February 08, 2014

The Who Announce 'Sensation: The Story of Tommy' DVD
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-who-announce-sensation-the-story-of-tommy-dvd/
Townshend alluded to a major Who project during a 1967 interview with Crawdaddy!, saying, ?The idea we've got will answer all the problems. The group will be able to do what they like. I can bring out an opera day if I want to, or conduct at the opera ...


Vasil Bilak, 96, Dies; Czech Communist Encouraged 1968 Soviet Invasion
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/world/vasil-bilak-czechoslovak-communist-who-encouraged-1968-soviet-invasion-dies-at-96.html
Vasil Bilak, a former Communist leader in Czechoslovakia who in 1968 encouraged the Soviet Union to invade his country to halt efforts for an overhaul that he saw as a threat to socialism, died on Thursday in Bratislava, the Slovak capital. He was 96.


Don Banks>INSIDE THE NFL
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20140206/gregg-williams-ray-horton-nfl-coordinator-hires/
But after a year of penance out of the game and a strong season of career rehab work in Tennessee, where he assisted Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray, Williams was a shrewd hire by Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, who clearly is under pressure to ...


Hijacker Who Tried to Divert Flight to Sochi in Custody
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sochi-olympics/hijacker-who-tried-divert-flight-sochi-custody-n24796
Turkish authorities seized a passenger who is suspected of making a bomb threat and trying to hijack a plane, demanding to go to the Winter Olympics venue of Sochi. Turkey scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to accompany the Pegasus Airlines plane as it ...


Popular choir director who performed for Obama put in 'teacher jail'
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-crenshaw-choir-20140207,0,3901203.story
Parents, students and community members rallied Friday in front of Crenshaw High School against the removal of the school's longtime choir director, who was reassigned while under investigation by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Iris Stevenson ...


Ralph Kiner, Slugger Who Became a Voice of the Mets, Dies at 91
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/sports/baseball/ralph-kiner-slugger-who-became-a-voice-of-mets-dies-at-91.html?hpw&rref=sports
Ralph Kiner, baseball's vastly undersung slugger, who belted more home runs than anyone else over his 10-year career but whose achievements in the batter's box were obscured by his decades in the broadcast booth, where he was one of the game's most ...


Baby who vanished from Wisconsin found in Iowa, police say
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/07/justice/wisconsin-missing-baby/
(CNN) -- A 6-day-old Wisconsin baby who vanished from a home in the middle of the night has been found safe at an Iowa gas station, authorities said Friday. A woman who disappeared from the home at about the same time is considered a "person of ...


Once Again, Cops Who Shot at Innocents Will Get Their Guns Back
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/once-again-cops-who-shot-at-innocents-will-get-their-guns-back/283660/
Eight Los Angeles police officers who violated department policy when they mistakenly opened fire on two women during the hunt for Christopher Dorner will be retrained and returned to the field, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a department-wide message ...