Entertainment Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)
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'Good Day to Die Hard' debuts with $28.6M take
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Bruce Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" hauled in $28.6 million to lead the box office over the long President's Day weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian...
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Tiger Woods joins vacationing Obama for golf round
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) , President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said. Once the sport's dominant player before his career was sidetracked by scandal, Woods joined Obama at the Floridian, a secluded and exclusive yacht and golf club on Florida's Treasure Coast where Obama is spending the long Presidents Day weekend.
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Willis' new 'Die Hard' scores with $25M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Bruce Willis remains a die-hard at the box office. Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" debuted as the weekend's top draw with a $25 million debut from Friday to Sunday. The 20th Century Fox release raised its domestic total to $33.2 million since opening Thursday for Valentine's Day to get a jump on the long President's Day weekend.
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White House calls draft immigration plan a backup
WASHINGTON (AP) , Republicans and Democrats alike on Sunday predicted President Barack Obama would fail if he pushed forward with his own effort to overhaul the nation's immigration system and urged the administration to hold off while lawmakers work on a bipartisan measure.
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'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
LOS ANGELES (AP) , "Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the North American box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted at No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Super Bowl tops ratings; outage highly viewed, too
NEW YORK (AP) , As it does nearly every year, the Super Bowl will almost certainly stand as the most-watched television event of 2013. This year, the Blackout Bowl wasn't too far behind. CBS prevailed upon the Nielsen Co.
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'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
NEW YORK (AP) , The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely punts to football, the PG-13 film from Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment easily led the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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4 detained after deadly highway collapse in China
BEIJING (AP) , Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for Lunar New Year celebration exploded, collapsing an elevated portion of highway in central China.
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Report: US job market looks surprisingly strong
WASHINGTON (AP) , The U.S. job market is proving surprisingly strong and raising hopes that the economy will be resilient enough this year to withstand a budget standoff in Washington and potentially deep cuts in federal spending.
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Beyonce admits Inauguration Day pre-recording
NEW ORLEANS (AP) , Beyonce answered critics of her Inauguration Day performance the best way she could , with another sterling performance of the national anthem. The difference? On Thursday...
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Super Bowl programming shows ID's irreverence
NEW YORK (AP) , Men might want to take note if their loved one turns to the Investigation Discovery network Sunday for Super Bowl counterprogramming, where a marathon of "Wives With Knives" episodes will be running during the game. It is a typically colorful programming choice by a young network that has grown quickly because of them.
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SUPER BOWL WATCH: Beyonce, avocados, practice
NEW ORLEANS (AP) , Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ___ GRIDIRON TO LEMONADE STAND Donald Driver didn't waste much time finding a new job.
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5 Super Bowl ads that enlist viewer help
Advertisers are finding new ways to get viewers into the game during Super Bowl XLVII, which airs on CBS on Sunday. Here are 5 campaigns that enlist viewer help in one form or another. 1. Coca-Cola created an online game that pits a troupe of showgirls, biker-style "badlanders" and cowboys against each other in a race to find a Coke in the desert.
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CES gadget show host drops CNET as awards picker
LOS ANGELES (AP) , The industry group that hosts the annual gadget show known as International CES is dropping reviews website CNET as the picker of its "Best of CES" awards. It says CNET reviewers' objectivity was compromised by the site's corporate parent, CBS Corp.
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Appeals judges: Anti-paparazzi law appears legal
LOS ANGELES (AP) , An appeals panel says California's anti-paparazzi statute appears to be constitutional based on a brief filed by prosecutors. A preliminary statement by three judges in Los Angeles requires a judge who dismissed charges aimed at a paparazzo who authorities say was driving recklessly to review his order.
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Ready to rumble: Super Bowl fans get in the game
NEW YORK (AP) , You don't have to be a football player to be a part of the action on Super Bowl Sunday. Coca-Cola is asking people to vote for an online match between three groups competing in a desert for a Coke on Game Day. Pepsi and Toyota are using viewers' photos in their ads.
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Viacom adjusted profit, revenue fall in 1Q
NEW YORK (AP) , Viacom Inc. said Thursday that net income rose sharply in its fiscal first quarter compared with results depressed by a large accounting charge a year ago. But its revenue and adjusted earnings fell because of a decline at its Paramount studio business and lower advertising revenue at its Nickelodeon television channels.
