Former guards, prisoners set to meet on Alcatraz for 75th anniversary of “The Rock”

September 2nd, 2009 Dolly Parton sings as Smokies celebrate 75th yearGATLINBURG, Tenn. — Homegrown superstar Dolly Parton sang "My Mountain, My Home" as leaders rededicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on its 75th anniversary in a ceremony Wednesday.

June 29th, 2009 Woodstock anniversary exhibit at rock museumNEW YORK — Peace and love will last a lot longer than three days at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which is celebrating Woodstock's 40th anniversary with a new exhibit. From July 3 to Nov.

June 1st, 2009 5 Ark. guards put on leave after 2 inmates escapeLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Five prison guards have placed on leave after two convicted killers escaped a high-security Arkansas unit by wearing guard uniforms made at the prison and leaving in a car that had been left for them.

May 11th, 2009 Seminole Hard Rock celebrates 5th anniversaryHOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is celebrating its fifth anniversary.

April 15th, 2009 COLOMBO - Six prisoners mainly linked to the underworld were shot dead by guards when they attempted to escape from a jail in Sri Lanka early Wednesday, an official here said. Eleven prisoners at the Kalutara prison, about 45 km south of here, tried to escape from their cells around at 3 a.m.

March 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Four prisoners undergoing treatment at a hospital here escaped Friday by breaking the window panes of the room where they were kept, the police said. The four prisoners, two each from Ranchi and Simdega were admitted in the jail ward of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Ranchi.

March 17th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has granted amnesty to 950 prisoners earlier convicted by various courts in the country, IRNA reported Tuesday. The decision was made on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet of Islam March 15.

March 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Chandigarh administration has sanctioned a budget of Rs.17.4 million for the beautification and maintenance of Rock Garden, a major tourist attraction here. 'Considering various proposals put forward by Nek Chand, curator of Rock Garden, we have decided to add more artistic value to the garden.

February 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Prisons in Jharkhand will soon have video conferencing facilities to enable relatives of prisoners to talk to jail inmates from even remote areas. 'As per plan, the relatives of the prisoners would not need to travel from villages to jails to meet the prisoners.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sania Mirza leafrogged 12 places to be at 75th position in Women's Tennis Association (WTA) charts while Somdev Devvarman climbed four rungs to be at 150th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings Monday. Sania has made a stupendous comeback after being sidelined by a wrist injury much of last year, first winning the Australian Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and then reaching the Pattaya Open final.

February 23rd, 2009 COIMBATORE - Fifteen people, including eight prison guards, were injured when inmates of the central prison here clashed with jail officials Sunday, an official said. Three injured guards - N.

February 7th, 2009 RANCHI - At least seven undertrial prisoners were injured in a clash between two criminal groups in Dhanbad jail Sunday, police said. Prisoners Sanjay Mahto and Diwakar Mahto, who were collecting weekly extortion of Rs.500 to Rs.1,000 from each prisoner, thrashed three other prisoners which led to the clash.

January 29th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - Five inmates taking part in a soccer match at a prison in the central Argentine city of Santa Rosa took advantage of the guards' distraction to escape, EFE reported. The prisoners, four of them serving time for armed robbery and the fifth a convicted killer, made their getaway Wednesday.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Singer-turned-actress Jennifer Lopez, who was swept away by the charismatic presence of Barack Obama at the inaugural gala here, feels that he is the biggest rock star right now. 'He is the biggest rock star here, even though it is chock-full of celebrities.

January 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first ever official cricket Test match at the Eden Gardens here, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) have come together this week to issue 1,000 commemorative covers. The covers, each with a unique stamp and a postmark to commemorate the Test match played between India and England at the Eden Jan 5-8, 1934, feature the scorecard and the match day images from what was the second official Test match in India.