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Yesterday | Daily Mail

Sharleen Spiteri: Brush with death that gave Texas a new lease of...

When Glaswegian rockers Texas took a breather after their seventh album in 2005, singer Sharleen Spiteri thought they might be out of action for a couple of years before resuming a career that had seen them sell more than 30million albums.

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Wed May 22, 2013

This Is London

Andrew Jaspan's The Conversation is making news without a profit

The offices of The Conversation look like many hot internet start-ups, with a dozen staff toiling at computers in cramped premises on the top floor of a concrete office block near Old Street.

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Related Topix: Reggae, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Journalism

Deadline

Cannes Briefs: 'Pioneer' Sales; Howard J. Ford Boards...

Arrow Films has acquired all UK rights on Norwegian thriller Pioneer . It's also sold to Benelux, Japan and Korea.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Insomnia, Reggae

Tue May 21, 2013

Blacktown Sun

Why include local governments in the constitution?

Voters will be asked by Julia Gillard to vote ''yes'' in a referendum to include local governments in the constitution at the polls on September 14.

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Related Topix: Julia Gillard, Reggae

Sun May 19, 2013

Slackbastard

Bullying is bad, mmmkay David?

The Age today reports that a Federal Court judge has ruled that RMIT done wrogn when it fired a professor, Judith Bessant, breaking workplace laws intended to prevent employers from silencing critics .

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Independent

The Conversation: Tracey Cox, sex expert

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Related Topix: Reggae, Human Sexuality, Watches

Fri May 17, 2013

Mind Hacks

Did the eyes really stare down bicycle crime in Newcastle?

This is the first fortnightly column I'll be writing for The Conversation , a creative commons news and opinion website that launched today.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Guardian

Sharleen Spiteri: 'I'd cut off my arm for someone to call us a pop band'

I am in Glasgow, in my mum and dad's house. I'm upstairs in my old bedroom and they're under strict orders: do not shout at me.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Crikey

Broadcasting and arts: boost for ABC, SBS and Conversation

Crikey examines how media and culture organisations fared in this year's budget.

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/film

'Berberian Sound Studio' Trailer: Beware the Sound of Fear

Berberian Sound Studio started doing the festival rounds last year, but IFC is going to release it in the US this summer.

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Related Topix: Reggae, Electronic, Broadcast

Tue May 14, 2013

Sunday Herald

Texas: The Conversation

Sharleen Spiteri and her cohorts wear their influences on their sleeves, so a tie-up with Richard Hawley, with whom they worked with on much of this album, makes a lot of sense.

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Related Topix: Reggae, Sharleen Spiteri

ContactMusic.com

Sharleen Spiteri Snubs Single Tracks

Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri always downloads full albums in favour of singles, insisting real music fans refuse to fast-forward through records.

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Related Topix: Sharleen Spiteri, Pop/Rock, Texas, Reggae

Mon May 13, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Hard to separate the IRS from Benghazi

Tea Party event in July 2012 in front of the S.D. County Administration building.

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Cornish Guardian

Texas return with Plymouth Pavilions gig

IN THEIR 25th anniversary year Texas release their new studio album The Conversation on May 20.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Texas, Reggae

The Miami Herald

Gloria Estefan speaks at Cuba's Independence Day

The Cuban-born singer will appear Monday at Miami Dade College. In collaboration with the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, she will be joined by the leader of the dissident group Ladies in White, Berta Soler.

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Related Topix: Cuba, Central America, World News, Reggae

Fri May 10, 2013

The Independent

The Conversation: Jon Lee Anderson, foreign correspondent

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Related Topix: Reggae, Family, Teenagers

Wed May 08, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

The Conversation: An Ethnic Map

David Brooks : On Tuesday I was on a panel with Representative Xavier Becerra, the chairman of the House Democratic caucus, and Janet MurguA a, who is the head of the National Council of La Raza.

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Related Topix: Reggae, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

Washington Examiner

Is Chris Christie funny?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office has produced a new video for the annual New Jersey Legislative Correspondents' dinner.

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Related Topix: Chris Christie, US Governors, Jon Bon Jovi, Pop/Rock, Bon Jovi, Reggae

Fri May 03, 2013

The Independent

The Conversation: Tim Lang, professor of food policy

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Related Topix: Reggae, Agriculture, Science, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds

Wed May 01, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

The Conversation: Days of the Jackals

Gail Collins : David, I just got back from a vacation in Botswana. We were cut off from the outside world for quite a while, just looking at nature.

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Related Topix: Reggae, US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Opinion