| Nation's 3rd-youngest coach making impact at Butler
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Brad Stevens looks like just another Butler player. He's tall, slender, has short hair and a teenager's face. Instead of jogging onto the court at Hinkle Fieldhouse in a blue or white uniform, however, Stevens arrives wearing a spotless suit and a conservative tie. Only then do people realize the 31-year-old Stevens actually coaches the Bulldogs. "Some people still call him Lil' Brad in Zionsville,'' point guard Mike Green joked, referring to Stevens' hometown in suburban Indianapolis. .
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And let the record reflect that Anderson Cooper 360° began with a segment on the life and death of Steve Irwin, crocodile hunter, and that it lasted a full 14 minutes. While Katie Couric offered only a brief Irwin piece about 10 minutes into her first night sitting behind (and perching beside, and sitting leggily in front of) the anchor desk at CBS, she did direct us to the network's Web site, where we might click on something demurely titled "CROC HUNTER'S LAST MOMENTS FILMED." That's how flashy Couric's debut was: A snuff film got fourth billing. The CBS Evening News is making a serious commitment to quality entertainment. After beginning cozily ("Hi, everyone!"), Couric led last night's show with some tape of Lara Logan, who had interviewed members of a resurgent Taliban and sent back a report that was both hefty and stylish—a fair bit of context, a lotta scary guns, the steady insinuation of the glamorous correspondent's sense of peril.
Biggest backers of Unit 5 referendums are district employees
In all 22 individuals, six businesses, four parent-teachers organizations, and the Unit 5 Education Association have given to the cause, said committee co-chairman Carl Teichman.Expenses to date total almost $20,000 and include radio and newspaper advertisements, yards signs, mailings and campaign buttons, he said, adding he expects final donations to total more than $30,000.On Feb. 5, district voters will be asked to approve a $96.7 million building project to build two new elementary schools, add onto another, construct a new middle school, renovate eight existing schools and upgrade security and technology at all schools. A second question asks for an increase in the education fund for operating expenses for the new buildings. If approved, the homeowner of a $200,000 home would pay an additional $170; the current Unit 5 tax bill is about $2,742.“We're still gaining momentum and people are contributing to the committee," said Teichman, adding, “No taxpayer dollars, no Unit 5 money" is being spent on promoting the referendum.
Billy Joel headlines a night of music, money
Lots of listeners no doubt attend the Academy of Music's anniversary concerts because they love the old hall and because they love the Philadelphia Orchestra in it. In recent years, though, the gala concert has become less old-society-centric and more of an event whose tickets go in blocks to corporations sponsoring the event. Audiences may marvel at the Academy's elegance, as last night's white-tie and gowned crowd no doubt did at the 51st iteration of the event. But orchestral music? For many younger attendees, it's like crashing a party and finding everyone else is speaking a different language. So last night Billy Joel was brought in to translate. Even if the pop-music figure reached his musical apex in the 1970s, this crowd seemed happy to relive its high school and college soundtrack.
Comics Q&A
For many people, this is just another ho-hum day in pop culture. A new episode of American Idol to watch, an after-dinner showing of Rambo, nothing terribly special. But for a certain subset of the entertainment world, today brings an event as momentous as the finale of The Sopranos, one tinged with both triumph and a little sadness. We speak of the end of Y: The Last Man, which for 59 comic-book issues has chronicled the adventures, during a man-killing pandemic, of the planet's sole male survivor and his pet monkey as they try to survive in a world that, for better and worse, has gone to the ladies. Issue 60, a double-sized capper/coda to the entire saga completely different than any previous Y tale, and all the better for it is on sale today. Created by writer Brian K.
Shevlino accepts plea deal
Shevlino was given 10 years for each robbery but will serve his sentences concurrently. He must serve at least 85 percent of his time before becoming eligible for parole. A maximum sentence could have meant 30 years behind bars. On Friday, the plea deal looked dead as Shevlino opted not to appear while co-defendant Michael Anthony, 19, a lookout in the two robberies, received the same 10-year deal. The no-show meant the offer was "off the table," Wilson said. But the offer stood Monday because nothing had significantly changed over the weekend, Wilson said. Inside the courtroom, members of Shevlino's family, along with about two dozen friends, sobbed almost constantly. His father, Peter Shevlino, attempted to tell Circuit Judge Benjamin Culbertson what the lock-up of his son meant but was overcome with emotion and unable to continue after a few sentences.
Movie theater cracks down on bad manners
They're not going to the movies to see it,they're going to see who's who.Fighting has also started,soon it will escalate to more.Bring the parents,so it can be more peaceful to watch a movie.Reminds me of the old movie theatre that was at the Toy'R Us location. .
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