Bob McCarty Writes

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates.
In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in order [...]

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The American newspaper industry seems to be following in the footsteps of a book that once appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list — and for many of the same reasons.

James Frey’s book, “Million Little Pieces,” became an Oprah’s Book Club selection in September 2005 and appeared on The New York Times Best [...]

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Though it was reported yesterday in Advertising Age that President Barack Obama has displaced Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks as the nation’s most-influential celebrity, perhaps the most-newsworthy aspect of the article — purported to contain “the latest data from the consumer-research firm Davie Brown Entertainment” — is that nine out of the Top 10 list [...]

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After waking to find a comment submitted in response to an Oct. 3 post about Barack Obama, I contacted the author of that comment — a poem, actually — by phone this morning and asked what inspired her to write it.
“I think that’s kind of obvious,” said Merry Roloff, a 54-year-old aspiring writer who lives [...]

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Oprah Winfrey’s mom, Vernita Lee, is blaming the folks at a high-end fashion store in Milwaukee for her money problems.  According to a news report late Tuesday afternoon, the mother of the Chicago-based media juggernaut said Valentina’s should have never extended credit that allowed her to rack up more than $150,000 in charges.
So where’s Oprah [...]

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