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Randy Travis admits driving drunk, gets probation
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) , Randy Travis pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated Thursday in a case that began last summer when the naked country music star crashed his Pontiac Trans Am. Travis received a 180-day suspended jail sentence, 24 months of probation and a $2,000 fine.
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NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers
BEIJING (AP) , Chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated The New York Times' computer systems over the past four months, stealing reporters' passwords and hunting for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of a top Chinese leader, the newspaper reported Thursday.
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'The Sapphires' sparkles at Australian film awards
SYDNEY (AP) , Feel-good musical drama "The Sapphires" sparkled at Australia's premier film awards. The tale of an Aboriginal family singing group entertaining American troops in the Vietnam War won best film and five other awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ceremony Wednesday night.
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Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters rallied troops
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Patty Andrews never served in the military, but she and her singing sisters certainly supported the troops. During World War II, they hawked war bonds, entertained soldiers overseas and boosted morale on the home-front with tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and "I Can Dream, Can't I?"
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Porn star Ron Jeremy in LA hospital after aneurysm
LOS ANGELES (AP) , A spokesman says porn star Ron Jeremy is recovering from surgery at a Los Angeles hospital after an aneurysm near his heart sent him to intensive care. Agent Mike Esterman says in an email to The Associated Press that he and others were waiting for Jeremy to awake Wednesday night after a smooth procedure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Heat blow out Nets in 2nd half, win 105-85
NEW YORK (AP) , LeBron James arrived in Brooklyn to an unfriendly welcome from the Nets' Reggie Evans, who downplayed Miami's title and James' talents. Bad idea, though James decided not to fire back. "I let my game do the talking," James said. No other response was necessary.
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MSNBC criticized for editing of gun hearing video
NEW YORK (AP) , MSNBC invited viewers Wednesday to draw their own conclusions about whether the parent of a Connecticut school shooting victim was heckled at a legislative hearing but didn't address criticism that it aired a deceptively edited video of the event.
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Tony Scott's agents seek $1M in unpaid fees
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Tony Scott's agents are seeking $1 million in fees they say they are owed for the deceased director's work on films such as "Unstoppable" and "Man on Fire." The Creative Artists Agency filed a creditor's claim against the director's estate on Monday. Scott died after leaping from a Los Angeles bridge in August.
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Frank Schleck given 1-year doping sentence
BRUSSELS (AP) , Cyclist Frank Schleck was suspended for a year Wednesday and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance on last year's Tour. Luxembourg anti-doping authorities backdated the suspension, sidelining Schleck until July 14 when the Tour enters its last week.
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The Worm Turns: Rodman writes book for children
NEW YORK (AP) , Even Dennis Rodman laughs at the idea. "Kind of funny, huh?" he said. It's true, though. One of basketball's most outrageous personalities has written a book for kids. The Hall of Famer's book, "Dennis The Wild Bull," came out Wednesday and fans will immediately recognize Rodman's influence.
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Seattle LB Leroy Hill arrested on assault charges
ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) , Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will. According to a release from the Issaquah Police Department on Wednesday morning, Hill was arrested on investigation of unlawful imprisonment-domestic violence and third-degree assault-domestic violence.
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Auction house to offer Andy Warhol works online
NEW YORK (AP) , An online auction of Andy Warhol's works will give a broader audience the chance to own a piece of his pop art. It is Christie's International's first online-only Warhol sale. About 125 paintings, drawings, photographs and prints will be offered from Feb. 26 through March 5. Pre-sale estimates range from $600 to $70,000.
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'30 Rock': Ending a 7-season marathon of mirth
NEW YORK (AP) , You want resolution on the "30 Rock" finale? You're gonna get it. Sort of. At least, the sort befitting "30 Rock," with its loopy storytelling mixed with joy in spoofing the culture of TV. Closure, if that's what it is, comes in a two-minute postscript on this hour episode (airing Thursday at 8 p.m. EST on NBC).
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Lindsay Lohan appears in court, trial delayed
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Lindsay Lohan briefly appeared in court Wednesday for the first time in nearly a year and left with a new attorney, new trial date and new judge. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner shook her head when she saw Lohan seated with her attorney, just months after the judge had warned the "Liz and Dick" star to grow up and stay out of trouble.
