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Initial ballistics analysis has concluded with "near certainty" that it was officers' gunfire that killed a young girl and injured several others outside of the Academy Park High School football stadium last month, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced on Monday. Stollsteimer said this all began with a shooting about a block away from the football stadium on the 900 block of Coates Street. At the same time of the shooting, authorities say a vehicle turned onto Coates Street directly in front of three Sharon Hill Borough police officers. 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' sashays home with 10 Tony Awards...

Las Vegas firefighters are responding to a fire at the historic Moulin Rouge hotel and casino in western Las Vegas. Firefighters said the fire was contained to one building in the complex. City spokesman Jace Radke said he didn't think there were any injuries. He also said the cause of the blaze has not been determined. The complex, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, has been shuttered for decades. On May 29, 2003, a fire ripped through the buildings, almost entirely gutting the complex.

HERE'S MY considered opinion of "Moulin Rouge": It sucks. There's no need to get defensive. It's no big deal. A lot of movies suck. But then again, a lot of movies don't snag eight Oscar nominations. Okay, okay, calm down. The truth hurts, I know. In fact, the movie's suckiness was, in fact, a bit of a disappointment to me, too. I rather like several of the actors involved, and I adored director Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" a few years back. Sadly, I was one of a very small number of people who seemed to realize how bad "Moulin...