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Bobby Rogers dies at 73; original member of Motown's the Miracles
Bobby Rogers, an original member of the Motown group the Miracles, who collaborated with lead vocalist and songwriter Smokey Robinson and kept the musical franchise going after its biggest name left, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73....
Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, The Temptations (music group), Freedom of the Press, Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy
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Momentous decisions
Pity the Supremes. Not Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson but Alito, Breyer, Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy and Scalia. After two days of testimony last week on two separate issues of gay rights -- or as we should think of...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Social Issues, Family, Marriage, Florence Ballard
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Fear of gay-marriage backlash far-fetched
Even U.S. Supreme Court justices care what people think about them, experts say. In their current same-sex marriage cases they fear a big public backlash if they overreach. But history shows such fears to be greatly exaggerated when a controversial...Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Supreme Court, Defense of Marriage Act, Internal Revenue Service, Family
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Aren't the Supremes ready for their close-up?
Unless you waited in line for five days to get one of the coveted audience seats at the Supreme Court, you probably experienced this week's oral arguments on same-sex marriage as something of a Ken Burns film. Websites and TV broadcasters played audio of...Tags: John Roberts, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, 60 Minutes (tv program), Ken Burns
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'American Idol' recap: Top 8 tackle Motor City music
The "American Idol" top 8 tackled the music of Detroit on Wednesday. That turned out to mean mostly Motown, but also, incongruously, a song by Madonna -- "Michigan's own Material Girl," Ryan Seacrest reminded us – and a countrified version of it...
Tags: The Temptations (music group), Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Randy Jackson, Marvin Gaye
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PASSINGS: Deke Richards
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...Tags: Esophageal cancer, Motown Records, Music, Berry Gordy, Obituaries
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Motown producer-songwriter Deke Richards dies
Deke Richards, who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from...
Tags: Motown Records, Esophageal cancer, Lil Wayne, Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Music
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Mayo: Should Supreme Court have live broadcasts?
Sun SentinelThe eyes of the world (or at least much of the nation) will be on the U.S. Supreme Court the next two days as it hears oral arguments on gay marriage equality, but don't bother looking for any video of the proceedings. The U.S. Supreme Court still...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, Same-Sex Marriage, C-SPAN (tv network)
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3/26/2013-It's Over
I saw the beginning of the end of the traditional Grand Old Party back in 1980 when the Reagan campaign invited the religious right to occupy a central role in Republican politics. Until then, they had been dismissed as a fringe element too extreme for...
Tags: Social Issues, Abraham Lincoln, Same-Sex Marriage, Ronald Reagan, Elections
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Supreme fashion in Philadelphia
They may have strutted on a stage instead of a runway, but members of the Supremes were well known for their fashionable style. Over two decades of climbing the charts, the singing group performed in a variety of venues — including a performance in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, The New York Times
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Dreamgirls set to dazzle audiences at Century II
The sparkling new high-tech production of the Tony® and Academy® Award winning musical DREAMGIRLS will electrify audiences in Wichita March 19-21 at the Century II Concert Hall. Tickets for DREAMGIRLS are on sale now starting at $35. Tickets are...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Services and Shopping, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Theater
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