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Edit IMDb 31 Jul 2016
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Nancy Reagan wouldn't like Hinckley's freedom, actress says

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 31 Jul 2016
(AP) — "Killing Reagan" star Cynthia Nixon isn't mincing words about how the late Nancy Reagan might react to the freedom granted the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan. "Nancy's daughter didn't like it," said the film's director, Rod Lurie, referring to Patti Davis, who has opposed John Hinckley Jr.'s release from the psychiatric hospital where he was confined after the 1981 assassination attempt ... president, Lurie said ... ....

National Geographic's latest Bill O'Reilly adaptation: 'Killing Reagan'

Edit USA Today 31 Jul 2016
Project explores John Hinckley Jr.'s 1981 assassination attempt on the president.       .   ... ....

Now-retired federal judge accused of sexual assault anew in suit filed Friday

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 31 Jul 2016
A woman who says a now-retired federal judge sexually abused her in Utah 35 years ago filed a new lawsuit on Friday. The amended lawsuit replaces one that Terry Mitchell filed earlier ... She was a witness in the 1981 federal trial against Franklin, and Roberts at the time was a federal p... ....

Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon talk 'Killing Reagan'

Edit The Mercury News 31 Jul 2016
'Killing Reagan,' the latest TV film based on a Bill O'Reilly book, explores how the 1981 assassination attempt on the recently elected president affected his presidency ... ....

Praveen dixit retires today; Satish Mathur appointed DGP of Maharashtra

Edit Indian Express 31 Jul 2016
  Commissioner of Pune Satish Mathur during the idea exchange at Express House. (Source. Express Photo by Arul Horizon) Satish Mathur, a 1981-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) ... ....

REAGAN: Forgiving John Hinckley

Edit The Leaf Chronicle 31 Jul 2016
When my father was shot by John Hinckley in 1981, he forgave him. Today I’m finally able to do the same thing.        ... ....

Satish Mathur is new state DGP

Edit The Hindu 31 Jul 2016
Satish Mathur, DG (Anti-Corruption Bureau), has been appointed as the Director General of Police, Maharashtra by the state government, Home Department officials confirmed on Saturday. Mr ... Like his successor, Mr ... A 1981 batch officer, Mr ... Sharma, who retired as Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai ... ....

Oklahoma art and theater notes for July 31

Edit The Oklahoman 31 Jul 2016
Cherokee art show seeks entries. TAHLEQUAH — The Cherokee Heritage Center, 21192 S Keeler Drive in Park Hill, is accepting artwork for the 21st annual Homecoming Art Show. Online submissions must be received by 5 p.m ... 10 ... Steven Spielberg's “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was 1981's top-grossing film and remains one of the highest-grossing films ever made ... The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made” and 1981 fan film “Raiders of the Lost Ark....

Former Pune top cop to lead state police

Edit The Times of India 31 Jul 2016
Mumbai. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday appointed Satish Mathur as the new director general of police. An IPS officer of the 1981 batch, Mathur succeeds Praveen Dixit, who retired on July 31. Prior to his appointment as DGP, Mathur was heading the anti-corruption bureau and held several key assignments, including DG (housing), Commissioner of Police, Pune and Joint Commissioner (traffic). Mathur will retire in June, 2018....

Keshi laid to rest in Nigeria as mourners pay their last respects

Edit Modern Ghana 31 Jul 2016
By BBC ... Keshi won the Africa Cup of Nations as both captain (in 1994) and manager of the Super Eagles (in 2013) ... A huge personality in the continental game, playing in five Africa Cup of Nations finals (1982, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1994), the former Anderlecht, Strasbourg and RWD Molenbeek central defender, had also managed Togo - earning them a 2006 World Cup place - and Mali, before taking up the Nigeria job in 2011 ... But I forgot....

Housing bodies welcome end of 'right to buy' in Scotland

Edit BBC News 31 Jul 2016
Housing bodies have welcomed the formal end of the "right to buy" scheme in Scotland ... It allowed tenants in social housing to buy their homes at discounted rates ... 'Had its day'. SFHA chief executive Mary Taylor said ... "Ending the right to buy will allow social landlords to plan longer term, manage assets and income more effectively and most importantly to invest to increase the number of social rented homes for the first time since 1981 ... ....

What is Ambedkar Bhavan's historical significance?

Edit DNA India 31 Jul 2016
--> Sudhakar Suradkar . Sun, 31 Jul 2016-07.15am , dna. Ironically, this very building has caused a rift so deep between his followers that the entire community has split into two halves. Ambedkar Bhavan! The very name itself evokes such great emotions these days, and rightly so ...   ... The present structure of Ambedkar Bhavan is part of a plan approved by the BMC in June 1982 ... Ambedkar's dream of the central headquarter? ... ....
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