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Victory Theater, part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum, was built to
show "Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks, which opened on Nov. 3,
2009, in New Orleans.
Victory Theater, part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum, was built to
show "Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks, which opened on Nov. 3,
2009, in New Orleans.
Film Spotlights WWII and Could Boost New Orleans Tourism
November 04, 2009 02:15 PM
A new Tom Hanks film marks the unveiling of elaborate additions to New Orleans’ National World War II Museum, underscoring the city’s reemergence.
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October 24, 2009 08:00 AMA new Amelia Earhart film hits theaters this weekend, highlighting the American flying icon’s intriguing life and conspiracies about her mysterious disappearance.
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October 20, 2009 02:00 AMOn Oct. 20, 1977, legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crashed in Mississippi, killing six, including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines.
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October 16, 2009 04:00 PMAs suspicion builds about the legitimacy of the Heene family’s claims, we examine evidence suggesting the balloon boy story is a hoax, look at past media frenzies incited by false claims and explore the possible legal fallout against the family.


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October 06, 2009 02:00 AMOn Oct. 6, 1927, “The Jazz Singer” debuted; it was the first full-length film to feature the voices of its actors.
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October 05, 2009 08:00 AMA new U.K. film points to a certain pesticide as the root cause of colony collapse disorder among honeybees, but some dispute the claim.
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October 02, 2009 02:00 AMOn Oct. 2, 1950, Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip first appeared in several newspapers.


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September 21, 2009 05:00 PMA documentary revealing Japan's annual dolphin slaughter will show at the Tokyo Film Festival in October, drawing attention to a practice both traditional and troubling.
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September 09, 2009 03:00 PMThe aggressive—and extremely expensive—approach to health care portrayed in medical dramas on TV is a far cry from what doctors recommend in real life.
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September 04, 2009 07:00 AMA composer and a scientist have found that animals respond to music derived from their own vocal communication, a discovery that could make life for captive animals much more pleasant.


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September 01, 2009 08:00 AMWii is gearing up to introduce self-playing computer games and developers are creating AI to play the game “Infinite Mario Bros.,” illustrating how computers may replace a variety of human activities.
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August 20, 2009 02:00 AMOn Aug. 20, 1882, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky introduced his “1812 Overture,” which commemorated Russia’s defeat of Napoleon, at the 1882 Moscow Exhibition.
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August 19, 2009 06:30 PMKen Burns, whose PBS series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" first airs in September, is set to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight.


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August 17, 2009 02:00 AMOn Aug. 17, 1908, Cohl released the cartoon “Fantasmagorie,” which amazed viewers and instituted a new form of art.
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August 15, 2009 12:00 PMOn Aug. 15, 1969, half a million people descended on a dairy farm outside Woodstock, N.Y., to celebrate three days of music, marking one of the most important and legendary events of the 1960s.
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August 12, 2009 07:00 AMThe historic four-day festival in Bethel, N.Y., looms large for a generation of Americans as a symbol of solidarity and love of music in the face of war, tragedy and generational rifts.





