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I got some great news today because I was trying to figure out how I was going to get Castro into the Oscars and for me he resigns today so he can come to L.A. and go as my guest and perhaps give the acceptance speech," Mr. Moore said. "As long as he keeps it under five hours. I'm telling you, that's got to be a ratings grabber. Can you imagine him? Showing up? If I could talk to (Oscar producer) Gil Cates and maybe get Castro in a dance number at the beginning of the show? Great." D'Onofrio, wife welcome new son LOS ANGELES - Vincent D'Onofrio's wife delivered the perfect Valentine Day's gift: a baby boy. Luca D'Onofrio was born Feb. 14 to the "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" star and his wife, Carin, series spokeswoman Pam Golum said yesterday.
A rush to rent rich in the Hamptons
If you think it's too early to book your summer vacation in the Hamptons, think again. The first buds of spring may be weeks away, but in the Hamptons, real estate agents say, the rental season is already going full throttle.
The season traditionally begins during Presidents' Week, says Judi Desiderio, president and chief executive of Town & Country Real Estate, whose main office is in East Hampton.
"By the end of that week, 50 percent of the summer rentals are gone." This year, the season took off at least a month earlier, she says.
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District's Measure 'E' Sets Sights on Expansion
It's another day at Cathedral City High School. Students arrive in the morning to prepare for a day of learning. But once first period ends, it's a shoulder-to-shoulder race to get to the next class. The droves of students are not unusual at Cathedral City High. For a school built for 1,800, over 3,000 kids crowd the hallways each school day. The overcrowding is something the school has to endure. But it's not just there where teachers and students deal with inadequate space. It's becoming a district-wide issue throughout Palm Springs Unified. And this Super Tuesday, administrators and teachers hope that a $516 million bond will pass to remedy the overcrowding problem. Measure ‘E' will allow for the building of new schools and the improvement of existing schools.
Illegal Alien Advocates Ignore the Real Problem
Two United States Catholic bishops have written to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, asking the agency to adopt policies aimed at assisting families and communities affected by immigration raids. Normally I do not engage in discussions relating to religion, but this issue should be important for all Americans, regardless of their religious orientation. I recently testified before the Indiana State Senate about a bill (SB 335) that would enable the state of Indiana to revoke the business license of any business that repeatedly hires illegal aliens, and provides other measures to enable that state to do the job the federal government won't do where immigration is concerned. During the hearing, I listened to a representative of the Catholic Church talk about the need to honor the dignity of the "undocumented immigrants." For the Catholic Church to take a stand on an issue that has such extreme implications for national security is outrageous. What is also outrageous is the fact that while the Church decries the lack of dignity that the arrest of illegal aliens represents (in the Church's judgment), why is the Church conspicuously absent at those factories and other work sites where illegal aliens are horribly treated? Why is the Church not showing up to protest the terrible conditions under which illegal aliens often live and work? During my long career at the former INS, I found (on many occasions) illegal aliens living in abject squalor.
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