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Mother of baby born in captivity seeks to bar film
DUITAMA, Colombia (AP) , It's one of the most heart-tugging tales of Colombia's long civil conflict: Rebels appear at the jungle home of a poor farmer carrying a 7-month-old boy with bandaged left arm. The farmer tells them that the medicine man they seek isn't around. They leave the baby anyway, and promise to return the following day. But they don't.
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New BlackBerrys coming to UK, Canada in next week
TORONTO (AP) , The first in a new generation of long-awaited BlackBerrys will go on sale in the next week in Canada and the United Kingdom, but won't be released in the U.S. until March. Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins, who runs the company that makes the BlackBerry, announced the timetable at New York event where the new smartphones were unveiled after lengthy delays.
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Cyprus reprints election ballots in Guinness flap
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) , Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo, officials said Wednesday.
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Bolshoi ballerina says she fears for her safety
MOSCOW (AP) , A leading ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet says she wants to stay in Canada after receiving threats , a move that follows an acid attack on the dance troupe's ballet chief and highlights tensions at the famed theater.
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Sam Mendes, Tori Amos set for UK National Theatre
LONDON (AP) , The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among highlights announced Wednesday for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theatre. Mendes, who began his career in theater before moving into film, will direct a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" starring Simon Russell Beale and opening next January.
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RIM unveiling new BlackBerrys with modern software
NEW YORK (AP) , After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. is unveiling its first phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. RIM redesigned the system to embrace the multimedia, apps and touch-screen experience prevalent today. The question is whether there's time for the once-pioneering BlackBerry to catch up to Apple's trend-setting iPhone and devices running Google's Android system.
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Barbra Streisand will sing at the Oscars
NEW YORK (AP) , Barbra Streisand will perform at the Oscars next month, the first time she's performed during an Academy Awards broadcast in 36 years. Streisand won the Academy Award for best original song for "Evergreen" in 1977. She also sang the theme from "A Star Is Born" that night. She won the Oscar for best actress for 1968's "Funny Girl."
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A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes
NEW YORK (AP) , Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.
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Adver-teasers: Super Bowl viewers get peek at ads
NEW YORK (AP) , Super Bowl advertisers are learning the art of the tease. Supermodel Kate Upton appears in an online Mercedes-Benz video in a low-cut top. An unknown man wakes up with his face covered in smeared lipstick and his hands bound in furry handcuffs in a Gildan Activewear clip. And "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan seemingly curses in a spot for Kraft's Mio flavored drops.
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Former activist gets prison in Calif. for fraud
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , A former social activist convicted of defrauding a California charity backed by celebrities Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte was sentenced Tuesday to three years and four months in prison. U.S.
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Indiana couple vows to fight fawn rescue charges
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) , Jeff Counceller says a dying fawn he found on someone's porch three years ago surely wouldn't have lived had he and his wife not nursed it back to health on their eastern Indiana farm. The Connersville police officer insists they had no clue that they could be breaking the law.
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Wallenda crosses Fla. tightrope 200 feet over road
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) , Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tuesday, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota. Without a tether or safety net, Wallenda was the lone figure against a blue sky, aided only by a balancing pole.
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Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Costa Book of the Year
LONDON (AP) , Two-time Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel has snagged the top honor at the Costa Book Awards for her novel "Bring Up the Bodies." The British writer's blood-soaked Tudor saga, which won the Booker last year, defeated four other titles shortlisted for the 25,000 pound ($39,400) prize for 2012's book of the year.
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The Dutch monarchy _ some facts and quirks
AMSTERDAM (AP) , The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix says she will abdicate her throne in April to make way for her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. Here are some questions and answers about the Netherlands' House of Orange and how it's a little different than, for instance, the British monarchy. A DUTCH MONARCH CAN JUST UP AND QUIT?
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Kid Rock says Harley deal 'just makes sense'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) , Kid Rock says his new partnership with Harley-Davidson is a dream deal, and as the owner of multiple Harley bikes, he didn't feel like he was compromising his integrity or risking a backlash from fans. The Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker is sponsoring Kid Rock's upcoming tour, named for his most recent release, "Rebel Soul."
