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Explore More He added insult to the menu. The New Jersey restaurant bashed by New York Times columnist David Brooks about its supposedly high prices — has created a cheeky blue plate special in the scribe’s honor. The “D Brooks” special at 1911 Smoke House BBQ includes a burger, fries — and what amounts to a virtually free double shot of whiskey for — $17.78, according to NJ Advance Media. “It was quite popular yesterday,” 1911 Smoke House BBQ owner Maurice Hallett told The Post on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES — The NBA’s past, present and future converged at Staples Center on Sunday night, when Kobe Bryant nabbed a courtside seat to watch the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks. Bryant, a five-time champion, embraced LeBron James, his superstar successor in Los Angeles. Before Bryant headed home to Orange County, though, he sought out Luka Doncic for a quick chat. “He was talking Slovenian,” Doncic said of Bryant, who is fluent in at least three languages.

Few journalists are lucky enough to stumble into stories that grab the national consciousness for decades. And when they do, even fewer are lucky enough to know their subjects intimately enough before the news breaks to offer readers not just a scoop, but a kind of dual biography. Ann Rule, who died Sunday at 83, was one of these. Though she would become a prolific writer — a woman who “reinvented the true crime genre and earned the trust of millions of readers who wanted a new and empathetic perspective on the tragic stories at the heart of her works,” as the president and chief executive officer of Simon and Schuster put it — Rule was just another anonymous writer in Seattle in 1971.

“Some tragedies, some huge media events, have a long, strange afterlife.” It’s what Washington Post reporter Sue Anne Pressley observed in August 1993, just four months after a fire killed more than 70 men, women and children at the Mount Carmel compound near Waco, Tex. Law enforcement officials believed that the Branch Davidian cult, led by self-proclaimed second Messiah David Koresh, had been stockpiling weapons for malicious reasons, and a February raid left six of his followers and four ATF agents dead.

By Monica Miller and Joshua Cheethamin Singapore and London Watch: China warship steers near US Navy in Taiwan StraitChina's defence minister has said war with the US would be an "unbearable disaster" for the world in his first major speech since taking on the role. At a security summit, General Li Shangfu said "some countries" were intensifying an arms race in Asia. But he said the world was big enough for both China and the US, and the two superpowers should seek common ground.

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During the fight, Old Yeller is bitten and injured by the wolf. Because of Old Yeller’s exposure to rabies and the fact that he is now a threat to the family as a result, the older son is forced to shoot and kill Old Yeller.Click to see full answer. Besides, who Killed Old Yeller? Travis Subsequently, question is, where was Old Yeller shot? According to the full revised shooting script, principal location filming of “Old Yeller” (Disney 1957) was conducted in Westlake Village (Albertson Ranch), Thousand Oaks (Sherwood Forest, aka Lake Sherwood) and Chatsworth (Iverson Ranch).

So athletes in popular sports make a lot more money than important people such as teachers, police officers and firefighters. These businesses pay the money because they know millions of fans will watch the games. TV networks then sell ads for cars, pizza and lots of other stuff that they show during the games.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, why do athletes get paid more than doctors?Professional athletes of leagues such as the MLB or the NBA warrant higher salaries than doctors because they are apart of an industry that gives more money to the employees and there is enough money going around for them to be paid more than doctors.