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By Sylvia Lim, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jul. 12--BRADENTON -- At least 60 parents and community members and 45 faculty and staff showed up at Manatee High on Wednesday night to grill the three candidates vying for the principal's seat. Three assistant principals from Manatee's three traditional high schools -- Linda Nesselhauf, Carl Auckerman and Robert Gagnon -- worked the room with the fervor of candidates before an election. Among the chief concerns they were asked about was how...
By RUTH DORIS THE doctor checks my pulse with his fingertips and asks me to stick out my tongue. He speaks rapidly to his assistant - a young Chinese man dressed in a suit - who acts as a translator. It is Dr Liao's opinion that the severe headaches, nausea, dizziness and vomiting I've been suffering from for the last three weeks are the result of not having 'enough blood' in my head. 'The blood is going up to here,' the translator says, indicating at the top of his throat, 'and not all of it...
By Julie Hubbard, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. May 17--Students at nine Bibb County schools will have new principals when the school year begins in August. There will be new leaders at six elementary schools, one high school and two speciality schools. Most of the vacancies are due to principals retiring, said Sylvia McGee, Bibb's deputy superintendent. "We had done a study of our principalship ranks about five years ago," she said. "So we knew to anticipate a number of retirements." It's a...
By Jeanne King NEW YORK (Reuters) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell, already facing court cases stemming from accusations that she assaulted two of her housekeepers, was sued on Thursday by a third employee who says the British-born beauty attacked her. In a one-page summons filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Campbell's former assistant Amanda Black said she was subjected to a series of "verbal, physical and emotional attacks" by the model shortly after she was hired by her in February of...
By Kirk Honeycutt LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Devil Wears Prada," as that spot-on title would indicate, takes place in the world of haute couture. And that pretty much sums up the movie. Otherwise, it would be just another Queen of Mean, boss from hell movie. But, oh, what delicious fun Meryl Streep and her conspirators -- co-star Anne Hathaway, director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna -- have with that world and with a woman who would be considered its god...
By Kirk Honeycutt LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Devil Wears Prada," as that spot-on title would indicate, takes place in the world of haute couture. And that pretty much sums up the movie. Otherwise, it would be just another Queen of Mean, boss from hell movie. But, oh, what delicious fun Meryl Streep and her conspirators -- co-star Anne Hathaway, director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna -- have with that world and with a woman who would be considered its god...
By Adam TannerMONTEREY, Calif (Reuters) - Weather forecasters need to do a better job of translating their scientific data about threatening hurricanes into better-understood warnings, several experts said at a conference on Tuesday.Ahead of the June 1 start to the Atlantic hurricane season, researchers at the American Meteorological Society's annual Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology pondered the lessons of last year's devastating hurricanes."There is a lack of...
By Adam Tanner MONTEREY, Calif (Reuters) - Weather forecasters need to do a better job of translating their scientific data about threatening hurricanes into better-understood warnings, several experts said at a conference on Tuesday. Ahead of the June 1 start to the Atlantic hurricane season, researchers at the American Meteorological Society's annual Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology pondered the lessons of last year's devastating hurricanes. "There is a lack of...
By Jesse Hiestand LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a closely watched workplace speech case, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that the sexual banter among writers on the hit series "Friends" did not violate the rights of a writers' assistant who sued for harassment. The 7-0 decision by the high court marked the end of Amaani Lyle's lawsuit, which was filed after she was fired in October 1999 over the quality of her transcription skills. Warner Bros....
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Lions hired Rod Marinelli as coach on Thursday with hopes the former Tampa Bay assistant can resuscitate the moribund franchise. "I'm not interested in Pro Bowl players," the 56-year-old Marinelli told a news conference. "I'm interested in championship players. That's what I'm going to get." Marinelli takes over from Dick Jauron, who was 1-4 as the Lions' interim head coach after Steve Mariucci was fired in November. "We knew what we were looking for...
