| Kosher restaurant to reopen after blaze
A popular kosher restaurant in Golders Green will reopen this week, almost four months after it was gutted by fire. Solly's, in Golders Green Road, was severely damaged in the blaze on September 24, last year. It led some fans of the restaurant, which has been a favourite of residents for almost 20 years, to brand it "truly a tragic day for food lovers". A Facebook group, set up to "mourn the loss of Solly's", has almost 1,000 members, who have posted their memories and comments about the restaurant, along with any updates or theories as to what caused the fire. Manager of Solly's, Menashe Gavish said he expected the takeaway area to open tonight (January 15), and the rest of the ground floor to be opening tomorrow. "It has taken a lot of cleaning but it is now first class and will look tip-top with great food," he said.
Frat Kids Utterly Demolish Hotel Room In Colo.
ESTES PARK, Colo. (CBS) ― Police in Estes Park on Wednesday released more details about the underage drinking and felony criminal mischief arrests of pledges from the Delta Chi fraternity in Boulder, reported CBS station KCNC-TV in Denver. The new information details an alarming amount of damage done to two rooms in the mountain town's Super 8 Motel. After reports of a loud party in one of the rooms, officers arrived at the motel about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. They found the nine University of Colorado students in rooms No. 5 and 6 amid a sea of destruction. That damage was estimated at more than $1,000 and included the following: - A 3 foot by 1.5 foot hole in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom - Smaller holes in the walls of both rooms and a door - Ceiling fans ripped down from the ceiling and torn apart - Lamps destroyed - Pictures and heating units ripped off the wall and torn apart - Shower curtains and rods torn down - Phones broken in pieces - Molding around doors pulled off and broken - Vomit and blood on various surfaces - Tables in pieces - One mirror had several wads of spit on it, another was pulled off the wall and shattered - A dresser drawer was broken apart - A shelf was in pieces - Furniture broken and torn apart - The circuit breaker in one of the rooms had been tripped An earlier report also stated that a coffee pot full of urine was also discovered in the room.
Wells struggles in the aftermath of quake
Rattled in Wells, Nev. 'Everything was just waves' Card players didn't fold 'em during quake Wells pulls together, shaking continues U. scientists gathering Nevada quake data 6.0 Salt Lake.-area quake would take moderate toll Felt it or not ... Residents of Nevada are picking up the pieces Quake gave Utah a 'wake-up call' for planning They lived it ... .
NIU Gunman's Contradictions Baffle Police
MADISON, Wis. (CBS) ― Steven Kazmierczak had the look of a boyish graduate student - except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms. Professors and students knew him as a bright, helpful scholar, but his past included a stint in a mental health center.Many saw him as happy and stable, but he had developed a recent interest in guns and was involved in a troubled - possibly abusive - on-again, off-again relationship.What people initially told police about the Northern Illinois University shooter didn't add up, and now investigators are searching for answers to what triggered Thursday's bloody attack, in which five students were killed and several more injured before Kazmierczak committed suicide.While searching for a motive, authorities questioned family and friends and tried to determine whether he had recently broken up with his longtime girlfriend.One person who knew the couple, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, said the couple's relationship was on-again, off-again and "really rocky." Kazmierczak was controlling, she said."He was abusive, had a temper," she said.
MTV Movies Blog: The Latest from Sundance
Welcome to MTV News' home for everything Sundance. From January 17-27, the Movies team will be braving the cold air of Park City, Utah, to bring you the hottest coverage of America's largest independent-film festival. From Diddy and Mary-Kate to Colin Farrell and Naomi Watts, Sundance is welcoming the biggest stars around. We'll be knee-deep in it all, wading through hundreds of film premieres to serve up exclusive video interviews with Hollywood A-listers, scores of red-carpet photos, trailers, clips, articles and more. If that wasn't enough, we've also recruited a bevy of celebrity guest bloggers to help us out with some special contributions, so be sure to check back here daily as we hit the ground running for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival! .
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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A devastating cyclone on the southwestern coast of Bangladesh has killed more than 260 people and displaced thousands of others.
The storm, which made landfall Thursday evening, has left at least 500 fishing trawlers -- staffed by more than 3,000 fisherman -- missing, PTI reported Friday.
Officials said Bangladeshi Army troops and Air Force helicopters were called in to assist with rescue operations.
The officials said the Barguna district was one of the hardest-hit by the storm, with 118 people in the area killed. Reports are still pending from some areas affected by the cyclone, including the Khulna and Barisal districts and the island of Dubla Chor.
Meanwhile, the country's weather office said the sun was shining Friday, but there was a chance of rain later in the day, as the storm continues to flounder north of the country's coast in a weakened form, PTI said.
Broadcast crews get the chills for conference title games
Living in perhaps the best climate in the world, it's hard for people in Southern California to realize it actually is winter in other parts of the world.That fact should be dramatically driven home Sunday as the Chargers travel to Foxborough, Mass., for the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots while the New York Giants visit northern Wisconsin to play the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.Sunday's weather forecast in Foxborough calls for highs in the low 20s and lows in the single digits. There is only a 10 percent chance of snow, but the forecast calls for winds above 20 mph.And while the players will be uncomfortable, the announcers, cameramen and technicians who bring us the telecasts will be equally uncomfortable, perhaps even more so."Our crews are experienced in cold weather," said Lance Barrow, the game producer for CBS' coverage of Sunday's Chargers-Patriots game.
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The young mother's joy, however, turned to sorrow on Saturday as a bomb detonated as Joshua Reeves' Humvee drove down a Baghdad street. Leslie Reeves was still in the hospital with her new baby when she learned she was a widow. "Everyone is just deeply saddened," said Paula Fortner, owner of Hendersonville's American Academy of Dance. Leslie, who has danced since the age of six, was a former student of the academy as well as a teacher there as recently as two days before her delivery. Her mother, Marikay Burke, is the office manager at the studio. Fortner said an account has been set up to help Reeves and her newborn son at any Regions Bank. Pastor Tim Reynolds of Hendersonville's First Presbyterian Church was all set to visit the new baby in the hospital Saturday when he received a call that Joshua Reeves had been killed.
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