FORT MYERS, Fla- The Nation’s Association is opening a new and much larger store today in Fort Myers. Sales from the store will help fund the agencies summer camp, scholarship programs and operating expenses. The Nation’s Association Charities formed in 1978 and provides for the immediate needs of individuals and helps lead them on the road of self-sufficiency. Donations stock the store shelves with all sorts of household items. Executive Director Isreal Suarez says, “Now, more than ever before, lower and middle income families need to stretch their budget in order to meet their basic needs. The store’s excellent low prices will help them to do this.” All the store’s stock is a source for free furniture, clothes and household items for families in crisis, such as victims of fires, disasters and other life-altering situations. The store will also serve as an on-the-job training site for youths involved in Nation’s programs. The store’s is at 3842 Palm Beach Boulevard in East Fort Myers. The grand opening celebration begins at 10:00am. Related Articles Fort Myers police arrest shooting suspect North Fort Myers Fire Dept. taking a hit so they don’t have to increase residents taxes Surfer who died on Florida’s East coast identified Radio-TV Marti director resigns
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LONDON (AP) — It’s a political memoir with celebrity trappings – secrecy, security, controversy and a multimillion-dollar deal. Tony Blair’s “A Journey” is published Wednesday, promising to give readers behind-the-curtain insights into major world events from the death of Princess Diana to the Sept. 11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq. British booksellers are reporting heavy interest in the book, for which the former British prime minister was paid an estimated 4.6 million pounds ($7.5 million). He’s donating the proceeds to a charity for injured troops. Billed by publisher Random House as a “frank, open” account of life at the top, “A Journey” is being published in a dozen countries, alongside an e-book and an audio version read by Blair himself. This week it’s in the top 10 on Amazon’s British best-seller list – though it’s only 4,000 on the retailer’s U.S. site. “Initial sales will be huge,” said Jonathan Ruppin of Foyles book store chain. “But whether those sales are sustained will depend on how frank and open it is.” Blair – who is scheduled to be in Washington on publication day, attending Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his role as an international Mideast envoy – said he “set out to write a book which describes the human as much as the political dimensions of life as prime minister.” “Though a memoir is by its very nature retrospective, the book is also an attempt to inform and shape current and future thinking, as much as an account of the past,” Blair said in comments released in advance of publication. That account is unlikely to resolve the conflicting views and emotions Blair evokes. For many Americans, he remains a well-regarded ally who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the U.S. in the fight against international terrorism. He’s scheduled to receive the 2010 Liberty Medal from former President Bill Clinton in Philadelphia on Sept. 13. At home, he is a more divisive figure. Swept to power in 1997 on a wave of popular enthusiasm, Blair left office a decade later reviled by many for taking Britain into the U.S.-led Iraq war, and viewed as a liability by much of his own Labour Party. “He began as a leader who was a friend of everyone, and he finished as a friend of almost no one in Britain,” said Blair biographer Anthony Seldon. Anti-war groups say they will picket Blair’s book signings in Dublin on Saturday and in London on Sept. 8. Both are high-security affairs at which book buyers will have to surrender their bags, cameras and mobile phones – and are barred from asking for personal dedications. Blair, 57, stepped down in June 2007 after a decade that included a historic peace accord in Northern Ireland, the deeply unpopular war in Iraq and the continuing conflict in Afghanistan. He was Labour’s most successful leader for decades, moved the left-leaning party toward the center and brought it back to power after 18 years in opposition. But when he left, after years of increasingly open hostility with his rival and successor Gordon Brown, his party was divided. He remains controversial even now. Families of some of the hundreds of British troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have criticized Blair for earning millions from the book and public speaking and since leaving office. Blair has been at the center of numerous books, notably “The Blair Years,” by former press secretary Alastair Campbell, and the recently published memoir “The Third Man,” by Labour insider Peter Mandelson. He was also the inspiration for the former prime minister dogged by allegations of