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Lara Flynn Boyle's character was blown off a roof by high winds and died. Despite such tricks, NBC placed third in the pecking order, which is where it usually stands on Mondays. Both "Medium" (13.26 million) and "Las Vegas" (12.16 million) performed slightly better than their averages, but neither one drew its best 18-to-49 ratings of the season. In that age group, ABC was No. 1 for the night, with its combination of "Wife Swap" and "Monday Night Football." CBS's lineup drew the most viewers over all. Its "CSI: Miami" was the night's most-watched show, delivering 18.83 million viewers.
A building in Brownsville, Tex., listed last year as one of the country's 11 most endangered historic places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has been saved from demolition. The George Kraigher House, a 1937 structure that may have been the first International Style house in Texas, will be leased by the city to the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College for 99 years. The house, designed by Richard J. Neutra, was bought by the city in 1999, but has fallen victim to neglect, vandalism, water damage and termites. The new lease, for $1 a year, takes effect on Jan. 1.
Oprah Winfrey , a BBC program on the use of music at Auschwitz, the Canadian sitcom "The Newsroom," a Danish crime drama and a German documentary on the Allied bombing of Dresden were among the winners at the International Emmy Awards ceremony on Monday night at the New York Hilton. Ms. Winfrey was given the Founders Award by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in honor of her broadcast career and her philanthropy. "Holocaust: A Musical Memorial Film From Auschwitz" won for arts programming; "The Newsroom" took the comedy prize; "The Drama of Dresden" won the documentary prize; "The Eagle," called a "crime odyssey," and the movie "Young Andersen" won for Denmark; the BBC automotive program "Top Gear" won in the nonscripted category; Thierry Frémont, from France, was named best actor for "Murder in Mind"; and He Lin, from China, was named best actress for "Slave Mother."
Ormsby Wilkins has been named music director of American Ballet Theater. Mr. Wilkins, 54, who was born in Sydney, Australia, has been the music director of the National Ballet of Canada since 1990, and a guest conductor with Ballet Theater since 2000. His appointment takes effect immediately. ... A collection of poems written by Bob Dylan as a student at the University of Minnesota in 1960 sold for $78,000 at Christie's in New York on Monday, Reuters reported. The 16 pages of poems, handwritten in pencil, were the earliest Dylan manuscript ever offered for auction, and fetched the highest auction price to date for Mr. Dylan, according to Christie's. The poetry was acquired by an unidentified private European bidder.
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