Posts Tagged ‘the-spotlight’

Gym contracts under investigation

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Gym membership contracts are to be put under the spotlight by the fair trading regulator, following customer complaints.

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Gym contracts under investigation

Gabby Giffords puts out audio message: ‘I’m getting stronger’

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

After months out of the spotlight, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) is going public. Staffers have for months downplayed speculation about Giffords’ return to politics, saying it was too early in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head the congresswoman suffered during an assassination attempt at at event in her southern Arizona congressional district. Read full article > >

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Gabby Giffords puts out audio message: ‘I’m getting stronger’

VIDEO: The City: A state within a state

Friday, November 4th, 2011

As protesters outside St Paul’s Cathedral put the Corporation of London in the spotlight, Marc Ashdown examines the unique institution that has governed the square mile for two centuries.

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VIDEO: The City: A state within a state

At Apple, Cook Has Tough Act to Follow

Friday, August 26th, 2011

As Timothy D. Cook takes over as Apple’s chief executive, followers of the company wonder how he will react to the spotlight and the scrutiny.

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At Apple, Cook Has Tough Act to Follow

Schwarzenegger sons born days apart

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Fallout from the revelation that former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child outside his marriage has been “very hard” for him, and the actor “is doing everything he can to take full responsibility to take all of the spotlight off his children and wife,” a source said.

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News Corp. to Disclose Donations

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

The formerly withholding Murdoch empire is about to start shedding some light on its political dealings: Starting this summer, News Corporation will disclose all of its political contributions each year. The company was put in the spotlight last year…

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Sounds of love

Friday, May 13th, 2011

The tribute acts keeping Kate Bush in the spotlight

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Sounds of love

‘That’s The Life of a Miner’

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

We hope he’s ready for the spotlight when he comes out: The Guardian has interviewed via videophone Luis Urzua, the shift foreman of the trapped Chilean miners and the man who is expected to be the last to leave the mine. “We have had a stage here in…

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Gay Man Tortured in NY Hate Crime

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

As a rash of gay teen suicides turn the spotlight to homophobia, a shocking crime reveals just how bad it can be. Nine men, ranging in age from 16 to 23 and calling themselves the Latin King Goonies, lured a 30-year-old gay man to a Bronx building last…

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Music Review: Drake, in a Generous Mood, at Radio City

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

The rapper took the spotlight off himself for a while on Tuesday, bringing out guests like Young Jeezy and Birdman.

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Is Denver’s bike-friendly program part of a secret socialist plot?

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Sometimes in politics it’s better to let your opponent have the spotlight, mostly when said opponent is frantically shoving his foot in his mouth.