war crimes in Robert Harris’ thriller “The Ghost,” which was turned into a film by Roman Polanski. Seldon said most political memoirs are self-serving, “historically pretty useless” and don’t live up to the hype. Blair insists his will be different, and Seldon says the former politician is part of a small group whose words may have wide appeal. “Britain doesn’t have many prime ministers who are international figures,” said Seldon. “We have had Churchill, we have had Thatcher, we have had Blair.” — Online: http://www.tonyblairjourney.co.uk ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roughly two weeks before a judge would sentence her to jail, Lindsay Lohan sat in a downtown courtroom and recounted to a grand jury how a burglar’s black fingerprints on her wall left her so unnerved that she had to move. Moments later, Orlando Bloom told the same panel how a break-in at his home had left him distrustful of those around him, especially after he realized his carefully hidden collection of watches had been plundered. The appearance of Lohan, Bloom and four other celebrities in late June before a Los Angeles County grand jury went unnoticed. Yet their testimony helped indict five young people who authorities claim desperately craved what the stars had and were willing to cut through fences and climb through a doggie door to get. The stars’ reactions revealed in recently unsealed testimony obtained by The Associated Press offers the most detailed account so far of the personal toll that resulted from the rash of celebrity break-ins by the so-called “Bling Ring” between October 2008 and August 2009. One ring member pleaded out and served time; the five others face trial later this year. Lohan’s testimony typified the fear felt by the celebrities whose homes had been targeted: “That night I went back to the house, I just felt, to be honest, so violated and uncomfortable that I literally packed as much stuff as I could,” Lohan told the jurors, “because it wasn’t about the things that were taken, it was just the fact that someone came into the only private space that I have in my life at this point.” One-by-one, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge and Paris Hilton also recounted for grand jurors how they walked into their supposedly secure Hollywood Hills homes to find them ransacked and looted. Brian Austin Green told the jury how the burglary of his home – the last one targeted – was so stealthy that he thought his missing items were simply misplaced. It wasn’t until a detective called and told him his stolen Sig Sauer handgun had been recovered that he realized he’d been robbed. Some of the items stolen were eventually returned. But still outstanding are several irreplaceable personal items, including Bilson’s mother’s engagement ring that she gave to “The O.C.” star. For a while, the actors told jurors, their belongings had been replaced with a sense of vulnerability and dread. “It took me a while to feel comfortable staying there,” Bilson said of her home. “I wouldn’t sleep in my bedroom for about a month. “And I was convinced that I needed to sell my house and get out of there, because I was very scared,” she told jurors. “But I’m still there.” Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kim, who is handling the prosecution, urged jurors to overlook the stars’ wealth and celebrity. “It doesn’t matter,” Kim told the grand jury in closing remarks. “The fact that you are able to replace property doesn’t matter. And in fact, we heard evidence in this case some of the folks weren’t able to replace any of the property. Some folks lost items of sentimental value.” “And I think the one thing that was abundantly clear from listening to the testimony of all of the victims was what they lost most importantly was a sense of security,” Kim said. None of the stars have testified in open court. Bloom likely would have been the first, but Alexis Neiers, who was charged with his break-in, took a plea deal before trial. An aspiring model and reality television star, Neiers served 30 days in jail. But the celebrities could still take the stand if any of the members of the Bling Ring go to trial. The five remaining defendants had been previously charged and the actors’ grand jury testimony eliminated the need for a preliminary hearing. The testimony led to indictments for felony residential burglary against Nicholas Frank Prugo, Rachel Lee, Roy Lopez Jr., Courtney Leigh Ames and Diana Tamayo. All five pleaded not guilty on July 2 and are due back in court on Sept. 20 for a pretrial conference. Many of the details of the actual break-ins given to the grand jury have been revealed in search warrants and other court filings, but most of the stars have refrained from talking publicly about their losses. Lohan’s testimony came during a turbulent streak in her life. Her appearance on June 18 occurred about two weeks before a judge handling her criminal