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  • Chesapeake hires new CEO from rival Andarko Petroleum

    Chesapeake Energy Corp. has hired Robert Douglas Lawler from its rival Andarko Petroleum Corp. to be its new chief executive, Reuters reports. Lawler will fill the position vacated by company co-founder Aubrey McClendon who departed in April after a series of civil and criminal probes directed at the company. Chief Operating Officer Steven Dixon has been serving as interim CEO. Lawler currently ...

  • Mobile home destroyed by fire in south Bexar County

    SAN ANTONIO -- Investigators are working to find the cause of a mobile home fire that started early Monday morning.Firefighters were called out to the home in Elmendorf, in a community located near I-37 and Priest Road around 3am.No one was inside at the time and no one was hurt, but the home was destroyed.People living in nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. We will bring you more on ...

  • NBA San Antonio Spurs thump Memphis Grizzlies in series opener

    NBA 's Western Conference finals. Tony Parker scored 20 points and handed out nine assists for the Spurs, whose stifling defence held Grizzlies' top scorer Zach Randolph to only two points. Randolph came in averaging 19.7 points per game in this post-season, but finished just 1-of-8 from the field for a Grizzlies team appearing in the conference finals for the first time. The Spurs, ...

  • Sams finds groove with San Antonio

    But the recently signed first baseman has been raising eyebrows since he joined the Double-A San Antonio Missions as an injury replacement for Tommy ...

  • San Antonio cruises to opening win over Grizzlies

    United States The San Antonio Spurs blew away Memphis 105-83 on Monday morning to open the Western Conference finals with a convincing victory.Tony Parker scored 20 points and had nine assists, Kawhi Leonard added 18 and the Spurs wasted little time sending a message to the visiting Grizzlies who are experiencing their first conference finals.San Antonio, meanwhile, is trying to get back to ...


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Umberto D. [DVD]

Umberto D. [DVD]

Film scholar and critic Andr Bazin captured perfectly the essence of Italian neorealism when he described it as an ideal synthesis between the rigor of tragic necessity and the accidental fluidity of everyday reality. Ironically, he wrote these words in response to a screening at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival of Vittorio De Sicas Umberto D., which most historians date as the last neorealis ... ...

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  • Friends of murdered San Antonio woman are pleading for answers

    SAN ANTONIO- Friends who talked with Eleanor Gonzales the day before she was murdered say she never mentioned any concerns or troubles with anyone. Gonzales, 43, was found stabbed outside her West side home on Friday. No one has been arrested in this case. Friends who were holding a benefit today to help raise money for funeral expenses say Gonzales was a good woman who was always helping ...

  • Cornyn Obama crafting coverups

    Barack Obama is cultivating "a culture of cover-ups and intimidation" regarding recent political scandals. Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation," Senate Minority ...

  • Grizzlies set for Western Conference final showdown against San Antonio

    Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph licks his fingers as he prepares to shoot free throws against the Oklahoma City Thunder late in the second half of Game 5 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final playoffs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 15, 2013. (BILL ...

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