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The single "Bridge Over Troubled Water"/This Is the Night," released June 10, 2003, has gone platinum. It was the fastest-selling single since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" and the best-selling single of 2003. It was the first single to go platinum since 2002, when Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" sold a million copies after being out for over a year. In October of 2003 Aiken released his first solo album, Measure of a Man, which debuted at #1 on the "Billboard 200" and was, with over 600,000 copies sold in its firs ...

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The Simpsons - Characters. Main articles: List of characters from The Simpsons, and [[]], and [[]], and See also:

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List of people from Massachusetts - Comedians. Denis Leary comedian and actor Jay Leno comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien comedian and talk show host Louis C.K. comedian, director Mario Cantone comedian Steve Carell comedian, actor, The Daily Show Dane Cook comedian, stand up, and actor Rob Corddry comedian, The Daily Show Lenny Clarke comedian, stand up, and actor Bill Burr comedian Nick DiPaolo comedian < ...

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List of Lutherans - U.S. Governors. Cecil Andrus (D), former governor of Idaho (1971-1975; 1987-1995). Otis R. Bowen (R), former governor of Indiana (1973-1981) and Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan. Bill Janklow (R), former governor of South Dakota (1979-1987; 1995-2003). Gary Johnson (R), former governor of New Mexico (1995-2003). Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus (R), former governor of Minnesota (1921-1925). Stan Stephens (R), former ...

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See also: Boston transportation Greater Boston - Highways. Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Interstate 93 within Boston) Interstate 95: North to New Hampshire and Maine; south to Providence, Rhode Island and beyond US Route 1 Interstate 93: North to New Hampshire; south to Canton US Route 3 Massachusetts Route 2: Northwest and west The Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90): West to Framingham, Massachusetts and beyond Massachusetts ...

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The humor in a slight variation of meta-jokes relies on some other, different class or classes of jokes. A newlywed couple, a blind man, an Iranian mullah, a chicken, a used car dealer, Judith Regan, a proctologist, and a Hollywood starlet, along with a nun, a man who just received a gorilla brain transplant, two Hassidic Jews, a stuttering hotel clerk, and a can of Spam are riding in a compact car. Suddenly, they hear a siren and a state trooper motions the vehicle to pull over. "License and registration," says the cop, "you've ...

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New England - The indigenous peoples of New England. New England has long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking native peoples, including the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Wampanoag, and many others. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans such as Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier and John Cabot (known as Giovanni Caboto before being based in England) charted the New England coast. They referred to the region as Norumbega, named for a fabulous native city that was supposed to exist there. See also: List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin. New England - Early ...

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James Blunt plays both the guitar and piano/organ and his debut single in the UK, "High", peaked below the Top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. However, the song was chosen to appear in a Vodafone commercial in Italy, and as a result ended up becoming a Top 10 hit in that country. Some people also suspect his song "High" as being a drug reference, which Blunt claims to be ridiculous. His second single "Wisemen" ...

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James Blunt, James Blunt - Early success, James Blunt - Discography, James Blunt - Albums, James Blunt - Singles

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See also. U.S. television schedules for 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 ...

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Primus band - Early Days 1984–1991. Primus began as Primate in the mid-1980s with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth. Drummer Perm Parker was added in later, although the band would go through many other drummers throughout their early history. They formed in El Sobrante, California. After rising to local music scene stardom with their brand of funk/metal fusion, Huth and current drummer Jay Lane left in 1989 to pursue other projects. Claypool recruited death metal guitarist and one time Joe Satriani student Larr ...

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Primus band, Primus band - Band Biography, Primus band - Early Days 1984–1991, Primus band - Peak Years 1991–1996, Primus band - Mantia Era/Hiatus 1997–2002, Primus band - Reformation 2002–Present, Primus band - Members, Primus band - Etymology, Primus band - Song Content, Primus band - Politics, Primus band - Trivia, Primus band - Discography, Primus band - Full Length Albums, Primus band - EP/Singles, Primus band - Singles

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The U.S. is the biggest exporter of television content in the world. In the U.S., television production is influenced by two major parties: advertisers, who hold sway over the broadcast and basic cable networks, and cable systems, who hold sway over the pay cable networks. The owners of the broadcast and basic cable must attract advertising dollars, while the owners of pay cable networks such as HBO must only attract viewership. Most television programming is guided by the same trinity that leads movie production: producers, directors ...

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List of famous tall men - 7 ft 2.5 in 220 cm. Arvydas Sabonis — basketball player ...

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The Stanley Cup, originally a decorative bowl purchased from a London silversmith worth 10 guineas ($48.67 USD), was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, who had become enamoured with ice hockey. It was originally used as the trophy given out to the top amateur hockey team in Canada, decided by the acceptance of a challenge from another team by the Cup holders and trustees. Lord Stanley had made several preliminary regulations regarding the Cup: The Cup also acted as the league championship of the ...

