When in Chicago, Illinois, make sure to make a visit to the Millennium Park – an award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design. This 24.5-acre Park features the work of world-renowned architects, planners, artists and designers. Among Millennium Park’s prominent features are the Jay Pritzker Pavilion – the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States, the interactive Crown Fountain and the contemporary Lurie Garden. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, admission is free and the Park is open daily until 11pm. If you’re feeling inspired and creative and want to mingle with the locals of Chicago, visit the Millennium Park and get your dose of live music, theater and dance in this beautiful open park.

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“If fashion were porn, this dress would be the money shot.”

– Gabourey Sidibe

Okay… now that gives you something to think about. Especially considering the money shot dresses I’ve seen in the past.

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Looks just like my 8th grade English teach, Mrs. Howard… red marker and all.

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To some he is a Orca. To others he’s a Killer Whale. Depends on who you ask I guess.

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WASHINGTON — Actor Wesley Snipes, who has tax problems of his own, had a blunt reaction to news about a software engineer who crashed his plane into an office building with nearly 200 IRS employees inside.

In an interview Friday with the Associated Press, Snipes asked, “What’s new?”

Authorities say A. Joseph Stack III, who was furious with the Internal Revenue Service, crashed his plane into an Austin, Texas, building on Thursday. Stack and one other person were killed.

Snipes said tax problems have been an issue in the U.S. from the very beginning.

As the actor put it: “I think it was an issue even for the early colonists and the British, so what’s new?”

Snipes, 47, was convicted in 2008 of not paying taxes for three years. He was sentenced to three years in prison and is appealing.

Despite his legal troubles, Snipes said, “All is very well. We’re very positive, we’re very confident that things will work out to our benefit and to our favor.”

He brushed off the experience as just another part of living.

“These are the bumps and bruises of life. They build character and you learn from it as you move on.”

Snipes says he still doesn’t understand why the IRS pursued him.

He added, “I’m not a politician, I’m not saving the world, I haven’t created a cure for cancer, I make movies …”

In 2006, “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch was convicted of not paying his taxes and spent more than three years in jail. He complained that the IRS used him as an example.

In Snipes’ opinion, “they were successful.”

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By Associated Press

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In order to provide what it calls “an additional layer of security,” the Transportation Security Administration said that airline passengers can expect to face occasional checks for explosive residue in other parts of the airport besides the security checkpoints. The so-called Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) technology involves taking a swab from a traveler’s hands or luggage and analyzing it in a special piece of equipment on a mobile cart to see if the individual has been handling bomb-making materials lately. It has been tested in recent weeks at the Raleigh-Durham, Atlanta and Orlando airports, as well as two smaller airports in North Carolina. “Passengers can now expect to see the increased random use of ETD technology in areas where TSA currently conducts screening such as the security checkpoint, as well as in the checkpoint queue and boarding areas,” TSA said. “To ensure the health of travelers, screening swabs are disposed of after each use. Since it will be used on a random basis, passengers should not expect to see the same thing at every airport or each time they travel.” According to a security expert interviewed in USA Today, the ETD technology possibly could have caught the failed Christmas Day “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab; but he noted it is so sensitive it will also single out persons who have taken nitroglycerin heart pills or who have recently fired a gun.

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Pink put on a show that was worthy of a true showman at Sundays Grammy Award show in Los Angeles. Not just singing a song, or performing with dozens of choreographed human props (that’s so “Rhythm Nation” old), but an actual performance. And she did it beautifully. The music, the actual singing live instead of lip-syncing, and the surreal tone she set with beautiful and graceful flowing moves was spellbinding. That live performance should be nominated for an Emmy. Wait and see.

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