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Taste of Mountains Saturday
Madison County history, artwork, music, good food and familiar faces are some of the experiences available at this year’s 18th annual Taste of the Mountains street festival, which is set for Saturday, Sept. 4 in downtown Madison.
Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car. Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Mark Pope says the arrests for possession of a controlled substance came late last night on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood during a traffic stop.
'Crocodile Dundee' says he can't afford back taxes
Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, said Tuesday he cannot afford to pay even 10 percent of what the Australian Tax Office says he owes in back taxes.
Original Kermit the Frog being given to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON -- The original Kermit the Frog from Jim Henson's Muppets collection is coming home to Washington where the characters were created in the 1950s. Today, Henson's widow Jane Henson will donate 10 characters from the early TV show "Sam and Friends" to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The museum already has a familiar Kermit the Frog puppet made famous on "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show." But the original Kermit looked more like a lizard. He was made with ping pong ball eyes and green felt from an old coat thrown out by Henson's mother.
New version of 'Avatar' hits theaters Friday
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- James Cameron is inviting movie-goers to take an extended tour of Pandora. The writer-director of "Avatar" is hoping fans will come back to the fictional planet to see 9 minutes of new footage when "Avatar: Special Edition" arrives in 3-D theaters on Friday. Cameron says the new footage is sprinkled throughout the film and includes a dramatic action scene showing a hunt for one of Pandora's fantastical animals.
Colbert to honor troops returning from Iraq
NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert is dusting off his camouflage suit. The comedian will broadcast two special episodes of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" to celebrate the end of combat operations in Iraq and to honor returning troops. On Sept. 8 and 9, the show will fill its audience with Iraq War veterans and active duty service men and women. Others will be beamed in via satellite from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Fall Tea set for Sept. 29
The Madison County Historical Society Fall Tea will begin at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29. A generous luncheon tea will be served at the Kemper Residence at 412 N. Main St. in downtown Madison, home of former Virginia governor and Confederate Gettysburg hero James Lawson Kemper
Hebron Valley fun run slated
Calling all runners, walkers and cancer survivors. The Madison Women’s Four Miler Training Program invites you to participate in the first annual Madison County-community-wide four mile fun run on Sunday, Aug. 28, based at Hebron Lutheran Church.
Madison Area Community Calendar
The deadline for submitting Madison Area Community Calendar items is 4:30 p.m. Monday for that week’s paper. (The deadline will be earlier, 4:30 p.m. Friday, for the weeks prior to Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day.) Items may be faxed to (540) 948-3045 or sent via e-mail to news@madison-news.com. Please include a contact person’s name and phone number. Items are subject to editing and appear on a space-available basis, with the priority going to events that will occur sooner.
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93, released from hospital
LOS ANGELES -- Zsa Zsa Gabor returned home yesterday to recuperate after being hospitalized at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center since July 17 for a broken hip, her husband said. Prince Frederic von Anhalt, the 93-year-old actress' eccentric partner, told reporters gathered outside their Bel-Air mansion overlooking Los Angeles that Gabor is glad to be back.
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