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(Note that Howe and Schwartz begin the Boom Generation in 1943 -- not 1946, on grounds that the years 1943 and 1943 reflect a divide of temperament between older Silent and younger, more radical Boomers). 1946 Kathleen Casey – Born 1 second after midnight on January 1st, 1946. Generally regarded as the "First Baby Boomer" Bill Clinton – 42nd President of the United States Dolly Parton – country singer and songwriter, actress Gregory Hines – dancer, actor - deceased Donald Trum ...

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Kweller began his solo career with his 2002 debut Sha Sha which included the very radio-friendly and popular single 'Wasted & Ready'. The title track reconciles his past career efforts with Radish and the difficulty of finding an identity as a 20 year-old artist beginning a musical career for the second time. The record kept many of the familiar sounds of Nirvana, but also worked in other pop music influences such as Weezer and Ben Folds. The album grew in popularity with a grassroot effort with his website and a promotion group called TeamBK ...

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Ben Kweller, Ben Kweller - Solo career, Ben Kweller - Discography, Ben Kweller - Albums, Ben Kweller - EPs, Ben Kweller - Singles

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The Simpsons - Characters. The main characters were originally created by Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated segments for The Tracey Ullman Show. Over the course of the series Groening has used many of the themes present in his long-running comic strip series, Life in Hell. (For instance, the idea of creative school children constantly being persecuted and suppressed by totalitarian grown-ups stems from the strip.) Many of the characters in The Simpsons take their names fr ...

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Tonight's original host was Steve Allen, as noted above. Thanks to his popularity on this program, he was given his own nighttime series, leading him to share hosting duties with Ernie Kovacs during the 1956-1957 season; while Allen prepared his prime time show, Kovacs hosted Tonight on Monday and Tuesday nights. Kovacs is sometimes referred to as the show's first guest host. During the later Steve Allen years, regular audience member Ms. Miller became such an integral part, she was forced to join AFTRA the television/radio performers union. Allen's original announcer was Gene Rayburn, who went on to ...

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The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show - Hosts, The Tonight Show - Recurring gags Jay Leno, The Tonight Show - Classic gags, The Tonight Show - Programming history

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Main list of visual artists: List of Irish artists List of Irish people - Architecture. Eileen Gray James Hoban, designer of White House Kevin Roche Sam Stephenson Edward Lovett Pearce List of Irish people - Actors. Patrick Bergin Pierce Brosnan, Navan-born James Bond Gabriel Byrne Cyril Cusack, born in South Africa Niamh Cusack Sorcha Cusack Daniel Day-Lew ...

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2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts will be 62% by 2010. Boom in music downloading and the use of data compression to quickly transfer music over the Internet, with a corresponding rise of portable digital audio players typified by Apple Computer's iPod. Digital cameras become very popular due to rapid decreases in size and cost while photo resolution steadily increases. Sales of film reel came ...

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These are the full 22-minute long episodes that premiered before Christmas of 1989 as a spinoff of the shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. List of The Simpsons episodes - Season One 1989-1990. 13 episodes Ron Taylor guest stars Albert Brooks guest stars Albert Brooks guest stars Kelsey Grammer guest stars Penny Marshall guest stars List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Two 1990-1991. ...

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List of The Simpsons episodes, List of The Simpsons episodes - The shorts, List of The Simpsons episodes - The series, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season One 1989-1990, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Two 1990-1991, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Three 1991-1992, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Four 1992-1993, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Five 1993-1994, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Six 1994-1995, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Seven 1995-1996, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Eight 1996-1997, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Nine 1997-1998, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Ten 1998-1999, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Eleven 1999-2000, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Twelve 2000-2001, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Thirteen 2001-2002, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Fourteen 2002-2003, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Fifteen 2003-2004, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Sixteen 2004-2005, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Seventeen 2005-2006, List of The Simpsons episodes - Season Eighteen 2006-2007, List of The Simpsons episodes - Music videos, List of The Simpsons episodes - The spots, List of The Simpsons episodes - Simpsons Alternative UK Christmas Message 2004

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MacDonald joined the cast of NBC's popular Saturday Night Live (SNL) program in 1993, where he occasionally did impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Bob Dole and others. However, his most notable position on SNL was his three-year stint as anchor of Weekend Update (WU), which is regarded by many fans as perhaps the best in the segment's history. Chevy Chase, the first anchor of WU, has noted that MacDonald is the only anchor since Chevy's tenure to have "done it right." His deadpan sty ...

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Norm MacDonald comedian, Norm MacDonald comedian - Saturday Night Live, Norm MacDonald comedian - After SNL

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