As a favor for a fundraiser that made a guest editor of U2 star and activist Bono, Condoleezza Rice (pictured above, right, with Yo-Yo Ma) submitted a list of her favorite music for the British newspaper The Independent.
Here's what the secretary of state came up with:
1) Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor
2) Cream's "Sunshine of your Love"
3) Aretha Franklin's "Respect"
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4) Kool and the Gang's "Celebration"
5) Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2
6) Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor
7) U2
8) Elton John's "Rocket Man"
9) Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
10) Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov"
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Penny for your power
FLINT, Mich. - A 41-year-old woman on Social Security had her electricity shut off when she came up one cent short in paying her bill of $1,662.08, according to the Flint Journal.
Jacqueline Williams' power was turned off for seven hours last week until she went to the Consumers Energy office and gave them a penny, the Journal said. She got a receipt.
A spokesman for the energy company, Terry DeDoes, said he doesn't remember any previous occasions where a customer's service has been turned off for a one-cent bill.
No 'fore' required
HONOLULU - A golfer may not be held liable for mistakenly hitting another golfer with an errant golf ball, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled.
The court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling to dismiss Ryan Yoneda's lawsuit against Andrew Tom, whose wayward ball hit Yoneda in the left eye at Mililani Golf Course in 1999.
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Chief Justice Ronald Moon wrote in a late April ruling that Yoneda assumed the risk of the injury when he played golf.
The court considered whether golfers should have to shout "fore" or other warnings to protect other players. The justices concluded, however, that doing so was golf etiquette, not a requirement recognized by law.
"With the ruling that warning is like an option, that's not too good," said Yoneda, who suffered permanent vision damage. "I know what it's like to be hit and I don't want anybody to go through what I went through."
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