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NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are marking the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history — the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire — with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died. U.S. Secretary of...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Hilda Solis, Industrial Accidents
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100 years after New York Triangle fire, horror resonates
NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago, horrified onlookers watched as workers leapt to their deaths from a raging fire in a New York City garment factory.
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of March 25, 1911, killed 146 workers, mainly young...Tags: New York, Labor Legislation, Employees, New York City, Career and Workplace
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Even now, being gay is dangerous
Mark Carson was shot in the face because he's gay. His alleged killer, 33-year old Elliot Morales, is said to have confronted Carson, 32, and a companion, in New York's Greenwich Village last Friday night, yelling antigay slurs. When Carson walked away,...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Robin Williams, Justice and Rights
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New York City seeing spike in anti-gay crime, officials say
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - New York City is seeing a spike in anti-gay attacks, with two assaults coming within days of the fatal shooting of a gay man over the weekend, the city's police commissioner said on Tuesday. Two men in...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Gays and Lesbians, Brooklyn (New York City), New York City, Minority Groups
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Good Morning, Cannes: The Coen Brothers Make People Forget About Their Wet Socks
ReutersMay 19 (TheWrap.com) - Joel and Ethan Coen didn't even have to show up at Cannes to make a big impression. The Coen brothers' new movie, "Inside Llewyn Davis," was the talk of the Croisette on Saturday, even though it doesn't have its public premiere...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Ethan Coen, Arnaud Desplechin, Jennifer Lawrence
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Cannes 2013: The musical side of the Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Los Angeles Times Film CriticCANNES, France -- In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with "Inside Llewyn Davis," which had its� premiere in Festival de Cannes competition Sunday, one particular glance said it all. "At...Tags: Octavia Spencer, The Bourne Legacy (movie), Music, Bob Dylan, Cannes Film Festival
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Coen brothers' loser is winning over Cannes
CANNES, France — Whatever its commercial fortunes when it opens in the U.S. this December, "Inside Llewyn Davis" already has won the acclaim sought so ardently by the fictional folk singer of its title, the latest charismatic loser in a long,...Tags: A Separation (movie), Steven Spielberg, Amour (movie), Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Good Morning, Cannes: The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - The first five days of Cannes have ended, with the rain and the Coen brothers dominating the conversation. But the six days of competition screenings that remain promise to bring a full slate of interesting movies – and, with a...Tags: Music, Academy Awards, Ryan Gosling, The Artist (movie), Movies
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32,...Tags: Mark Dayton, Gays and Lesbians, New York City, Minority Groups, Civil Rights
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Seen and heard at Cannes: Justin Timberlake sings a new tune
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: A DIFFERENT TUNE FOR TIMBERLAKE In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat...Tags: Clive Owen, Music, Australia, P.J. Hogan, Bob Dylan
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Asesinato de homosexual remece cuna del movimiento gay en Nueva York
ReutersPor Ana Hiatt NUEVA YORK, 19 mayo (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, la cuna del movimiento de los derechos de los gays en Estados Unidos, seguía conmocionada el domingo por el asesinato a tiros de un hombre homosexual a manos de un sujeto armado que según...Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, Manhattan (New York City)
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Cannes Review: Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Is a Breathtaking Ode to Failure
ReutersMay 19 (TheWrap.com) - Those of us who know Bob Dylan's story well can point to his transformative influence on the folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. What is remarkable is how Dylan shaped his own style from a unique amalgam of...Tags: John Goodman, Music, Poetry, Bob Dylan, Life of Brian (movie)
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