CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — This year’s Farm Aid benefit concert will feature not only the nearly annual show’s mainstays such as Neil Young and Willie Nelson, but also genres from polka to reggae.
The lineup for the Sept. 30 concert at the Tweeter Center was announced Wednesday.
Farm Aid board founders Nelson, Young and John Mellencamp will be there, along with board member Dave Matthews.
By MIKE BAKER
Associated Press Writer
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A hurricane watch was issued for the Carolina coast Thursday as Tropical Storm Ernesto gained strength over the Atlantic.
The watch, stretching from South Carolina’s Santee River to Cape Lookout in North Carolina, means hurricane conditions, with sustained winds of at least 74 mph, are possible within 12 hours.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Glenn Ford, a handsome and quiet character actor who made his mark in big films like “Gilda” and “The Big Heat,” died on Wednesday in his Beverly Hills home, police said. He was 90.
The Beverly Hills Police Department said in a statement that paramedics were called to Ford’s home in the afternoon and found the actor dead.
The cause of his death was not immediately known.
As the summer winds down, the hot breezes in Silicon Valley whisper all kinds of intriguing scenarios into the ears of pundits like John Dvorak. He revives the old Apple/Sun merger on the heels of Google CEO Eric Schmidt joining Apple’s board of directors. Much has been written (TechMeme) in the last 24 hours commenting on this possibility. Some think they are connecting dots, but it’s more a special kind of Silicon Valley Boolean pretzel logic. Sun has an alliance with Google (so far not much to write home about) and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt is on Steve Jobs’ board. Dvorak suggests that Schmidt can be the dealmaker and would even be the right person to head up a Snapple.
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former champion Andy Roddick celebrated his 24th birthday by using a booming serve to overpower Kristian Pless of Denmark on Wednesday and book the first berth in the third round of the U.S. Open.
The ninth-seeded Roddick served up 21 aces and never lost serve in beating the 25-year-old Pless, a former junior world number one, 6-3 7-6 6-3.
Roddick dropped only 12 points from the service line.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Third seed Maria Sharapova used a dominant serve and laser-like groundstrokes to crush Dutch teenager Michaella Krajicek 6-3 6-0 and advance to the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Sharapova, donning a sparkling black playing outfit, fired 10 aces and was successful on 82 percent of her first serves to defeat Krajicek in 59 minutes.
“I actually didn’t think I was hitting my serve big but I was placing it really well,” said Sharapova. “That’s a big key for me, coming up to the line and knowing I can place it.
“That was probably one of the best service displays I’ve had in my career.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Andre Agassi, Amelie Mauresmo, Rafael Nadal, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Maria Sharapova are all in action at the U.S. Open today.
Andy Roddick is the first men’s player to reach the third round. He was a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 winner over Kristian Pless last night.
