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2D A & Charlotte Thursday, August 3, 2006 ^ Anderson back with motivation Continued from page 1D ‘Your Woman” went gold just a few months after it was released. She toured with R. Kelly and received rave reviews for her album. Then the sun seemed to set. Ander son said she spent time in the studio and traveling over the last five years. It wasn’t always easy “I watched my peers doing what I wanted to be doing,” she said. “These last few years I’ve be^ living through Anthony Hamilton.” Anderson said she decided to pull up her bootstraps and get back out there. She was introduced to Knowles by an industry insider and seeing the success he’s had with Destiny’s Child and Beyonce, Anderson was excited. “I want to make a big splash,” she said. “I hope fans will remember what we gave them cn the fii'st album ” This time aroimd, And^on said she’s stepped up her writing, has great production fiom some of the best in the business, including Dr. Dre, and plans to be raw and emo tional. ‘T can only be me,” she said. ‘T’m glad to be back” Anderson’s album, “Sim- shine at Midn^t” will hit stores in January However, her first single, “Something I Wanna Give You” is gettir^ airplay now. N.C. pottery among works at Mint Museum Continued from page 1D Jumping to other conti nents, the dock vase made by Freres in Paris in 1825 is ele gant in gold flanked by han dles featuring dolphin images with the clock hands on the face of the vase per haps permanently set at 10 minutes of 7. From West Pans Pottery in. Scotland, made between 1774 and 1777 by William litfier, is an earthenware center- piece - a fountain of azure blue shells trimmed in gold. This exhibit ends with a moment of peace. A contem plative Chinese figure made of soft paste porcelain in 1750 rests in serenity Hoius are Tuesdays fix)m 10 a.m.-lO p.m. with 6*66 admission beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays fi-om 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays noon until 5 p.m. DJ gets deal to dismiss on-air sex rant charge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWYORK-A judge has agreed to dismiss criminal charges against a former hip- hop radio disc jockey who insulted a rival DJ’s wife and yovmg daughter in on-air rants. Justice Ellen Gesmer adjourned the case against IVoi Tbrain, known as DJ Star, for six months. At that time, charges of endangering a child’s welfare and weapon possession will be dropped as long as he has stayed out of further trouble. Assistant U.S. Attorney Penelope Brady said her office agreed to this resolution “because it sa:v'es the best interest of the 4-year-old vic tim by spaiir^ ttie victim any further attention.” Tbrain called the outcome a victory for fi:eedom of speech. “I never should have been arrested in the first place,” he said in a telephone interview. “This was not a crime.” Tbrain was arrested May 12 amid an uproar over his com ments. During on-air rants begin- nii^ May 3, Tbrain threat ened to sexually abuse the rival DJ’s dau^ter and uri nate on her. He offered $500 for information about where the girl went to school. He also called the rival DJ’s wife, who’s part Asian, a “slant-eyed whore” and his daughter a “little lo mein eater.” The arrest came after he was contacted by police and ordered to surrender a 9mm handgun and target-practice permit. His lawyer, Benjamin Braf- FEMA agency director says he probably will watch Lee’s film on Katrina hurricane disaster THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI— Spike Lee’s movie about Hurricane Katrina might get an audience fiom the head of the U.S. agency that responds to disasters, but the celebrity director should not necessarily expect President George W. Bush to watch it. Federal Emergency Manage ment Agency director R. David Paulison said Monday ihat if he is not too busy grappling with hurricane season, he will proba bly catch Lee’s film, “When ffie Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” scheduled to air on HBO Av^. 21- 22. Lee has had harsh woixds for Paulison’s agency saying recently that Americans should be scared after FEMA’s much-criticized slow response to Katrina in New Orleans, “Pray to News you can get your hands on every week Wfit Cl^arlotte 704 376 0496 All the hits. AH your favorite Doo Wop stars. 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