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...Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. 7. "Chicken Run" -- Smart and fun from start to finish, the film has been described as "The Great Escape" with feathers; it's so much more. Peter Lord and Nick Park, creators of the British "Wallace & Gromit" shorts...

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Here's a sampling of travel bargains this holiday season

...Landmark Properties between Dec. 21 and Jan. 2. Information: http://www.destinationresortsvail.com. Utah: The "Great Escape" package at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City includes three nights accommodations and four days of unlimited...

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Oscar-winning actor James Coburn dies

...breakthrough performances came in 1960s action flicks such as "The Magnificent Seven," "Hell is For Heroes" and "The Great Escape." He then changed direction and found what was for decades his greatest fame: portraying tongue-in-cheek secret...

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...Department open house will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Brainerd Fire Hall. This year's theme is "Fire Drills: The Great Escape." Firefighters will promote the importance of a complete home escape plan, including working smoke alarms, knowing...

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'Chicken Run' is movie that will entertain the whole family

...beheaded for failing to lay their eggs. A takeoff on "The Great Escape" and other World War II prisoner of war movies...rather than from flapping his wings. In keeping with "The Great Escape," the chickens turn to other airborne methods to...

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Mom must hold her ground against in-laws' indulgence

...2000. NFPA's campaign is called "Fire Drills: The Great Escape!" Its goal is to encourage people everywhere to plan...Prevention Association has spearheaded "Fire Drills: The Great Escape!" -- a multiyear public safety campaign to highlight...

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B-17 crew members gather each year to recall war memories, being shot down

...them through and worked to lift their spirits. Brown recalled his time in the North Compound, on which the film "The Great Escape" was based. "We were young," Brown said of his response when people ask him how they survived. "You are elastic...

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Capsule reviews of films

...Soldier's Story" (with the racial overtones of the latter) to the prisoner-of-war adventures "Stalag 17" and "The Great Escape." Bruce Willis stars as the ranking U.S. prisoner, who assigns a fresh arrival (Colin Farrell) to defend a...

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