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Palo Alto, California, U.S.Spouse(s) Marcus Leithold (1988 - 1989: divorced)
Jon Tenney (1994 - 2003: divorced), 1 childAwardsGolden Globe AwardsBest Actress in a Television Comedy or Musical
2005 Desperate HousewivesScreen Actors Guild AwardsBest Actress - Comedy Series
Best Ensemble - Comedy Series
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author. She gained attention for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman co-starring with Dean Cain. Hatcher is also well-known for portraying Susan Mayer, in Desperate Housewives, an accident-prone divorcee. She is also a “Bond Girl”, having played Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997.
2 Film and television roles
Hatcher was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Esther (Beshur), a computer programmer, and Owen W. Hatcher, a nuclear physicist.[1] She grew up in Sunnyvale, California. An only child, she attended Mango Junior High (now Sunnyvale Middle School), Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and De Anza College in Cupertino.
In March 2006, Hatcher revealed to Vanity Fair that she was sexually abused from the age of five by Richard Hayes Stone, an uncle by marriage who was later divorced by Hatcher’s aunt. Her parents, she said, were unaware of the abuse at the time. In 2002, she assisted Santa Clara County prosecutors in indicting Stone for a more recent molestation that led his female victim to commit suicide at the age of 14. Stone pleaded guilty to four counts of child molestation and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.[2] In an interview appearing in Vanity Fair, Hatcher said she told the prosecutors about her own abuse because she was haunted by thoughts of the 14-year-old girl who shot herself, and feared Stone might escape conviction.
Hatcher began her performing career as a young girl taking ballet lessons at the San Juan Girls’ Ballet Studio in downtown Los Altos, California. She later studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater. One of her early jobs (in 1984) was as a cheerleader with the San Francisco 49ers. During this time she also appeared as one of the mermaids on the show The Love Boat in its final season.

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The answer could come this weekend when video game enthusiasts find out whether "Grand Theft Auto IV," expected to set sales records in the gaming world this week, will steal glory and revenue from a different entertainment empire: the movies.
As the hype for "GTA IV" continues to grow and reviews scream perfection, some speculate that the game will put a dent in Marvel Studios’ opening weekend box office for "Iron Man."
"GTA IV" is the ninth incarnation of a video game in which the user acts as a criminal roaming a city. The series has faced criticism for being too violent, because users are allowed to beat, stab, shoot and kill citizens and police officers. "Iron Man" is a movie based on the Marvel comic book superhero who creates an impressive suit of armor to save his life and help save the world.
"GTA IV" was released Tuesday at midnight and is expected to gross about $400 million in the first week.
Edward Woo, a research analyst specializing in media and interactive entertainment at Wedbush Morgan Securities, said the game’s release date and widespread reach could negatively affect opening box office numbers for "Iron Man."
"People on Friday or Saturday might find themselves at home playing this game instead of at the Cineplex," Woo said. " ‘Iron Man’ will still have a pretty good release, but intuitively, I think it’s got be impacted when both share a similar audience and genre."
Because of the time element the game requires of its faithful — between 30 and 40 hours to finish depending on skill level — the question is whether gamers will put down their controllers for a couple of hours and go for a change of scenery.
Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore said he isn’t worried.
"It’s crazy to think that young males can’t carve out two hours for ‘Iron Man,’ " he told EW.com. "It’s going to be a great week to be a young guy."

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Tuesday marked the last day to file income taxes, and at one local post office, it was like April 15 of any other year.
“It’s been busy all day, and we expected that,” said Mike Matthews, customer service supervisor at the Milgen Road post office. “April 15 has always been one of our biggest days.”
On Tuesday, post offices throughout Columbus extended their pick-up times for last-minute filers.
The Milgen Road post office — which usually closes at 7 p.m. — extended its window hours to 11 p.m. for those who needed to purchase postage.
Matthews said there had been a steady flow of people throughout the day. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Matthews predicted an increase in traffic into the evening.
“As people start getting off of work, we get a pretty good line anyway,” he said. “It being Tax Day, it’ll probably be double that.”
Matthews said he also expected a larger crowd because of the incentive of economic stimulus payments. Individuals can receive up to $600 and couples up to $1,200 from the IRS. To get the payment, a tax return must be filed even if one isn’t normally required.
For the week ending April 5, the IRS reported a 9.94 percent increase in the number of income tax returns it had received compared to last year.
To prepare for increased traffic, Milgen Road post office employees were expected to be stationed outside of the building until midnight to receive income tax forms from last minute filers.
Six other post offices throughout Columbus allowed filers to drop off tax forms in collection boxes by midnight to be postmarked April 15.
The IRS’s Georgia office estimated 25 percent — 1 million returns — of the 4 million returns from Georgia would be filed during the last two weeks before April 15.

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Published on 11/04/2008
POST Office services could be moved into libraries, church halls and pubs as branches in towns and cities close.
The outreach programme offered by the Post Office is already up and running in rural areas and bosses are planning a trial run in urban areas.
The trial, which would extend to 2,500 branches nationwide, has been proposed in response to growing pressure over post office closures.
Carlisle MP Eric Martlew believes that the trial is an indication that the Post Office is reconsidering the proposed changes.
Mr Martlew said: “This is a step in the right direction but we have got to continue to press the case for keeping post offices open.
“This proposal will give a future option for re-introducing the post office to a community where it has been taken away.
“I am glad to see that the outreach scheme is also being extended to urban areas.
“It will offer about 85 per cent of the service that a normal post office does.
“People need a post office in their community.
“One of the best examples of the public mood is Botcherby.
“I have never seen such genuine depth of feeling about a single issue.
“The community is mobilised and they are doing everything they can to keep their branch open.
“Lots of people have signed the petition and when I have been up there the residents have told me that they don’t want to lose their post office.”
The outreach proposals were set out earlier this week by Business Secretary and MP for Barrow, John Hutton.
Mr Hutton said: “The future of the Post Office relies on its ability to innovate and deliver services that meet the changing needs of customers.
“This trial has the potential to do just that by offering greater access to the most popular post office services in urban areas.

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Although April Fools’ pranks have a long history, such antics are generally rare in corporate America. But when the victims of jokesters fail to smile and take it in stride, HR may need to step in and smooth the way.
By Bob Calandria
Be prepared today. You just might find your office tightly packed with chairs — so many that you'll have to climb over them to reach your desk. Actually, you may not even find your office, at least not where you left it the night before.
April Fools' antics can be traced back to at least the late Middle Ages, when getting a yuk at the king's expense could result in losing your head. The king always got the last laugh.
But even today pulling an April Fools' caper in the office can cost a worker dearly. Heads won't be lobbed off, but the bosses most likely won't appreciate the humor.
A random survey of the country's 2,000 largest corporations by The Creative Group found that seven in 10 marketing executives deemed April Fools' jokes inappropriate for the office.
"Large companies tend to be more conservative and don't have a stomach for" April Fools' pranks, says Nancy Glube, a human resource executive in Atlanta, who asked that her company not be named. "Large companies have very structured code of conduct policies and people really get nailed. So people tend to veer away from it."
Several human resource professionals interviewed for the story agree that April Fools' jokes in the office are rare. Joe Fenico, who works at Sallie Mae Financial in Mt. Laurel, N.J., says that in his decades as a human resource manager, he can only recall a few pranks.
"It doesn't happen a lot," he says. "People are afraid because if you get the wrong person it could cause a lot of problems."

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