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Article: TOM CRUISE: MOVIE STAR OR POD PERSON? HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BATTLING ALIENS IN 'WAR OF THE WORLDS,' NOT ACTING LIKE ONE ON THE 'OPRAH' SHOW »
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 26, 2005
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NEW YORK -- Property values are plummeting in a Brazilian
neighborhood in Newark, N.J. A series of rapid-fire lightning strikes
have produced a gigantic hole in the middle of a quiet street in a
tiny suburban neighborhood.
"I hear something moving. It's underground," frets a Jerseyite.
"Maybe it's the subway."
"There is no subway line here," replies a nervous cop.
In a blink, the rumbling gets louder, the street begins to implode
and a gigantic tripod filled with google-eyed alien creatures rises
from the ground and shoots 100 stories up into the air.
In the middle of this mayhem, a familiar-looking guy in jeans and
a T-shirt scoops up a little girl in his arms and smiles like he's a
kid at ...