2015年11月29日星期日

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Sinatra's NJ birthplace commemorates his 100th its way

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 09:53 AM PST

In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, photo, an arch is seen at the spot of singer Frank Sinatra's childhood home in Hoboken, N.J. The house burned down in the 1950s. Sinatra would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 12. Throughout 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son with outdoor screenings of his movies, a "Sinatra Idol" competition and concerts that will be capped by a centennial birthday bash on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New Jersey city where Frank Sinatra was born is finding the centennial of his birth to be a very good year.


Sinatra's birthplace commemorates his 100th its way

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 08:59 AM PST

In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, photo, an arch is seen at the spot of singer Frank Sinatra's childhood home in Hoboken, N.J. The house burned down in the 1950s. Sinatra would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 12. Throughout 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son with outdoor screenings of his movies, a "Sinatra Idol" competition and concerts that will be capped by a centennial birthday bash on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New Jersey city where Frank Sinatra was born is finding the centennial of his birth to be a very good year.


Colleges trying to find ways to deal with racial incidents

Posted: 29 Nov 2015 05:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, Jonathan Butler, front left, addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, at the university in Columbia, Mo. Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators.


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