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OpenTable buys food photo-sharing app Foodspotting
NEW YORK (AP) , Restaurant reservations site OpenTable says it is buying Foodspotting, a mobile app for finding and sharing photos of food, for about $10 million to help it personalize its service. OpenTable Inc. lets people book reservations online, or through its mobile app, without having to talk to a person. It's used by about 26,000 restaurants around the world.
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British queen not likely to follow Dutch example
LONDON (AP) , One European queen has announced her retirement. Any chance Europe's most famous queen , Elizabeth II of Britain , might join her? Not likely, experts say. The spectacle...
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TV veteran developing news show for Fuse
NEW YORK (AP) , The Fuse television network has turned to news veteran Rick Kaplan, who has run CNN and MSNBC and produced programs like "Nightline," to develop a music news program aimed largely at people some 40 years younger than him.
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Surviving band member leads police to bodies
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) , The Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and several crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities.
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Amy Poehler working on 'non-linear' book
NEW YORK (AP) , Tina Fey had a million seller with a book of essays called "Bossypants." Amy Poehler? She has a deal for a book which appears to be a little bit of everything. The star of "Parks...
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Tsujihara named CEO of Warner Bros
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Kevin Tsujihara was named the next chief executive of the Warner Bros. studio, one of the oldest and the largest producers of TV shows and movies in Hollywood. He'll take over from Barry Meyer on March 1.
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Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating, son will be king
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) , The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother's popularity.
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Randy Travis to enter drunken-driving plea
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) , Country music star Randy Travis is expected to enter a guilty plea this week in a drunken-driving case in North Texas, where he was arrested over the summer naked after crashing his Pontiac Trans Am.
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Immigration overhaul? GOP, Dem senators vow action
WASHINGTON (AP) , Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally.
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Whitney Houston's mother has words for Bobby Brown
NEW YORK (AP) , Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown. In "Remembering Whitney," the mother of the late Whitney Houston writes that from the start she had doubted whether Brown was right for her daughter. And she thinks that Whitney might not have ended up so "deep" into drugs had they not stayed together.
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Dodgers secure $7B TV rights deal with TW Cable
LOS ANGELES (AP) , The Los Angeles Dodgers formally announced a deal with Time Warner Cable on Monday to create a new TV channel that people familiar with the situation say assures the team more than $7 billion over 25 years. That is double what Major League Baseball thought the local TV rights were worth when the team was sold out of bankruptcy just last year.
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Crucial, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
TORONTO (AP) , The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone. It's the fruit of a crucial, long-overdue makeover for the Canadian company.
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'Argo,' Lawrence, Day-Lewis win at SAG
LOS ANGELES (AP) , The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG's lead-acting...
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10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. WHY THE TOLL WAS SO HIGH IN BRAZIL More than 230 were killed in Santa Maria when smoke engulfed a crowded club and panicked partiers headed for a single exit. 2. WHERE NEWS OF THE FIRE HIT HOME IN THE US
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Deadly smoke, lone blocked exit: 230 die in Brazil
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) , A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, within seconds filling the space with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers who gasped for breath and fought in a stampede to escape. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.
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Karnow, Vietnam reporter-historian, dies at age 87
Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87. Karnow, who had congestive heart failure, died in his sleep at his home in Potomac, Md., said son Michael Karnow.
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'Hansel and Gretel' nabs $19M, No. 1 at box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) , "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" cooked up $19 million in its opening weekend. Paramount's R-rated action film update on the classic fairytale topped the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Hansel and Gretel" features Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as grown-up renditions of the title characters battling witches with crossbows.
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A look at notable deadly nightclub fires
A fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday and killed more than 230 people appears to be the deadliest in more a decade. Here is a look at some of the biggest nightclub fires in the past century:
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Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb
WASHINGTON (AP) , Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation's largest gun-rights group.
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New production of Rossini's Cinderella a delight
VIENNA (AP) , There is no pumpkin-turned-coach on the stage, no glass slipper, no fairy godmother, and the action takes place in an imaginary Italian duchy in the 1950s. But Gioachino Rossini's take on Cinderella remains utterly magical in the new version being put on by the Vienna State Opera.
