Samoa Newd - OCEAN PRINCESS LIGHTS UP MAIN DOCK, Mar 08, 2012

 "It is not too often that a cruise ship leaves port with its lights on, but on Monday evening, March 5, the cruise ship Ocean Princess left Pago Pago at nearly 7 p.m., and the early darkness had the beautiful lights on the ship aglow as it pulled away from the dock.
The Ocean Princess is the ninth of nineteen cruise ships scheduled to visit the territory in 2012, and the only one scheduled to call into port during the month of March."
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DAILY CALLER - James Q. Wilson, ‘Broken Windows’ author, dies at 80, Mar 08, 2012

 "James Q. Wilson, a political scientist who coauthored the influential “Broken Windows” article in The Atlantic Monthly in 1982, which became a touchstone for the move toward community policing in Boston and cities across the country, died early this morning in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center."
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BBC News - Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie dies aged 82, Mar 08, 2012

"Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who helped George Lucas bring Star Wars to the big screen, has died aged 82.
The conceptual designer created the look of characters including Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2-D2 and C-3PO.
He also worked on the original Battlestar Galactica TV series and Steven Spielberg films ET and Cocoon, for which he won an Oscar.
A tribute on his website said: "We'll miss you Ralph. You will forever be the brightest star in our galaxy."

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HOLLYWOOD Reporter - 'It's a Small World' Songwriter Robert Sherman Dies at 86, Mar 08, 2012

 "Songwriter Robert Sherman, best known for penning the infectious Disney tunes “It’s a Small World After All” and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," died Monday, March 5 in London"
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ABC News - Rep. Donald Payne Dies from Colon Cancer, Mar 08, 2012

 "New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne died today of complications from colon cancer. The Democrat and former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus was 77 years old.  He died  at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J., according to his office.
Payne was the first African American elected to the House of Representatives from New Jersey, in 1988. Representing the 10th District of the Garden State, his jurisdiction included counties that border New York City. A native of Newark, the congressman made alleviating poverty a key tenet of his 12 terms in office. He was one of the most progressive members of his state’s delegation."
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INQUISITR - William Heirens, Convicted ‘Lipstick Killer,’ Dies in Prison, Mar 08, 2012

 "William Heirens, the 1940s “Lipstick Killer,” and Illinois’ longest serving prisoner has died, prison officials said.
Heirens, 83, was found unresponsive in his cell at Dixon Correctional Center Monday and taken to the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m."
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Lev Manovich - N Blog Archive » The world’s best airports are in Asia, Mar 08, 2012

"In the annual survey of airport service quality by Geneva-based Airports Council International (ACI), Asian airports—Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nagoya, Japan—won four of the five top spots. Nova Scotia’s Halifax was the only non-Asian airport to be included in the top five"
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DNAINDIA - World's best tea maker Stephen Twining shares trade secrets, Mar 08, 2012

"A lot more of the uncontrollable goes into a good cup, more than you can ever imagine — from the temperature, to the climate, the moisture in the air, the soil, in India, the monsoons — which is why when you taste a wonderful cup of tea, it’s almost like the world has worked towards creating that perfect cup of magic, just truly and exclusively for you,” begins Stephen Twining as we sit down to an ambient seated conversation amid the resplendent and wonderfully invigorating environs of the Leela Kempinski on the Old Airport Road"
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