers a behind-the-scenes view of historic recording sessions for classic albums like Brilliant Corners and Monk’s Music. Robin D.G. Kelley is a Professor of American Studies […]

DAILY NEWS: Among the harassment alleged is that white employees hung nooses on pipe racks around the refinery and on the rear view mirror of the truck one of the plaintiffs used. Along with the nooses, the suit claims racial slurs were written daily on bathroom and port-a-potty walls including “whites only, no n – – – – – – allowed” and “all n – – – – – – should go back into slavery.” The plaintiffs, who performed various jobs around the refinery including janitorial work and general labor, were forced to clean and paint over the slurs, according […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts through the tinted window of a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge freed the WikiLeaks founder on $300,000 bail.(AP Photo/Sang Tan) WIRED: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacts through the tinted window of a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge freed the WikiLeaks founder on $300,000 bail.(AP Photo/Sang Tan) After nine days in jail, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on bail Thursday after […]

PHILADLEPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL:  The controversy over the planned Foxwoods Philadelphia Casino is apparently over. According to multiple reports, state regulators voted 6-1 Thursday to deny an extension sought by the development group, effectively ending a four-year effort to build a slots parlor in South Philadelphia. MORE NEWSWORKS: In the meantime, the city of Philadelphia will have to deal with an $11 million a year budget gap because the casino.  Mayor Michael Nutter said the money was expected beginning in 2014. “In terms of our five-year plan, in fiscal years ’13, ’14 and ’15, there is an impact, obviously we’re currently […]