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Abrams on 'Star Wars': 'surreal' and 'exciting'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , J.J. Abrams calls getting assigned to direct the seventh live-action "Star Wars" film "as surreal as it is exciting." The director-producer-writer spoke with a handful of media outlets on the red carpet before darting into the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night.
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Harry's Afghan downtime: movies, candy trades
LONDON (AP) , Prince Harry's off-duty time in Afghanistan appeared to be full of war movies, board games and elaborate candy trades. The 28-year-old helicopter pilot and fellow members of his squad swapped Kit Kats and Rice Krispies Squares for American soldiers' M and Ms, according to a British media pool report released Sunday.
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APNewsBreak: Harkin won't seek 6th Senate term
CUMMING, Iowa (AP) , U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said Saturday he will not seek a sixth term in 2014, a decision that eases some of the burden the national Republican Party faces in retaking the Senate. Harkin, chairman of an influential Senate committee, announced his decision during an interview with The Associated Press, saying the move could surprise some.
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Stan Musial remembered during funeral Mass
ST. LOUIS (AP) , Stan Musial was remembered as a Hall of Famer on and off the field during a 2-hour funeral Mass. Broadcaster Bob Costas, his voice cracking at times, pointed out during Saturday's lengthy tribute that in 92 years of life, Musial never let anyone down.
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Kutcher takes on tech idol Steve Jobs in 'jOBS'
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) , Ashton Kutcher says playing Steve Jobs on screen "was honestly one of the most terrifying things I've ever tried to do in my life." The 34-year-old actor helped premiere the biopic "jOBS" Friday, which was the closing-night film at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Disney says JJ Abrams to direct next 'Star Wars'
LOS ANGELES (AP) , It's official. The force is with J.J. Abrams. The Walt Disney Co. issued a statement Friday night confirming reports that had been circulating for two days that Abrams, Emmy-award-winning creator of TV's "Lost" and director of 2009's "Star Trek" movie, has been pegged to direct the seventh installment of the "Star Wars" franchise.
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Round 2 for Sloppy Joe's bar, a Havana original
HAVANA (AP) , A half-century later, Jose Rafa Malem remembers the balmy breezes blowing through the bar's arching porticos, the grain of the tall wood stools, the whiff of Pedro Domecq brandy on his father's breath.
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Fox News, Palin cutting ties
NEW YORK (AP) , Fox News Channel is parting ways with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, ending her three-year tenure as a contributor on the network. While Palin's time at Fox was occasionally rocky, the network's news executive, Bill Shine, said Friday that "we have thoroughly enjoyed our association" with her.
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Dr. Phil to interview alleged girlfriend hoaxer
NEW YORK (AP) , Dr. Phil McGraw has booked the first on-camera interview with the man who allegedly concocted the girlfriend hoax that ensnared Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o. A "Dr. Phil...
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Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks
LONDON (AP) , If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming. Julian Assange says he has obtained a leaked copy of the script for "The Fifth Estate," a DreamWorks film about the maverick computer expert and his famed secret-busting site.
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Opera about Nazi atrocity shown in Austria
VIENNA (AP) , Thousands of children were murdered by the Nazis because they fell short of the Aryan ideal. On Friday, a hushed audience gathered in Austria's Parliament to watch the world premiere of an opera depicting how the Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children at a Vienna hospital during World War II.
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Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed
MEXICO CITY (AP) , Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and sentenced for being part of a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France.
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'Dallas' returns with J.R. Ewing's final schemes
NEW YORK (AP) , J.R. Ewing wouldn't hesitate to cheat his fellow man. He also famously cheated death. In the second-season finale of "Dallas" back in 1980, he was shot by an unknown assailant in his office and left for dead. But he recovered nicely, and the cliffhanger question that gripped the nation (Who shot J.R.?) was answered that November in an episode seen by 80 million viewers.
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Tina Turner on her way to Swiss citizenship
GENEVA (AP) , Tina Turner is on her way to becoming a Swiss citizen. The American rock diva has lived in the Zurich suburb of Kuesnacht since the mid-1990s. The local Zuerichsee-Zeitung newspaper said on its website the local council announced its decision to grant the 73-year-old Turner citizenship in an official notice published in Friday's edition.
