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By Danny R. Johnson NEWARK, NJ – When Whitney Houston’s remains are finally laid to rest on Saturday, February 18, 2012, friends, family, and fans would have witnessed a celebration of the accomplishments and extraordinary talents of one of the leading Pop divas of the 20th Century. But, the most important title and accomplishment Whitney Houston always told her closest friends she [...]
LA JOLLA–La Jolla Playhouse presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage (“Intimate Apparel, Crumbs from the Table of Joy“) and directed by South Africa native Liesl Tommy, in the Mandell Weiss Theatre through December 19 In a small town in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Mama Nadi runs a cozy brothel where a [...]
SAN DIEGO–Cygnet Theatre will present each Wednesday its “Out Night at Cygnet” series. The series was established to welcome and thank its LGBT audience members. Cygnet’s 2010/2011 season includes one night per production with a free pre-show mixer including cocktails, appetizers and enter-to-wins. The next production will be October 20 (“Living Together“), December 15 (“It’s [...]
EL CAJON–Choice Christian Center’s Women of Choice Women’s Conference 2010 launched its two-day service with praise, worship and fellowship. This year’s theme was “Unbound.” The service featured workshops on such topics as “Love Me or Leave Me Alone,” “Married to a… Fool,” “Sacred Sex and Unsacred Sex,” “Power Source,” “Master Manhood,” and “Family Balance-Five Fold [...]
David Mow was last seen on July 21 at 9 p.m. at Morley Field in San Diego. Mow is known to visit casinos. He may be under the care of a medical facility. Mow drives a 2005 GMC Silver Envoy. His vehicle license number is Ca 5LJV959. Mow is an Asian male but looks Hispanic [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role as a money launderer for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe. Georgi Boychev Georgiev, of Sofia, Bulgaria, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in the District of Columbia. In addition to his [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Army Major Charles E. Sublett, 46, of Huntsville, Ala., was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for making false statements to a federal agency, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Sublett was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samuel H. Mays in Memphis, Tenn. In addition [...]
ENCINITAS–Actor Richard Dreyfuss was the keynote speaker Saturday at the San Diego County Library Book Festival. Dreyfuss, an Encinitas resident, spoke about his project, the Dreyfuss Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and teaching civics in the classroom.
SAN DIEGO–Supporting the Tony Hawk Foundation’s efforts to create high-quality, public skateparks in low income communities across the country, Flippin’ Pizza’s four California stores will donate a percentage of October 2010 proceeds to the Tony Hawk Foundation and the building of a new skatepark at the proposed Carlsbad Skatepark, Museum, and Action Arts Center. In [...]
‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy’ a victory for gays in the military
Today’s injunction against enforcement of the failed ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy’ means that for the first time in seventeen years, patriotic men and women will not get fired by the military for who they are, and forces deployed to war zones overseas will not be deprived of capable, battle tested soldiers who refuse to [...]