The Godfather is one of the best loved films of all time. Now, the home where Francis Ford Coppola filmed Marlon Brando’s death and Al Pacino’s familial return is up for sale in Staten Island, NY.
The owner of the home at 110 Longfellow Avenue is asking $2.9 million and the purchase price includes Brando’s original cue cards.
(WATCH the video below from Today)
A number of US states are challenging the new health care law on Constitutional grounds. But, a very interesting Forbes article points out that the founding fathers who wrote and signed the Constitution actually authorized, for the good of the new nation’s economy, the creation of a government-operated hospital service with a mandate for privately employed sailors to purchase health care insurance.
Creative inspiration can come from many sources, but the lint from your clothes dryer? Colored lint collected from a dryer screen became the media with which Laura Bell of Roscommon, Michigan created a 14-foot replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.
She was aiming for the quarter million dollar prize offered in a Grand Rapids art contest, but instead, her fuzzy masterpiece was bought by the people at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! for display in one of the company’s 32 “odditoriums” around the world.
Creative inspiration can come from many sources, but the lint from your clothes dryer? Colored lint collected from a dryer screen became the media with which Laura Bell of Roscommon, Michigan created a 14-foot replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.
She was aiming for the quarter million dollar prize offered in a Grand Rapids art contest, but instead, her fuzzy masterpiece was bought by the people at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! for display in one of the company’s 32 “odditoriums” around the world.
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new high tunnel built with financial assistance from the US government. Also called hoop houses, seasonal high tunnels look a lot like greenhouses but require no artificial energy source—all they need is natural daylight. With their natural pest controlled environment, farmers across the country are now able to sell organic, locally grown produce throughout the year in states as cold as Minnesota, Wisconsin and even Alaska.
$13 million from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has gone to more than 2,400 farmers in 43 states to help pay for the low-tech seasonal high tunnels.
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new high tunnel built with financial assistance from the US government. Also called hoop houses, seasonal high tunnels look a lot like greenhouses but require no artificial energy source—all they need is natural daylight. With their natural pest controlled environment, farmers across the country are now able to sell organic, locally grown produce throughout the year in states as cold as Minnesota, Wisconsin and even Alaska.
$13 million from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has gone to more than 2,400 farmers in 43 states to help pay for the low-tech seasonal high tunnels.
James Franco, the star of 127 Hours, was honored Saturday for his involvement with an organization that encourages actors, artists and musicians to donate their time and talent to children battling serious medical conditions.
U.S. President Barack Obama has loosened travel restrictions on Cuba to allow religious groups and students to travel to the communist country. The White House said Friday the measures are aimed at developing “people to people” contacts through more academic, cultural and religious exchanges.
What started out as a memorial for a little boy has become a gift for a community in need of smiles.
Ben’s Bells has never seen so many volunteers, painting, assembling and hanging ceramic wind chimes from random branches and playgrounds around the city of Tucson. Hundreds came out to help hang these gifts for citizens to find and take home.
WATCH the Making a Difference video below, or at MSNBC…
Prosperity Candle provides women living in distressed areas around the world the tools and distribution they need to start their own companies making and selling beautiful candles.
They wanted to prove their business model could benefit struggling women in any other part of the world, so the Massachusetts-based company launched their pilot project in Baghdad, in the midst of war and exploding bombs.
Prosperity Candle provides women living in distressed areas around the world the tools and distribution they need to start their own companies making and selling beautiful candles.
They wanted to prove their business model could benefit struggling women in any other part of the world, so the Massachusetts-based company launched their pilot project in Baghdad, in the midst of war and exploding bombs.
The $858 billion tax plan approved by Congress in December included a surprise 2% reduction in payroll taxes for 2011, in what amounts to a $120 billion bet that Americans will spend the money and help juice the economy.
If you earn $100,000 a year or more, that temporary tax reduction will mean an extra $2,000 this year — almost $40 more in your paycheck every week.
How will Americans stimulate the economy?
(READ the story in the USA Today)
A California woman says her pet shih-tzu, missing for the past five years, amazingly reappeared on her doorstep last week — even after the family had moved several times.
A reporter at KGET-TV talked to Madelyn about Prince’s return…
A California woman says her pet shih-tzu, missing for the past five years, amazingly reappeared on her doorstep last week — even after the family had moved several times.
A reporter at KGET-TV talked to Madelyn about Prince’s return…
Today the First Family honored Dr. Martin Luther King with a visit to Stuart Hobson Middle School, where they took part in a mentoring project organized by Greater DC Cares’ Mentoring Matters Initiative. In this photo, the President paints pictures of fruit in the cafeteria.
“This is just an outstanding program, an example of what Martin Luther King’s birthday should be all about,” he said. “I want to thank all the mentees and mentors who are participating.”
“Dr. King obviously had a dream of justice and equality in our society, but he also had a dream of service, that you could be a drum major for service, that you could lead by giving back to our communities. And that’s what this program is all about and that’s what these participants are all about.”
Remember London’s bike superhighways that opened in July, leading, like spokes on a wheel, to the city center?
Now, the agency responsible, Transport for London, says the bright blue painted lanes have initiated a huge surge in cycling among Londoners using both routes, affirming their role as bike “Superhighways.”
The NFL is helping craft legislation in states around the country that would protect young athletes from the long-term effects of concussions.
The laws aims to raise coaches’ awareness of symptoms and prevent athletes from returning to practice or competition too soon.
A handful of changes in the tax code could translate into a fatter refund check in 2011, thanks to the Small Business Jobs Act, passed in September and the historic health care reform law, passed in March. These laws offer hefty credits and deductions for capital investments and employee health insurance costs.
There are a number of other new things that taxpayers should remember. This year, they will have until Monday, April 18 to file their tax returns and pay any tax due. Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. D.C. holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file this year.
A handful of changes in the tax code could translate into a fatter refund check in 2011, thanks to the Small Business Jobs Act, passed in September and the historic health care reform law, passed in March. These laws offer hefty credits and deductions for capital investments and employee health insurance costs.
There are a number of other new things that taxpayers should remember. This year, they will have until Monday, April 18 to file their tax returns and pay any tax due. Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. D.C. holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file this year.
The recession was hard on a lot of people, but one Los Angeles photographer has found great personal satisfaction documenting the positive effects the recession has had on people.
Amid a downturn in her own career in advertising, Remy Haynes decided to come up with a project that would showcase her journalistic nature while uncovering the stories of people whose lives have changed for the better since the recession.
The Currency Project became a website with video interviews and posted stories, as well as a photo exhibition that ran in the James Gray Gallery.
