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Man Haron Monis: Sydney Opera House Evacuated After Suspicious Package Delivered, Believed to Have Ties with Hostage Situation

After a siege in Australia left a lone gunman, identified as Man Haron Monis, and two hostages dead, so was the Sydney Opera House evacuated after a rumored "suspicious package" had been delivered to the concert hall.
By Ian Holubiak

  • [EXCLUSIVE] 7-Year-Old Violinist Leah Flynn Speaks About Ferguson, Future Plans and What It's Like to Be Internet Famous

    Amid all the chaos and turbulence that has been surrounding Missouri towns in recent weeks after the shooting and death of Michael Brown, one little girl is striving to make a difference.Leah Flynn, the 7-year-old violinist who has made national headlines with her plea for peace in Ferguson, has gotten the opportunity to use her music to help people who are still hurting from the tragic events.I recently spoke to Leah and her mother, Paula Flynn, about Leah’s idea to travel to Missouri, her trip and what she plans to do now that she is an Internet sensation.Speaking to Leah, who is from Sanford, Florida, it becomes clear that her main goal is to surround people with love and happiness using her talent as a violinist.“Normally, when I play for people at church or school, they’re always happy when I’m done playing,” says Leah.This idea is what led her to want to travel to Ferguson in the wake of all the turmoil. After viewing the violence and protests happening in Ferguson shortly after the shooting and death of Brown, 18, by Police Officer Darren Wilson, Leah felt that she wanted to do something to help the suffering town.“She said to me, ‘Mom, what’s going on?’ And I explained to her, because I have to — I told her what’s going,” her mother told WOFL. “She said, ‘But it's not right these people look so sad; maybe I could do something for them.”
    By Jaime Prisco

  • EXCLUSIVE Classicalite Q&A with Lang Lang on Mozart's Piano with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Vienna, United Nations of Sting, LeBron James as NBA MVP

    If you haven't been on the Lang Lang train lately then you may want to board at the next station--and that station is non other than our C-Lite A.V. Club. With some exclusive clips from Lang Lang, premiering his ninth grade protégé Clayton Stephenson there's little to hinder the steep rise of the classical pianist.
    By Ian Holubiak