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Monday Nov 16 | The York Daily Record

Do-nothing lawmakers

It was an intriguing headline in the Nov. 8 Sunday local section: "For 1 year, don't expect new laws -- State incumbents will have races looming as they weigh votes." Next year, all state House seats are up for election and many Senate seats.

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Related Topix: Wisdom Teeth, Health, Pop/Rock

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Whitby Today

Musician turns down Italian job to play lifeboat gig

By Alex Fredman A BLUES' musican has turned down a prestigious gig in Italy with ex-Dire Straits band members to play at a charity night in aid of Whitby Lifeboat.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mark Knopfler

The Age

Music No strings attached

Strummy time: Mark Knopfler gets introspective. November 13, 2009 The former Dire Straits frontman now relishes a simpler way of touring, writes Andrew Murfett.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Selby Today

Monk Fryston service will remember fallen soldiers

REMEMBRANCE Day services led by former RAF pilot the Rev John Hetherington will focus on those fallen and still fighting in current conflicts.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Canada.com

Mark Knopfler

His multi-platinum years as an MTV mainstay are now long behind him, but Mark Knopfler still keeps up an impressive pace in his fourth decade of touring and recording.

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Related Topix: Mark Knopfler, Pop/Rock

Tue Oct 27, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

Man gets paid for 6 years by a company he never worked for

It's like that Dire Straits song. No, not Walk of Life. I do love that video though.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Basking Ridge, NJ, Avaya, Telecom

Mon Oct 26, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Top 10 songs about money

"It's All About the Benjamins" Puff Daddy Agree with this list? Hate it? Got one of your own? Tell us what you think at mySA.com, Keyword: List

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Fountains of Wayne, Pop/Rock, The Steve Miller Band

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Appeal Tribune

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was not earned

President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize award reminded me of two songs: "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits and "Imagine" by John Lennon.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, John Lennon, Opinion

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Pacific Sun

Music: What's goin' on?

"Come back Woody Guthrie, come back to us now," Steve Earle implored in his stirring 1997 ballad "Christmastime in Washington." "Tear your eyes from paradise--and rise again somehow." It's a socialist's pipedream that's gained urgency at a time when President Obama is branded as a communist and even PBS-TV filmmaker Ken Burns has come under fire ...

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Related Topix: Folk, Woody Guthrie, Pop/Rock

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Harry's Place

Zimmerman finds his Messiah

Well, I've been giving Dylan's Saved album a few spins. My impression so far is that it seems more rushed that Slow Train Coming.

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Related Topix: Muscle Shoals, AL, Pop/Rock, Bob Dylan

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Motley Fool

Top 10 Songs About Money

October 14, 2009 - Comments As I found out with a GoogleA search, the topA songs about money list has been done many times before...but there's nothing saying I can't do it better! I've made a playlist of the Top 10 for your enjoyment here ...unfortunately, I had to use a coverA version of #1. Without further ado:A 10) Take the Money and Run a ' ...

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Pop/Rock

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Little Green Footballs

Wednesday Afternoon Music: Dire Straits, 'Brothers in Arms'

Outrageous Outrage of the Day! Michelle Malkin sees through the Obama-Hitler's latest dastardly plot to bring foreigners to America, under the disguise of a sporting event &mdash and even worse, he's using poor innocent children as pawns in his scheme! More... Here's a clip from the Alan Colmes radio show, in April 2006, featuring white supremacist ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Sep 28, 2009

TheSpectrum.com

'Get Lucky' is a good album that should have been great

Mark Knopfler is one of rock's greatest storytellers. From 'Romeo and Juliet' during his Dire Straits days to 2000's 'Sailing to Philadelphia,' the fingerstyle guitarist with the comforting baritone has become known for his compelling story-songs. Perhaps it's his early life as a journalist that made him so interested in the stories of others.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mark Knopfler

Sat Sep 26, 2009

Newkerala.com

Muse take charge of European album chart

September 26, 2009: British rockers MUSE have charged to the top of the European album charts after their new release, THE RESISTANCE, claimed number ones in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Financial Times

Mark Knopfler, Bush Hall, London

Over the past few years, an indiscriminate 1980s revival has variously brought back into fashion synth-pop, legwarmers, blue mascara, the Cure and Duran Duran.

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Related Topix: Simon Cowell, Pop/Rock

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Houston Press

Long Reach

Sonny Landreth's 30-plus year career has taken him from sleeping on pool tables at Houston's legendary Gold Star Studios to flights to London to play with Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler.

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Related Topix: Blues, Sonny Landreth, Houston, TX, Pop/Rock, Clifton Chenier, Music, Entertainment

Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Grand Junction Sentinel

Knopfler's latest release could be his best ever

I have been a fan of Mark Knopfler's music since I purchased the first Dire Straits LP in 1978 at Smokestack Records on North Fifth Street in Grand Junction.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mark Knopfler, Grand Junction Metro, Grand Junction, CO, Opinion

Sun Sep 20, 2009

Newhaven Today

WIN: Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler's guitar

Legendary musician Mark Knopfler is auctioning his guitar in aid of Chichester's Pallant House Gallery.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mark Knopfler

Sat Sep 19, 2009

Denver - News, Events, Restaurants, M...

Steely Dan, Mark Knopfler, Rob Zombie, Puscifer shows announced

It's been an insanely busy week of concert announcements that run the gamut from King Kahn & BBQ Show and Melt-Banana, Wolfmother and Ghostland Observatory to Stone Temple Pilots, Insane Clown Posse and Kevin Smith .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rob Zombie, Steely Dan, Tool, Theater, Arts

Thu Sep 17, 2009

LiveDaily News

Mark Knopfler prepares for 'Lucky' trek

Knopfler will then return to Europe for lengthy leg that currently extends into July.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mark Knopfler, Theater, Arts, Seattle Metro

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