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3 hrs ago | TMZ.com

Save Ferris Ex-Members SUE Over 'Reunion' Show -- Singer's Gone Rogue

The former singer for Save Ferris has gone off the rails ... falsely promoting the famous ska band's "reunion" show this summer -- WHEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING -- this according to a new lawsuit ... and now her ex-bandmates are out for justice.

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8 hrs ago | New Jersey Jewish News

Blessings of life

Our parsha begins, "Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites."

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, The Israelites

Tue Jun 18, 2013

CNN

G-8 promises to tackle tax cheats

The Untouchables: G-8 leaders pledge to turn up the heat on tax evasion and avoidance at their summit in Northern Ireland.

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Related Topix: The Untouchables, Travel, Europe Travel, Ireland Travel

Mon Jun 17, 2013

BBC News

Tim Firth unveils musical This Is My Family

Sulky teenagers, stressed parents, overbearing in-laws - writer Tim Firth who penned Calendar Girls, is singing the praises of the modern British family in a new musical comedy.

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Related Topix: Madness

International Monetary Fund

Press Release: IMF to Release Currency Composition of Foreign...

The International Monetary Fund will release on June 28, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. the quarterly data on the currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves with expanded currency range.

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Related Topix: Eastern Standard Time

Dunstable Today

Record turnout as open-air show strikes the right note

They were singing in the rain at the start of the Dunstable Live! free open-air ska and reggae concert, but it was all brolly good fun.

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Related Topix: Reggae, Bob Marley, Ub40, Madness

Sun Jun 16, 2013

South Wales Argus

They called it Madness as thousands turned out for Suggs and his band in Chepstow

THOUSANDS of nutty boys and girls took the Night Train to Chepstow Racecourse on Friday as Madness transformed the course into a palace of ska.

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Related Topix: Madness, Suggs

Sat Jun 15, 2013

SavannahNow

Ben Tucker and the next generation of jazz stars

In the coming months, the Savannah community will be figuring out how best to honor Ben Tucker.

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Related Topix: Savannah, GA, University of North Florida, The Skatalites

Los Angeles Times

Return of the Aquabats, Interview II: The Q&A

The Aquabats are a band from Southern California who dress as superheroes and are also the stars of their own television series.

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Related Topix: The Aquabats, Entertainment, Television

Daily Star

Val Kilmer wants to take Citizen Twain to Broadway

MADNESS frontman GRAHAM 'SUGGS' MCPHERSON became a wedding singer over the weekend when he stepped in to perform for a newly-married couple at their reception.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Batman Forever, Celebrities, Val Kilmer, Madness

Daily Star

Billy Joel and Elton John...

MADNESS frontman GRAHAM 'SUGGS' MCPHERSON became a wedding singer over the weekend when he stepped in to perform for a newly-married couple at their reception.

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Related Topix: Elton John, Pop/Rock, Celebrities, Madness, Wedding, Foreigner, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Daily Kos

D'var Torah: Chukkat

Lots of stuff in this week's Torah reading. We have some complicated instructions about a Red Heifer which I think I will leave to the rabbis to explain; we have Moses striking the rock and getting chewed out by the Lord because he commanded Moses to bring water out of the rock, not to be a jerk about it; we have the king of Edom denying the ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Israelites, Israel, World News, Middle East

Madison Publishing

Lineup finalized for Whistler Presents summer concert series

Vancouver's own Afro-Brazillian super group Ache Brasil are one of the many acts confirmed for this summer's Whistler Presents Outdoor Concert Series, which begins June 29 at Olympic Plaza.

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Related Topix: The English Beat

FunCity Finder

The Slamology Automotive and Music Festival at Lucas Oil Raceway

Grab a cooler and a lawn chair and get ready to enjoy the 10th anniversary of the Slamology Automotive and Music Festival.

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Related Topix: B.I.G.

Daily Star

Suggs serenades newlyweds

SIR TOM JONES teamed up with celebrated entertainer JOOLS HOLLAND to perform a free gig in London on Thursday as part of an anti-poverty campaign.

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Related Topix: Suggs, Taylor Swift, Madness, Wedding

Patch.com

Weekender: Live Jazz, Father's Day Cruise, Cancer Walk

There's live jazz and R&B, featuring The Untouchables, at Sweet Potato Cafe on Friday evening, from 7 to 10 p.m. A cancer survivors and memory walk will be held on Saturday, June 15 from 7 am.-8:30 a.m. at Johnson Park, 1781 Ebenezer Road in Conyers.

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Related Topix: The Untouchables, Conyers, GA, Stone Mountain, GA

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Rabbi J. SacksCovenant&Conversation

It is one of the most perplexing, even disturbing, passages in the Torah. Moses the faithful shepherd, who has led the Israelites for forty years, is told that he will not live to cross the Jordan and enter the promised land.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, The Israelites

Thu Jun 13, 2013

6 ABC

Totally rad: Awesome Fest hits Philly

Sure, Doc Brown may not need roads where he is going, but you probably will if you want to make it to The Awesome Fest.

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Related Topix: The 80'S, Pop/Rock, The English Beat, Roddy Piper

City Paper

ToDo ToDay: Victoria Fu! The Toasters

In "Lorem ipsum I" and "Lorem ipsum II," San Diego-based video artist Victoria Fu documents, in near-silence, a cryptic young woman in a pleasant house and garden whose face is usually tantalizingly out of reach.

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Related Topix: The Toasters

Examiner.com

NWA Southern All Star presents The Gathering of the Champions

Nashville wrestling fans will be headed to NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling 's The Gathering of the Champions this weekend.

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Related Topix: The Untouchables, Millersville, TN