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'Not to be published' Diana photo sells for $18K
AMHERST, N.H. (AP) , A photo marked "not to be published" that shows a teenage Diana Spencer before she became Princess of Wales has been sold by a New Hampshire auction house for more than $18,000. The photograph shows a group of friends relaxing during a ski trip, with Diana reclining on a bed, with a young man seated behind her and a bottle of whiskey on the window sill.
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Somali militants' Twitter shut after death threat
JOHANNESBURG (AP) , Twitter on Friday suspended the account used by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked militant group after the insurgents used the micro-blogging site to post a hostage video and death threat.
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'American Pie' singer fined for speeding in Maine
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) , "American Pie" singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a Maine school zone. McLean's lawyer says he was driving 43 mph in an area that has a limit of 15 mph when school zone warning lights are flashing and 45 mph when they're not.
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Lawyer: No proof to charge Romanians for art theft
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) , A lawyer for three Romanians accused of stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands insisted Friday there was insufficient evidence to charge them. At...
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Damon 'hijacks' Kimmel's ABC show
NEW YORK (AP) , Matt Damon had his revenge. The butt of a long-running joke on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actor opened Thursday night's show as a kidnapper who tied Kimmel to a chair with duct tape and gagged him with his own tie. "There's a new host in town and his initials are M.D.," Damon said. "That's right, the doctor is in."
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Murder in Pakistan sparks anger at country's elite
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) , More than 2,000 people were murdered in Pakistan's largest city last year, but the shooting death of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan in one of Karachi's most upscale neighborhoods sparked an unusual outcry and highlighted a growing trend of citizens using social media to hold the country's rich and powerful to account.
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Paris Opera Ballet names Millepied of 'Black Swan'
PARIS (AP) , Benjamin Millepied, the "Black Swan" choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday.
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West Coast gets swing at San Francisco jazz center
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , Full of shimmer and swing, San Francisco's sleek new jazz concert hall opened Wednesday with an opening night gala featuring McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Esperanza Spalding aimed at cementing respect for and expanding the reach of the jazz idiom on the West Coast.
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Pope on social networking: the virtual is real
VATICAN CITY (AP) , Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation.
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"Cloud Atlas" cut by 38 minutes for China audience
BEIJING (AP) , Nearly 40 minutes have been chopped from the Hollywood film "Cloud Atlas" for Chinese audiences, deleting both gay and straight love scenes to satisfy local censors despite a movie-going public that increasingly chafes at censorship.
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Sony fined in UK over PlayStation cyberattack
LONDON (AP) , British regulators have fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($396,100) for failing to prevent a 2011 cyberattack on its PlayStation Network which put millions of users' personal information , including names, addresses, birth dates and account passwords , at risk.
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Interpol: We'll recover art stolen in Dutch heist
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) , The head of Interpol says he believes police will retrieve valuable paintings that were stolen from a museum in the Netherlands last year, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse. Dutch detectives and a prosecutor are currently in Romania to investigate the possible involvement of three men, arrested Monday in Romania, in the Oct.
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Sosa says he and McGwire belong in Hall of Fame
CHICAGO (AP) , Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire his number, and he left open the possibility of running for president of the Dominican Republic during an interview Wednesday on the website Ustream.com.
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Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
SAN DIEGO (AP) , The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in several "Peanuts" television shows was charged Wednesday with stalking and threatening his former girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement that he paid for before the relationship ended.
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Li beats Sharapova, advances to Australian final
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) , Li Na used the heat to her advantage and worked No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova around Rod Laver Arena in a 6-2, 6-2 win on Thursday that put her in the Australian Open final for the second time in three years. Sharapova was the heavy favorite after conceding only nine games in her first five matches, a record at the Australian Open.
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Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
SAN DIEGO (AP) , The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in several "Peanuts" television shows was charged Wednesday with stalking and threatening his former girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement he apparently didn't like.
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'What would you do' Te'o tells Couric
NEW YORK (AP) , Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o admitted to Katie Couric he answered questions about his "dead," online girlfriend even after he received a call Dec. 6 from a woman posing as the fake person. Te'o also maintained he played no part in the hoax.
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Editor gets 10 years in jail for Thai royal insult
BANGKOK (AP) , A prominent Thai activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Wednesday for defaming Thailand's monarchy, a verdict rights groups condemned as the latest affront to freedom of expression in the Southeast Asian country.
