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  1. See Every Google Doodle Ever With New App

    Wed, 10 Oct 2012

    second "o" in Google. In 2000, the company asked then-intern and current webmaster Dennis Hwang to create a doodle for Bastille Day . "It was so well received by our users that Dennis was appointed Google's chief doodler and doodles started showing

  2. The Global Note: Let the Games Begin…Fear In Aleppo…Romney's U.K. Adventure…Madonna's Rough Night

    Fri, 27 Jul 2012

    was announced after France's far-right National Front threatened to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Bastille Day concert in Paris with an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her forehead. Videos here. MCDONALD'S CROATIA

  3. Madonna Booed By French Fans After 45-Minute Show

    Fri, 27 Jul 2012

    billed as a celebration of tolerance and diversity, announced in the wake of controversy over Madonna showing images at a Bastille Day concert of far-right National Front party leader Marie Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead. "I've heard that a certain

  4. Bastille Day Recipe Round-Up

    Fri, 13 Jul 2012

    Vive le France! Bastille Day , celebrated on July 14, commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789. Throw a fabulous fete with some of our favorite recipes

  5. Weekly Look Ahead: Malware, Comic-Con, Bastille Day

    Fri, 6 Jul 2012

    for comic book fans will take place in San Diego. Click here for a slideshow of last year's event. Saturday, July 14: Bastille Day The holiday commemorates France and French democracy with festivities around the world. Click here for full ABC News coverage

  6. Dream Time: Sailing and Surfing in Tahiti

    Wed, 22 Jul 2009

    Neville even more certain about taking further surfing lessons. Now we have been here for two weeks of Tahitian dancing, Bastille Day parades and gnarley surfing, its time to start thinking about our next island Moorea, a day sail away. Apparently there

News

  1. Washington, D.C., is a year-round playground

    Fri, 12 Sep 2008

    lawn and fireworks display above the Washington Monument. • Washington also honors French Independence Day. During the Bastille Day festivities enjoy live entertainment including a race of tray-balancing waiters and waitresses along Pennsylvania Avenue

  2. This Summer's Celebrity Hotspots

    Wed, 30 Jul 2008

    Witherspoon and her boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal, spent a romantic July vacation in Paris. The couple watched fireworks on Bastille Day and Gyllenhaal carried Witherspoon's daughter, Ava, on his shoulders to get a better view. While on the trip, Witherspoon

  3. How & Where Celebs Summer

    Mon, 28 Jul 2008

    Sands of Time in London, and Reese Witherspoon in Paris this month. With her kids Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4, they rang in Bastille Day at the Eiffel Tower. Liam Neeson and wife Natasha Richardson took a swim in June at Le Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach in St

  4. Will aging boomers lose benefits?

    Thu, 17 Jan 2008

    the government will deliver the full Social Security and Medicare benefits it has promised. Bruce Benton, who turns 62 on Bastille Day , July 14, is one of them. He plans to file for early Social Security payments rather than wait till age 65 to draw a larger

  5. Helicopter Used in French Prison Break

    Tue, 17 Jul 2007

    helicopter-assisted breakout. Payet also arranged a helicopter escape for fellow inmates four years ago. This time it was on Bastille Day , the French holiday commemorating the storming of a prison, and Payet did it in high style. First, four men hijacked

  6. French Elections: The Day After

    Mon, 7 May 2007

    protesters arrested. But, as our Paris producer Christophe Schpoliansky pointed out, that's about on par with the average Bastille Day , and smaller than New Year's Eve. (At left, youths burn a motorbike in Paris on Sunday.) Still it's a portent of

  7. French Elections: The Day After

    Mon, 7 May 2007

    protesters arrested. But, as our Paris producer Christophe Schpoliansky pointed out, that's about on par with the average Bastille Day , and smaller than New Year's Eve. (At left, youths burn a motorbike in Paris on Sunday.) Still it's a portent of

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Videos

  1. Rain Doesn't Dampen Bastille Day Bash

    Wed, 14 Jul 2010

    Soldiers from several African countries were invited to Paris for the traditional Bastille day parade the festivities were somewhat dampened by a downpour. Another traditional the garden party at the Presidential Palace was

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    Soldiers from several African countries were invited to Paris for the traditional Bastille day parade the festivities were somewhat dampened by a downpour. Another traditional -- the garden party at the Presidential Palace was canceled. As
  2. Meet the Google Doodler

    Fri, 11 Dec 2009

    check out the online artists. Do we first thing we found to be fun to have perspective. From the moon this is do we differ Bastille day and so fun interpretation of an absolutely. Michael Lopez is Web designer at least part of the team that creates the Google

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    fun to have perspective. From the moon this is do we differ Bastille day and so fun interpretation of an absolutely. Michael Lopez is -- Web designer at least part of the team that creates the
  3. Webcast: Hot Seat for Sotomayor, Musicians Selling Out?, Obama's First Pitch

    Tue, 14 Jul 2009

    That's Seth Stevenson from slate dot com next up is our collaboration with Google and among today's top rising searches is Bastille day . That's today July 14. The Bakken 1789. It was the start of the French revolution in the beginning of the end of the

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    is our collaboration with Google and among today's top rising searches is Bastille day . That's today July 14. The Bakken 1789. It was the start of the French revolution in the beginning of the end of
  4. Man Escapes from Prison -- for Second Time

    Tue, 17 Jul 2007

    helicopter. Yes helicopter. And it wasn't his first try he's done it twice in just six years. This time it was on Bastille day French holiday commemorating the storming of prison. Tight end did it with the helpful for men who hijacked helicopter and

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    done it twice in just six years. This time it was on Bastille day French holiday commemorating the storming of -- prison. Tight end did it with the helpful for men who hijacked -- helicopter and
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  1. PHOTO: Bastille Day is celebrated on July 14.

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