Dr. Feel-"Bad": Motley Crue Sues Manager for $20 Million

Claiming he manipulated drummer Tommy Lee and extorted the band, heavy metal icons Motley Crue this week in Los Angeles sued its manager Carl Stubner and his associates for more than $20 million for lost earnings and other damages. Ticketnews.com has obtained a copy of the lawsuit, which portrays Stubner as a virtual svengali who placed Lee in failing projects at the expense of Lee’s and the band’s reputation because Stubner profited from them.The band described a litany of lost tour and promotional opportunities it lost from 2005 to the present due to Stubner allegedly not making “Lee available on an exclusive basis” to the band for interviews, concert dates and recording sessions.

Dr. Feel-"Bad": Motley Crue Sues Manager for $20 Million | Ticket News

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'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' Singer Dies

NEW YORK — Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.Medress died Monday at his Manhattan home, relatives said.He was a teenager at Brooklyn's Lincoln High School when he launched his vocal quartet in 1955 with Neil Sedaka, performing as the Linc-Tones. When Sedaka departed for a successful solo career, lead singer Jay Siegel joined brothers Mitch and Phil Margo and Medress to become the Tokens.

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Amarok 1.4.6 Released

Your very own Amarok team announces the immediate availability of the latest 1.4 series release, 1.4.6.So, what's new?
* Funky new icon set, featuring KDE4 Oxygen colors by Landy DeField; for 2.0 he will be working to ensure that Amarok has a complete Oxygen icon set.
* Default database backend is a lot faster due to a new SQLite version.
* A gigantic load of bug fixes, the main focus of this release.
* Introducing rockbox support for iPod. * Performance tuning.

Amarok 1.4.6 Released | Amarok - Rediscover your music

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In case you didn't know

Safety Warnings

Fred Emmott's Web Site :: Blog

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Disney cracking down on "ganglike presence"

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Walt Disney World is cracking down on rowdy teens and young adults at its Downtown Disney complex.Additional Orange County deputies have been assigned to patrol the area. Officials say they are trying to head off a "ganglike presence" at Downtown Disney.

Disney cracking down on "ganglike presence" | WINK-TV - Fort Myers, FL | Local & Florida

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Your Daily... June 16, 2007

menomena

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Ripley's June 16

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The Official Peanuts Website FAQ

Q. Who is the girl "with the naturally curly hair"?
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A. The girl "with the naturally curly hair" is known as Frieda.

Q. What about the Little Red-Haired Girl?

A. There are two different lines of thought about "the Little Red-Haired Girl."

1) If you purely follow the strip (which is the preferred interpretation of the story lines by most PEANUTS purists), the Little Red-Haired Girl is never given a name. Actually, she's never even seen in the strip.

2) The Little Red-Haired Girl did actually appear in one of the PEANUTS TV specials ("It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown," 1977), in which she was called "Heather." But in this instance, the creative decisions regarding her appearance were decided by the show's animators - not Mr. Schulz.

The Official Peanuts Website - Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Friends - Charles Schulz | FAQ/Contact Us

Whole lot of useless yet interesting facts found here.

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Rock on chat symbol

I've decided that this -

lml

equals this

when chating with someone.

Rock on.

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Blogger in Draft

Today we're announcing an exciting new feature, video upload, and an exciting new place to use it: Blogger in draft. We’re excited.You can think of draft as Blogger’s laboratory: it has features that we’re playing around with, trying out, and aren’t ready to “publish” to the main site.Our first drafted feature is video upload. We’ve added a new button to the post editor () that pops up a dialog you can use to upload a video right into your blog post.

Blogger in Draft

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Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3

BERLIN (Reuters) - An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday.With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.

Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3 | Oddly Enough | Reuters

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Why do people yell "Free Bird!" at rock concerts?

It happens at nearly every rock show. During a lull, while the band's in between tunes, someone in the audience requests Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." It's meant as a joke, but it's never really funny. So how did the unfortunate tradition begin?

Why do people yell "Free Bird!" at rock concerts?

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Knock to open

a James Bond-worthy concept: knock on the door in a certain fashion, and the door'll open automatically. The idea was perfect: no need to drill holes, sneaky enough so the landlord wouldn't accidentally trigger it, easy enough to remember.The implementation was a bit more difficult: We needed something mechanical to open the lock from the inside and something to detect the knocks themselves. The first of the two wasn't too hard: the lock has a 'knob' on the inside, so you can lock and unlock the room from the inside without having the key. The second probably could be solved with a microphone, a small amplifier and a microcontroller to detect the knocks and see if they're in the right order.

Sprites mods - Knock to open - Intro

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Halo's Todd McFarlane controllers and wireless headset

The controller art is done by Todd McFarlane (Spawn) and also comes with a Halo 3 figurine by McFarlane Toys. So, maybe, it will end up costing $60. We'll find out more closer to release and when these items become "official".

Halo's Todd McFarlane controllers and wireless headset - Joystiq

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Boy-Band Mogul's Memorabilia Auctioned

Platinum and gold records, autographed posters and even a key to the city all went "Bye Bye Bye" at an auction as creditors liquidated the assets of boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman.Hundreds of bidders packed a downtown building Tuesday for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale. The auction was populated mostly by middle-aged men, not the screaming young girls who drove Pearlman's bands to multi-platinum success.

Newsvine - Boy-Band Mogul's Memorabilia Auctioned

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RealPlayer 11 Lets You Download Videos from the Web

The much-hated RealPlayer will get an upgrade that adds an easy way to download videos from the web, a slicker interface and a friendlier relationship with your computer. "The new RealPlayer gives consumers more control of Internet video than was ever possible before. By floating a download this video button next to video seen on thousands of Web sites, RealPlayer makes it one-click simple," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of Real in a press release.

Google Operating System: RealPlayer 11 Lets You Download Videos from the Web

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Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain

Middle School student Kyleray Katherman had a hunch something was amiss with the school's drinking fountain water. And right he was.For an English assignment, he tested the bacteria content at four water fountains and one toilet to challenge a ban on students from bringing bottled water to class. It seems some were using it to sneak in alcohol.Guess which was cleaner? It wasn't the water fountains.

Teen: Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain, Oregon Student Finds School's Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain Water - CBS News

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Safari 3 for windows

Apple Safari 3 will be available on not just Mac… Windows users will finally get another decent alternative to IE!!!!! Beta now available for both Mac and PC at http://www.apple.com/safari/ (Windows XP and Vista compatible)

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Your Daily... June 10, 2007