The Bush administration’s aggressive drive to promote oil and gas drilling on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has sparked growing anger here among traditional Republican constituents who say that the stepped-up push for energy development is sullying some of the country’s most majestic landscape.
Republican presidential candidate and NRA member Fred Thompson walked through rows of assault rifles, pistols and other firearms, signing autographs and greeting people at a Florida gun show Saturday. “It’s good to be among friends. I’ve been to a lot of shows like this,” Thompson said.
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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis was so disgusted with Saturday’s 38-0 loss at Michigan that he has decided to start the 2007 season over — literally.
Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the estimates by memorabilia experts.
A sports memorabilia collector who accused O.J. Simpson of armed robbery said Saturday that he was “on O.J.’s side” and wanted the case dropped.
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Spain beat defending champion Greece and Russia defeated Lithuania on Saturday to reach the final of the European basketball championship on Sunday.
There are a few smaller films that are rolling out in limited release right now that are worth a conversation, and I’ve been slow in writing about both of them. Still, for many of you, these aren’t open yet, so let’s catch up with them now.
Johnnie To deserves to be included in the pantheon of great Asian action filmmakers at this point, and I think I respect him even more because he hasn’t made the jump to Hollywood movies even though I’m sure that opportunity has presented itself at least once or twice. So often, it seems like the only way a filmmaker can be taken seriously is by jumping ship and going for the giant budgets and the movie stars. But To has resisted that siren song and continues to turn out two or even three films a year (he’s made 20 since the year 2000), and the results, more often than not, are as good as the work anyone’s doing in the genre anywhere.
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