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Congrats flood in for Shakira's new baby boy
MADRID (AP) , Within hours of Shakira's baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. Will Milan Pique Mebarak be a famous pop singer liker his Colombian mother, or an international soccer star like his Spanish father, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique?
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Pussy Riot members say they have no regrets
MOSCOW (AP) , The imprisoned members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band say they feel no regrets about the irreverent "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral that landed them behind bars for two years.
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Sundance doc adds new take on hunt for bin Laden
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) , The filmmaker behind an Osama bin Laden documentary at the Sundance Film Festival says the debate over the accuracy of Hollywood's take on the story detracts from the deeper moral questions involved.
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RSC to stage Hilary Mantel adaptations
LONDON (AP) , "Doctor Who" star David Tennant is returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company this year to play a troubled king in "Richard II." Tennant, who played the time-traveling hero in four seasons of the beloved, long-running BBC sci-fi series, starred in an acclaimed RSC production of "Hamlet" in 2008.
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Convicted Pa. pastor faces trial in 1st wife death
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) , A former Methodist clergyman convicted of bludgeoning his second wife to death in 2008 now faces trial on whether he killed his first wife, too. Arthur Schirmer was convicted...
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Mayer, Aguilera among Rock Hall of Fame performers
LOS ANGELES (AP) , John Mayer, Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson are among the stars set to perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Mayer will perform in honor of Albert King with Gary Clark Jr., then induct the late bluesman. Aguilera and Hudson will salute Donna Summer.
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Josh Duhamel named host of Kids' Choice Awards
NEW YORK (AP) , There's plenty of green slime in Josh Duhamel's future. The star of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" on Wednesday was named host of Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, which will be broadcast from the Galen Center in Los Angeles on March 23.
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'Girl Rising' spotlights need for girls' education
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) , Just because a film isn't finished doesn't mean it can't get buzz at Sundance. Director Richard Robbins showed about 10 minutes of his new movie, "Girl Rising," at the independent-film festival Monday, even though he still has a few weeks of post-production work to do on the project.
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Prince Harry's wartime role draws reprisal fears
LONDON (AP) , Prince Harry's admission that he killed Taliban fighters while working as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan drew intense British media coverage Tuesday and sparked concerns about possible reprisals. The 28-year-old prince spoke in a pooled interview published late Monday after he was safely out of Afghanistan.
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Remains of last Yugoslav king returned to Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) , The remains of Yugoslavia's last king , Peter II Karadjordjevic, who died in the U.S. in 1970 , were flown back to Serbia in a solemn ceremony on Tuesday, despite protests by some Serb royalists in America.
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Mariel Hemingway runs from crazy at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) , Mariel Hemingway says she has left the bad kind of crazy behind, and all that's left is good crazy. Hemingway came to the Sundance Film Festival for the documentary "Running from Crazy," which chronicles the family history of mental illness that led to the suicides of seven relatives, including sister Margaux and grandfather Ernest Hemingway.
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Ke$ha: The all-American girl at charity concert
WASHINGTON (AP) , Ke$ha is an all-American girl , or at least she was following Inauguration Day at a concert Monday night. The pop singer sported a bright red suit, blue shoes and a white shirt on the red carpet ahead of her performance at the 9:30 Club. The back of her suit read: "U$A."
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Lagerfeld supports gay marriage in lesbian couture
PARIS (AP) , Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk wearing couture bridal gowns. He did that to cap Paris' Grand Palais fashion show on Tuesday and also had a young nephew of his accompany the models.
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London exhibit features dozens of Manet portraits
LONDON (AP) , A new exhibition is bringing the works of French Impressionist master Edouard Manet to London , although snow is delaying one painting's arrival. The Royal Academy show focuses on Manet's portraits, with paintings of the artist, his family and famous friends, including artist Claude Monet and writer Emile Zola.
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Brazil police inspector removed from post
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) , A Rio de Janiero police inspector has been removed for making disparaging remarks about female officers on his Twitter account. Inspector Pedro Paulo Pontes Pinho tweets that he has "14 women under my command and only one has the talent, courage and determination needed for police work."
