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Wes Craven's My Soul To Take Contest
Technorati (blog)
He did those really awesome movies in the 80s/90s like Nightmare on Elm Street, People Under the Stairs, Scream and even one that nearly nabbed two Oscars ...

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Circus begins as Heat camp opens
PBT: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat practice for the first time together — cue the media feeding frenzy.


Author Ken Follett Takes On The 20th Century
NPR
She cut two thick slices under the stairs. Billy put his hands together, closed his eyes, and said: “Thank you Lord for this food amen. ...

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Texting opens up doors for the deaf
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Quietly over the last decade, phones that make text messaging easy have changed life profoundly for millions of deaf people. Gone are the days of a deaf person driving to someone's house just to see if they are home. Wives text ...

People: George Michael sentenced to 8 weeks in prison for stoned driving
Also: Penelope Cruz confirms she pregnant; Jodie Foster won't face charges for alleged attack on photographer; Tim Gunn stands by his Anna Wintour story; Spencer Pratt expunged from Costa Rica after reported weapons arrest.


Wes Craven Retrospective: Milestones in the Horror Master's Career of Fear
Moviefone (blog)
Equally ambitious, but more successful, 1991's 'The People Under the Stairs' is a modern urban fairy tale as only Craven could tell it. ...

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On the Right Track
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - When 12-year-old Junior Robinson ambled into D.T.L.A. Bikes, a new cycle shop on Broadway, he seemed taken aback. As he walked down the stairs he stared at the graffiti art on the walls. At the bottom of the steps, he timidly checked out at the slim, bespectacled man bicycling around the shop.

Why am I so tired?
The bounce in your step has become a plod. Climbing stairs feels like summiting Mount Everest. Your brain's mired in fog. Whatever your personal energy crisis might be, it's time to act.


Das Racist: "We're Not Racist, We Love White People: Ford Trucks, Apple Pies ...
The Awl
and he nods and looks like he is making a mental note anyway he greets me and we walk up the stairs and into the living room of an apartment that has some ...



70 years on, memories of the Blitz are as fresh as ever
BBC News
Denis said: "We didn't have shelters at the start of the war, so at first we went under the stairs but that wasn'ta good idea because of the gas main. ...

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Many aging homeowners exploring accessibility options
Many homeowners are looking into what they can do in order to stay in their homes longer as they grow older and cope with illnesses.

My very empty nest
After 26 years, the last of Marion McGilvary's children is leaving home – ah, peace and quiet, no mess, job done. So why does she feel so sad? I am 52 and have never lived alone. I went from my parents' house to my sister's house, to a succession of shared flats and houses with friends, a boyfriend, then a husband, and then reprised it all again. But now I'm currently on my third chorus, at the ...


Netflix finally comes to Canada
The Concordian (subscription)
... but these become so specific, they are sometimes absurd (Wes Craven's The People Under The Stairs, for example, is filed under "horror"). ...



Seniors complex owner wants government to take closer look at funding situation
Telegraph-Journal
Under the federal/provincial Affordable Rental Housing Program, for example, grants are available to businesspeople like her if she is accommodating people ...



The Economist (blog)

Islamic fundamentalism The Q&A: Lawrence Wright, journalist
The Economist (blog)
... were quarantined in a small office under the stairs. “You can't tell a story linearly if you want people to understand,” he explains on screen. ...

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The new establishment
Irish Independent
Labour might do a better job of keeping its loonies locked up under the stairs than the Greens, but we know they're in there. When it comes to election time ...

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Older adults anticipate aging in place
Many homeowners are exploring accessibility options in order to stay in their homes longer.

Both sides rest cases in Conn. home invasion trial
One of two Connecticut men charged with killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told another inmate he killed the mother after being pressured to do so by the other suspect in the case, a prison officer testified Tuesday before both sides rested.

San Bruno blast site cleanup under way
Process to take several weeks and cost about $2 million.


Terrifyingly Gnarly: Wes Craven, Week 2: "CHILLER"
FANGORIA (blog)
It's not incredible in any sense, and I definitely won't look back on it as fondly as THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, but it's solid at times, ...