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In his latest film The Statement, Michael Caine plays a pardoned member of Petain’s Vichy regime responsible for killing seven Jews in 1944, who has since remained in hiding around the south of France with the aid of certain right-wing members of the Catholic Church. Based on Brian Moore’s n…

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In 1993, the future of the Gin Blossoms was in question. While the Arizona pop-rock band was dominating the airwaves with singles like “Hey Jealousy” and “Found Out About You,” Doug Hopkins, the songwriter behind the group’s biggest hits, was struggling with alcoholism and depression. He was…

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A request for $10 million in federal money to repair and restore California’s 600-mile string of historic missions built by local Indian labor for Spanish colonizers in the 18th and 19th centuries met two-pronged resistance on Capitol Hill last week, despite unanimous House approval in October.