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HURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007
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League, family mourn loss of Redskins safety Taylor; police looking at every angle in murder investigation
Team to honor teammate with patches on jerseys and No.21 on helmets during its weekend home game
BY JOSEPH WHITE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHBURN, VB. - Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder's eyes were red. His voice cracked and was barely audible. Next to him sat coach Joe Gibbs, barely more composed.
"This is a terrible, terrible tragedy." Snuder said.
Safety Sean Taylor's violent death had left his team in tears and the NFL in mourning.
Taylor died early Tuesday of a gunshot wound from an apparent intruder, a tragic end for a 24-year-old man whose life was transformed by the birth of a daughter 18 months ago.
"Were going to miss him," Gibbs said. "I'm not talking about as a player. I'm talking about as a person."
A day earlier, Taylor and his girlfriend were awakened by loud noises.
according to family friend Richard Sharpstein, who learned the details from Taylor's girlfriend, jackie Garcia. He said Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in
the bedroom for protection.
Someone then broke through the bedroom door and fired two shots, one missing and one hitting Taylor. Sharpstein said. Neither Taylor's daughter, Jackie, nor Taylor's girlfriend were injured in the attack.
did not know why Taylor returned to Miami during the weekend. Taylor was not required to accompany the team to Sunday's game at Tampa Bay because of a knee injury.
"We're going to miss him.I'm not talking about as a player.I'm talking about as a person."
The bullet damaged the femoral artery in Taylor's leg, causing significant blood loss. Taylor never regained consciousness, Sharpstein said.
Redskins coach Joe Gibbs said he
JOE GIBBS Redskins coach
Police had no description of a possible suspect and were investigating whether the shooting was connected to a break-in at Taylor's home eight days earlier, in which police said someone
pried open a front window, rifled through drawers and left a kitchen knife on a bed.
"They're going to be looking at every angle," Miami-Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta said. "They're going to be looking at every lead."
Authorities from Miami-Dade Police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were in and out of Taylor's home throughout the day. Police were seen taking a computer from Taylor's home.
A stream of family and friends arrived throughout the day, including his father, Florida City police chief Pedro Taylor. Some embraced outside; most came and went without speaking
Washington Redskins or Redskins safer after he was shot in mourning for a team
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THE BLACK AND WHITE ALBUM The Hives
It's been three years since The Hives released Tyrannosaurus Hives and while much of the next-bighight hype that surrounded the band has died down, their commitment to making precise, well-produced rock n' roll remains firmly in place.
The Hives have always been more about style than substance and *The Black and White Album* is no different. "Tick Tick Boom" picks up right where the band left off with layers of vocals that give the song an added punch. The second song, "Try It Again" contains the same swapper fans have come to expect, especially when Howlin' Pelle Almquist confidently declares, "They say the definition of madness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result."
But after that, The Black And White
While production duties were split between The Hives, Pharell Williams and Dennis Herring, the more experimental songs such as "Puppet on a String," "A Stroll Through Hive Manor," and "Giddy Upl" were actually produced by The Hives. While these songs will easily be the most divisive amongst fans, at least they are engaging and entertaining, if only for their strangeness and as the break they provide in the album's frenetic pace.
In all, *The Black And White Album* is a solid addition to the Hives' catalog, adding another handful of efficient, catchy rock songs to the band's ever-growing collection of efficient, catchy rock songs.
Album begins to expand on the band's sturdy foundation of efficiency and attitude."Won't Be Long" and "Bigger Hole To Fill" incorporate synthesizers that eventually overtake The Hives' usual tools of destruction and "Giddy Up!" sounds like something the Rapture would have used as a B-side for Pieces of The People We Love.
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★★★★
THE MIST
Director Frank Darabant had his draft rejected for the new Indiana Jones movie by George Lucas, despite Steven Spielberg's approval of the script. The Mist therefore positioned Darabant to reclaim his spot as one of the most talented filmmakers of the classic school. He's only made three major movies.two of which were Stephen King adaptations (The Shawshank Redemption and The
around seems to make sense, especially since those first two films are sterling examples of classical Hollywood filmmaking. However, The Mist joins the ranks of most King adaptations; inane, stodgy and mean.
and mean.
The titular mist descends upon a small town after a storm sends citizens in for supplies. Commercial artist and family man David Drayton (Thomas Jane) takes his son with him to a grocery store where the local crisis allows him to ease tensions with his neighbor. A man comes running to the store with his face bloodied, claiming there was something in the mist. Soon everybody is trapped, afraid to venture out. The situation is not helped by the creatures that occupy the fog and begin to assault the building. Soon, a religious fanatic (Marcia Gay Harden) has people all wound up and turning against each other.
up and coming again.
I can imagine director Darabant talking about how his film taps into today's many political strains and that it should be viewed as an allegory for these modern times (the parallel with Exodus doesn't help either), but the results fall flat because of wooden characters, a turig plotline and an ending that debases whatever good qualities the movie had. Yes, it offers some scares and thrills, but on the whole this is not the picture a gifted artist like Darabant could have made.
Chance Dibben
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