case sentenced the “Mean Girls” star to jail for a probation violation. For 40 minutes, Lohan described coming home with her sister early last August to find her rented house in complete disarray. “My front door wasn’t locked, and it usually always was,” Lohan said. “My alarm didn’t sound, and I usually had to turn it off. And everything that I had was kind of thrown, and everything was pretty much disheveled.” A fur coat, two paintings and other high-end jewelry and clothing were missing. When Lohan stepped into her closet, she told jurors, she saw her safe had been moved and black fingerprints were on her white walls. She said that after she packed up what she had left, she never returned to that house. “I don’t ever plan on going back to that house,” she said. “It was like, such an invasion of privacy, and it’s just eerie.” Bloom, who estimated his losses at half a million dollars or more, said he immediately suspected he’d been robbed by a close friend or someone who worked for him. “It’s just awful because you are suddenly second-guessing everything,” Bloom told the jury. “You are like, ‘Who has been in my house?’ You know, the value of things kind of fades away. It’s really about who is it, who am I starting to question?” The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star said only some of his items – mostly clothes and one of his prized watches – was ever returned. He testified that clothing of his then-girlfriend, model Miranda Kerr, was also stolen. Bloom and Kerr have since married. His house, which one detective likened to the “Bat Cave” because it couldn’t be seen from the street or the air, was targeted in July 2009. Authorities estimate that there is at least $2 million of the stars’ property that has not been recovered. They suspect that Lee, one of the group’s alleged masterminds, may have hidden the goods before her arrest at her father’s home in Las Vegas. Lee allegedly offered to return some of the stolen property to detectives in exchange for leniency, according to transcripts and other court filings. A Louis Vuitton bag full of jewelry was returned to Paris Hilton after several alleged members of the group were arrested in October. Prugo, another alleged Bling Ring mastermind, told authorities that Hilton’s home was actually targeted numerous times before a December 2008 heist nabbed the socialite’s jewelry and luxury clothes. Hilton told the grand jury that she first noticed something was amiss when she spotted dirty shoe prints leading up the stairs to her bedroom. “My closet where all my jewelry is kept had been ransacked and, you know, basically two full entire shelves were, I guess, pushed into a bag,” Hilton told the panel. Also gone was a topless photo of the socialite, which detectives said was recovered from Lee’s home. Hilton’s home was also recently targeted by a man who authorities say showed up at the residence armed with two knives. Prosecutors have charged Nathan Lee Parada with one count of attempted felony burglary, although his case does not appear related to the Bling Ring. Since the break-ins, several of the stars said they took greater caution with their home security. Despite their wealth and sophisticated security systems, several of the celebrities told jurors they couldn’t remember if they set their alarms, or even locked their doors, on the days of the break-ins. “We have always sort of lived a very, I guess, trusting lifestyle and we just didn’t set the alarm,” Bilson said. “I now do, every time I leave the house. Even if it’s for 20 minutes.” ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Slash is preparing to go solo in his love life. Court records show the guitarist filed for divorce Monday from his wife of nearly nine years. Slash is known for his guitar play with bands Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. His real name is Saul Hudson. The filing states he and his wife Perla separated in July and cites irreconcilable differences for the split. The couple have two sons, ages 8 and 6. Hudson is seeking joint custody of the children and asking a judge to determine how much spousal support he should pay. The divorce filing was first reported by celebrity website TMZ. ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After being on his feet for three hours hosting the Emmy Awards, Jimmy Fallon couldn’t sit down. He stayed upright accepting hugs and congratulations from a steady stream of well-wishers Sunday night at the post-show Governors Ball, including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker. “He did great,” Fey said of her former co-star on “Saturday Night Live.” The ball was the first stop on the night’s party circuit for many guests, who walked from the Nokia Theatre across the street to the Los Angeles Convention Center. The football field-sized ballroom was decorated to the theme of “Starry, Starry Night,” with thousands of tiny mirror balls dangling from the ceiling. A 565-pound disco ball encased in a glittering sun sculpture hung above the musicians, while giant glowing spheres representing each sign of the zodiac circled the dance floor. Tucked inside the dinner menu was a list of zodiac signs, the nominees born under each of them, and characteristics of the signs. Partygoers dined on dungeness crab salad, rack of lamb with dried fruit crumble and dark chocolate decadence with smoked fleur d’sel on a chewy fudge brownie. They washed it down with 4,416 bottles of red and white wine, champagne, and vodka cocktails. Among the 3,600 celebrities and other invitees dining in close quarters were Wanda Sykes, Lily Tomlin, John Lithgow, Glenn Close and daughter Annie Starke, and Rainn Wilson of “The Office.” Tomlin’s table had two empty seats, indicating the absence of George Clooney and his Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, who were no-shows after he received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Emily Deschanel of “Bones” walked into the vast space with a cell phone clamped to her ear as the Valli Boys sang “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” from high atop a podium above the Impluse Orchestra. The musicians played such classics as “Route 66″ and “Girl From Ipanema” during dinner, then gave way to current hits “Poker Face” and “I Gotta Feeling” that drew several partygoers to the circular dance floor surrounding the orchestra. “I got a feeling. Do you have a feeling?” nominee Mariska Hargitay jokingly asked her friends. Fey, a nominee and creator of “30 Rock,” dug into her rack of lamb, a glass of white wine next to her plate. Nearby, Fey’s “30 Rock” castmates Jack McBrayer, Judah Friedlander, Scott Adsit and Katrina Bowden shared a table. Friedlander, whose character Frank wears trucker hats, topped his dressy clothes with a black hat reading “Best Undressed” in white letters. Approached by a reporter, a smiling McBrayer said, “I’m a little tipsy,” and hurried away. Newlyweds Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer of “True Blood dropped in, while recently married John Krasinski and Emily Blunt held court with Poehler of “Parks and Recreation,” who gave birth to her second son earlier this month. Jason Sudeikis of “Saturday Night Live” walked arm-in-arm with new girlfriend January Jones of “Mad Men.” Jones kept an eye on the long A-line skirt of her dress by Versace Atelier, making sure no one stepped on it. “I saw it in Italian Vogue and asked Donatella (Versace) if I could wear it for an evening. She’s extremely generous,” said Jones, who was glad to stand after sitting in the stiff dress during the three-hour Emmy telecast. “Mad Men” won best drama series for the third consecutive year. “It’s crazy, a little intimidating,” Jones said. “We’re excited to go celebrate.” First-time Emmy winner Jane Lynch of “Glee” clutched her golden statue and happily posed for photos with fellow partygoers. Fey was equally gracious that way. “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy carried his Emmy for comedy directing as he headed to the next bash. “I was thrilled about Jane winning. I wasn’t expecting to win,” he said. Murphy provided a preview of “Glee’s” upcoming second season, saying, “It’s really about the characters. It’s smaller and more intimate.” Lynch’s co-star, Lea Michele, stopped by the party while celebrating her 24th birthday surrounded by an entourage. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a nominee for her now-canceled comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” sipped a glass of wine in a brief moment standing by herself. “I’m working on another show and hopefully it will be up and running in the next 18 months,” she said, declining to be specific. Cheryl Hines of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” called the evening “fantastic” as she headed off to HBO’s party to have a martini with her TV husband, Larry David. “Jimmy Fallon was so good,” she said. “It’s the best Emmys I’ve ever been to, and I’ve been to a few.” ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Pitt is the NFL’s voice for its upcoming documentary on the New Orleans’ Saints Super Bowl victory. Pitt narrates NFL Films’ documentary, “America’s Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints,” about the team’s win over the Indianapolis Colts last February. The film debuts on the NFL Network at 9 p.m. EDT on Sept. 8, the night before the Saints begin their defense of the Super Bowl title. The NFL traditionally seeks out a celebrity narrator for its annual Super Bowl documentary. Pitt was chosen because of his humanitarian work in New Orleans in the five years since Hurricane Katrina, the NFL said. Past narrators have included Alec Baldwin, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Martin Sheen, Bruce Willis and James Gandolfini. “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm narrated last year’s film on the Pittsburgh Steelers. ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Beetle Bailey is slouching toward retirement age, but the lazy Army private won’t be getting rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on newspaper comics pages. The indolent wise guy, whose popularity soared when he enlisted during the Korean War, turns 60 on Saturday. Mort Walker has been imaging Beetle every day for all those decades and says he’ll continue with his creation until he’s no longer able. “I don’t know how I’d be retired,” said Walker, 86. “I wake up every day with another idea.” The genial gags by Beetle and the cast of characters – Sarge and his dog, Otto, Gen. Amos Halftrack, Miss Buxley and others – are followed seven days a week by readers in 1,800 newspapers, which is “astronomically huge,” said Brendan Burford, comics editor at King Features, the strip’s syndicating service. Charles Schulz, who created and worked on the enormously popular Peanuts strip for nearly 50 years before his death in 2000, came close to Walker’s longevity. But “no one has worked on the same strip for 60 years with that kind of consistency,” Burford said. “He’s definitely in a pretty seriously elite class,” he said. King Features has been celebrating Beetle’s anniversary by running Sunday cartoons by Walker of Beetle re-enacting military events in history, such as celebrating the end of World War II or crossing the Delaware with George Washington. The commemorative strips put Beetle in different venues, but Walker said he has otherwise kept Beetle as is over the decades. “He’s still pretty much lazy,” he said. “I haven’t changed him a tremendous amount because I think that’s his character that I want to keep. He represents the little man in all of us.” “Beetle is the embodiment of everybody’s resistance to authority, all the rules and regulations which you’ve got to follow,” Walker said. “He deals with it in his own way. And in a way, it’s sort of what I did when I was in the Army. I just often times did what I wanted to do.” Beetle Bailey, originally called Spider, made his comic-strip debut as a smart aleck college student on Sept. 4, 1950, in 12 newspapers, according to King Features. It considered dropping the strip at the end of Walker’s one-year contract, but when Beetle stumbled into an Army recruiting post in 1951 during the Korean War, the number of newspapers that picked up Beetle climbed. Andrew Farago, curator of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, which is marking Beetle’s anniversary with an exhibit, said Beetle, his pals and their uncomplicated gags have become familiar friends to readers over the years. “I think people find that really comforting,” he said. Not everyone. Some women have been angry about the caricature of a dumb blond secretary, the curvaceous Miss Buxley, Walker said. “The women’s right groups got so riled up against me they had a national agenda of attacking me,” Walker said. Burford said as an editor he wants artists “to work creatively and make people laugh and smile,” but had to restrain Walker at times. “Sometimes you have to pull back on this leash,” he said. “As the rights of women increased, he became more sensitive to it.” Still, as the newspaper industry retrenches, editors have not axed Beetle, Burford said. “Newspapers don’t want to cut features that readers love,” he said. Joe Schiesl, 72, a retired National Weather Service meteorologist in Manassas, Va., said he has been reading Beetle Bailey since he was in the ROTC and Air Force in the 1950s. “The characters, you have those in any organization,” he said. “You have deadbeats like Beetle, and then you have people on their case like the sergeant.” “I like it because it’s funny. It perks you up every day,” Schiesl said. Walker, born in El Dorado, Kan., earned $1 for his first cartoon at age 11 during the Depression. It was a big raise from the 10 cents an hour he was paid delivering to a local drug store, leading him to see cartooning as “where the real money is.” He now works out of his spacious Connecticut home in a study stuffed with golf trophies, cartoon awards, figurines of Beetle and his Army pals, numerous photos of celebrities on the wall, Beetle refrigerator magnets and a clock with Beetle and other characters from the strip. Walker, his two sons and Jerry Dumas, a colleague of 55 years, meet for an hour once a month to brainstorm gags for the comic strip. “Then we go to lunch and play golf,” he said. Each of the four men proposes 30 gags, which are winnowed down until there are just enough strips to be used in a month. Walker rewrites them to try to improve the gags, he said. Dumas, a veteran cartoonist who draws the strip Sam and Silo and drew for The New Yorker, said the “gag conference” has always been enjoyable. “You sit down with a sheet of paper and pen. You just doodle,” he said. “You come up with a picture you haven’t come up with before. That’s the hard part.” Producing a cartoon every day for 60 years isn’t easy, but Walker knows how to entertain Beetle’s millions of fans. “I found that what they want is a laugh every day,” he said. “They want funny pictures.” ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Glee” is about to learn if the Emmys care to sing its praises. The hit musical-comedy show about a high school glee club was a leading nominee at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, including bids for best comedy series and cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer. “Modern Family” was another freshman comedy front-runner, while “30 Rock” was trying for its fourth consecutive best comedy series Emmy and “Mad Men” competed for its third drama series trophy. Others defending their title included Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad” and Glenn Close of “Damages,” who claimed drama series acting honors last year, and, on the comedy side, Toni Collette of “The United States of Tara” and Alec Baldwin of “30 Rock.” Jimmy Fallon was hosting the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC, airing live nationwide after three decades of tape-delay broadcasts for the West Coast. The public had a hand in writing some of Fallon’s material. He planned to bring many celebrity presenters onstage with introductions submitted through Twitter. Other Emmy contenders included Conan O’Brien’s short-lived “Tonight,” which was nominated as best variety, music or comedy series while the show with Jay Leno back in charge was snubbed. David Letterman’s “Late Show” also missed out on a nod, but 2009 winner “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” was nominated. The final season of “Lost” competed for best drama series and for acting honors for star Matthew Fox and supporting cast members Terry O’Quinn and Michael Emerson, chosen as best supporting drama actor last year. HBO came into the ceremony as the kingpin after claiming 17 awards at the Aug. 21 creative arts Emmys, followed by ABC with 15 and Fox with nine. CBS, NBC and PBS each claimed seven. “The Pacific,” the World War II miniseries produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, was the top nominee and captured a leading seven creative arts awards, which recognize technical and other achievements. Ratings for the awards have increased importance: The TV academy’s contract is up for renewal with the four major networks that had been airing the show in rotation for eight years, and the academy hopes last year’s 8 percent audience increase is a trend after an all-time low in 2008. The show’s live nationwide broadcast and scheduling could be factors. The Emmys typically have aired immediately before TV’s mid-September kickoff, but NBC pushed up the awards telecast to avoid a conflict with its Sunday night National Football League games that begin Sept. 12. But fewer people tend to watch summertime TV, and the 5 p.m. PDT pre-primetime slot for the Emmys on the West Coast also tends to draw a smaller audience. — Online: http://wwww.emmys.tv http://www.nbc.com ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The innovative founder and longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band has died. William P. Foster was 91. ???? ? University officials say Foster died early Saturday in Tallahassee. ???? ? Foster served as the band’s director from 1946 to 1998. He created more than 200 halftime pageants for the band at the historically black university. ???? ? He is credited with innovating marching band techniques, including a high-stepping style imitated by bands nationwide. ???? ? In 1989, the French chose the Marching 100 to represent the United States in the Bastille Day Parade celebrating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The band also has performed in Super Bowls, the Grammys and the inaugurations of Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Related Articles High levels of bacteria at 4 Charlotte County beaches Truck full of Key West high students crashes High school girl plays volleyball, fights rare disease at same time Lehigh animal hospital threatens to put dogs down over bill dispute
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger, his partner for the past 20 years. The 66-year-old singer announced the marriage in a statement to Spanish newspapers. The wedding took place at the Virgen del Carmen church in the southern jet-set resort of Marbella. Rev. Roberto Rojo Aguado, one of three priests who celebrated the ceremony, told The Associated Press on Friday that the couple were married Tuesday. He said the ceremony was attended by two witnesses and the couple’s five children. Rijnsburger is 45. Iglesias was previously married to Isabel Preysler, with whom he had three children. ? 2010 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use .
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