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Neil deGrasse Tyson channels John Lennon: All we are saying is give math a chance
Thursday on StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson explained what prompted him to pursue a career in astrophysics and implored others to “give math a chance.” “I was fortunate because my parents… took us around, we grew up in New York City, to all of the cultural institutions that showed adults…
Yoko Ono: We are turning this beautiful country into a war zone
A sobering image of John Lennon’s bloodstained glasses ricocheted around the Internet on Thursday after his widow Yoko Ono posted them on Twitter in an appeal for tougher US guns laws. “The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience. After 33 years, our son Sean and I still…
Fracking debate draws Yoko Ono and son to rural battlegrounds
Artists Against Fracking board bus for magical mystery tour of Pennsylvania as New York and New Jersey decisions draw near Yoko Ono might not seem the most likely bus traveller. Northern Pennsylvania, on a cold, snowy January day, might not seem a likely destination. Yet the threat of hydraulic fracturing,…
Yoko Ono to give peace award to Russian punk band ‘Pussy Riot’
Yoko Ono, the artist and widow of Beatles musician and songwriter John Lennon, will bestow a peace award in the couple’s name to Pussy Riot, the Russian punk rockers, in New York on Friday. The biennial Lennon-Ono Grant for Peace will be given to Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of jailed…
John Lennon’s killer denied parole for seventh time
Mark David Chapman, who shot dead Beatles star John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole from prison on Thursday for the seventh time, officials said Thursday. Chapman, 57, was told by the New York State Board of Parole at a hearing on Wednesday that despite his good behavior behind bars, he could not be…
John Lennon’s killer up for parole for seventh time
Mark David Chapman, the disturbed man who shot dead Beatles frontman John Lennon, is up for parole for the seventh time, with a decision expected later this week, prison officials said Sunday. The hearing is set to begin on Tuesday and will last two to three days, New York State…
Coulter: Breitbart’s death is ‘like John Lennon dying’
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter says the untimely passing of Andrew Breitbart compares to the assassination of famed musician John Lennon. In an interview with The Daily Caller, Coulter asserted that there was no telling what Breitbart could accomplished if he had not died suddenly last week at the age of…
Chinese firm makes Steve Jobs action figure
SAN FRANCISCO — A China-based company plans to begin shipping a realistic-looking Steve Jobs action figure in February. It remains to be seen whether Apple will take to the courts to block In Icons from selling the 30.4-centimeter (one foot) tall dolls crafted in the image of the renowned California…
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