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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationMusic Calendar for June 29, 2006SLAID CLEAVES, 7 p.m. today, KAXE's Amphitheatre under the Rotary tent in Grand Rapids. Tickets: $20, KAXE members $15. Call (218) 326-1234.WET DOG, 9 p.m. today, Amazing Grace Bakery and Cafe, 394 S. Lake Ave. Free. Call 723-0075. BRIAN JONES, 10 p.m. Friday, Fitger's Brewhouse, 600 E. Superior St. Free. Call 726-1392. STEVE KAUL, 10 p.m. Saturday, Fitger's Brewhouse, 600 E. Superior St. Free. Call 726-1392. BLUEGRASS YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, 8:15 p.m. Friday, Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, three miles south of Bayfield on Wisconsin Highway 13. Tickets: $28. Call (888) BIG-TENT (244-8368) or go to www.bigtop.org. PERT' NEAR SANDSTONE, 10 p.m. Friday, Pizza Luce, 11 E. Superior St. Cover: $5. Call 727-7400.
Cuban Soap Opera Sparks DebateOnce persecuted, then excluded, and finally tolerated, Cuban homosexuals have seen the debate on sexual diversity expand in recent weeks as a state-sponsored soap opera featuring some gay characters has riveted the nation.
In a recent episode of "La Cara Oculta de la Luna," or the "Dark Side of the Moon," Yasel, who is married and the father of a little girl, is as surprised as viewers are to discover he is physically attracted to another man, named Mario.
The attraction leads to a sexual relationship and Yasel's subsequent contraction of the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
The series on state television is intended to educate Cubans about AIDS by telling the stories of those with the virus.
But it also has sparked a more open debate about homosexuality in a society where macho attitudes persist.
Georgia Man Wins $12 MillionBILOXI, Miss. -- A Columbus, Georgia, man hit the $12.3 million jackpot playing a Wheel of Fortune progressive dollar slot machine at the Isle of Capri in Biloxi, Mississippi.Isle marketing director Justin Hill said the man, who declined to sign a press release, won the jackpot yesterday. Hill said the man told casino officials that he had spent about $40 at the machine. The jackpot follows the $8.2 million a Metairie, Louisiana, woman won in March at the Isle playing Wheel of Fortune quarter slot. The Wheel of Fortune slots are linked to casinos throughout Mississippi. . RACING - Salisbury, Wednesday 28th JuneRichard Hannon has saddled nearly as many three-year-old winners (fifteen) here at Salisbury as the other represented trainers have managed between them, and in offering both SENSUOUS and LA FANCIULLA the green light, Richard has a fine chance of snaring another gold rosette. .Unsentimental journeyTHE AUNTS ALWAYS said Roberta inherited her acting talent from Nanny Mary, who turned on the "Irish rain" whenever she felt her back bumping against the wall, tugging heartstrings with a piteous woe-is-me sob story. She "rained" on her outraged daughters - who eventually became waterproof - and on a succession of judges, more easily fooled into pitying the hard-done-by old dear in the dock scraping along any way she could.In reality, this daughter of Irish tinkers, born with the gift of the gab in 1900, was smoking by nine, tattooed by 14, and had the first of her seven children at 18, marrying the father seven months later. By the mid-1920s she'd already spent three months in Holloway, though afterwards she claimed to have been in hospital. ("I've never been to a hospital with iron bars before," cracked her second eldest, Aunt Doll.) .Arrest made in attack on London singerLONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- London police have a suspect in custody for an attack that critically injured Les Incompetents frontman Billy Leeson.The unidentified suspect was arrested Sunday, This is Local London reported on its Web site Monday. Leeson, 19, was punched and knocked to the ground June 22 after exchanging words with another passenger on a city bus. He got off the bus and was walking with his girlfriend when he was knocked to the ground and hit his head on the pavement. Leeson suffered a skull fracture and underwent a five-hour operation to relieve brain pressure Thursday, but has not yet regained consciousness. The punk band had performed at a London club shortly before the attack. .Edgewood man accused of threatening casinosAn Edgewood man is facing federal charges after he allegedly threatened northeast Iowa casinos by letter and telephone.According to a complaint filed against him Friday in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Greg Johnson admitted his threats to a postal inspector during a raid at his parents home, where he was also living. According to an affidavit with the case, Johnson told U.S. Postal Inspector Kevin Marshall that he wrote and mailed threatening letters and telephoned bomb threats to the Isle of Capri Casino in Marquette and the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque. According to the affidavit, Johnson mailed the letters and called in the bomb threats because he saw them as justice for what the casinos did to him. Johnson had been barred from both casinos for disorderly conduct. La. fights uphill battle to save coastLast year's hurricanes showed that nearly every part of Louisiana's long, circuitous and sinking coast is vulnerable to catastrophic flooding similar to what happened here.Engineers are already working on the earthen levees and floodgates around New Orleans, but officials say there is also an urgent need to pour money into a second line of defense: The natural world of barrier islands and marshlands that stand between towns and the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, state and federal officials embarked on a tour of several multimillion dollar projects started before Katrina and Rita. The work involved building sand dunes, planting marsh grasses and dumping mud on shorelines. The tour of islands where pirates once held court and plantations flourished highlights the desperate, and seemingly futile, war Louisiana is fighting against Mother Nature while it tries to patch up the human mistakes of the past.
Newcomer Cameron Donald takes Skerries by StormAustralian Cameron Donald, came to the Skerries Road Races, saw and conquered, taking two victories and a second place on his debut ride around the most famous of the Southern Irish Road Races. The Uel Duncan Racing Team rider opened his account with a start to finish victory in the M & M Plastering Irish Open Championship Race over local favourite Martin Finnegan, with Raymond Porter taking third. In the Malting's House 600cc race, the likeable Aussie was pipped to the post by Porter by a mere 4/10th's of a second, with Finnegan third. Cameron wrapped up day with a convincing 4-second advantage over Martin Finnegan in the Des DArcy Grand Final, where Raymond Porter took third. Darran Lindsay took the 250cc race honours as Robert Dunlop took the 125cc race victory. In the Duke Road Race Rankings, current leader Ian Lougher is still ahead, although his points advantage has been severely cut back to just 16 points as Cameron Donald moves into second place demoting Kiwi Bruce Anstey to third.PokerStars float on the cardsINTERNET poker giant PokerStars was today reported to be close to appointing HSBC to advise it on a massive £1.6 billion stock market flotation.The firm, which is the world's second-biggest online poker company after PartyGaming, is expected to name the banking giant as sole global co-ordinator and sponsor of the proposed market listing. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) would offer support as joint bookrunner. Both banks have experience of floating internet gambling firms on the London Stock Exchange, with DKW floating PartyGaming and HSBC providing advice to rival 888 Holdings. PokerStars, which is based on the Isle of Man, had previously worked with NM Rothschild on a possible trade sale, but a high asking price is said to have acted as a deterrent.
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