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London Olympic Park to host 2013 rock concerts
LONDON (AP) , London's Olympic Park will partly reopen to the public this year for a series of summer rock concerts, officials announced Tuesday. The London Legacy Development Corporation said the east London park will host the Hard Rock Calling and Wireless festivals in July under a deal with events promoter Live Nation Entertainment.
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Report: Schwarzenegger says he still loves Shriver
BERLIN (AP) , Arnold Schwarzenegger is quoted in an interview in Germany's top-selling newspaper saying he's still in love with his estranged wife, Maria Shriver. The actor and former California governor is quoted in Tuesday's Bild newspaper as saying that despite their separation, he spent Christmas with Shriver and their children.
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The inaugural do-over: chomping gum, savoring view
WASHINGTON (AP) , Let's hear it for the do-over. Inaugurations are always moments of great ceremony and pageantry. But, hey, everybody can rel-a-a-a-ax a little the second time around. After the electric moment of President Barack Obama's first swearing-in, the second inaugural was just so much more ... comfortable.
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Michelle Obama wears Wu to the balls again
WASHINGTON (AP) , Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls. The ruby-colored dress was a follow-up to the white gown Wu made for her four years ago when she was new to Washington, the pomp and circumstance, and the fashion press. She now emerged in velvet and chiffon as a bona fide trendsetter.
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INAUGURATION WATCH: Of music and second-term plans
WASHINGTON (AP) , AP journalists are fanning out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports, which will be updated through the day. ___ MANY PATHS TO HAPPINESS Sally Buzbee, AP's Washington bureau chief, unpacks one piece of President Barack Obama's inaugural address. ___
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UK's Prince Harry returns from Afghanistan
LONDON (AP) , Capt. Wales is coming home to be Prince Harry once again. The Ministry of Defense revealed Monday that the 28-year-old prince is returning from a five-month deployment in Afghanistan, where he served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. It did not immediately divulge his exact whereabouts.
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Stars rub shoulders with politicos at inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) , Beyonce drew a loud cheer from the audience Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. The applause started when she took her place with Jay-Z at the Capitol to watch President Barack Obama take the oath for his second term in office. The two stopped to chat with the Rev. Al Sharpton.
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Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience
WASHINGTON (AP) , Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, recited a poem that painted vivid scenes about America and included reflections on his experience growing up as Cuban exile in New York City and Miami.
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Atari US files for Ch. 11 to separate from parent
NEW YORK (AP) , Video game maker Atari's U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company, which is filing a similar motion separately in France. In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and downloadable video games.
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Filmmaker Michael Winner dies at 77
LONDON (AP) , "Death Wish" director Michael Winner, a British filmmaker, restaurant critic and bon vivant, died Monday. He was 77. Winner's wife, Geraldine, said he died at his London home after an illness. Winner's 30 movies included three "Death Wish" films starring the late Charles Bronson.
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First lady wears Thom Browne coat and dress
WASHINGTON (AP) , First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing a navy Thom Browne coat and dress. The fabric for the first lady's Inauguration Day attire was developed based on the style of a man's silk tie. The belt she is wearing is from J.Crew and her necklace and earrings were designed by Cathy Waterman.
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Miss America attends inauguration despite the cold
WASHINGTON (AP) , Miss America Mallory Hagan says she made it to the inauguration on Monday despite the chilly weather. In an interview Saturday, Hagan had said she wasn't sure if she would attend President Barack Obama's public swearing-in ceremony Monday even though she had a ticket because "it's going to be freezing."
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Obama on Michelle: Love those bangs
WASHINGTON (AP) , President Barack Obama has rendered his opinion on what he called the most significant event of inaugural weekend: his wife's new haircut. Said Obama: "I love her bangs. She looks good. She always looks good." First lady Michelle Obama unveiled the new do in a White House photo released last Thursday, her 49th birthday.
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Alleged mastermind of Te'o hoax may tell his story
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) , The person cast as the mastermind of the hoax involving Notre Dame's Manti Te'o may tell his side of the story, a family member said Sunday. Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, uncle of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, says the family plans to hold a meeting this week to determine when and how his nephew would talk about the bizarre prank.
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Latinos take on bigger role in Obama inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) , Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama's second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in the vice president to a star-studded concert celebrating Latino culture.
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Indicted Megaupload founder opens new sharing site
SYDNEY (AP) , Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.
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Manti Te'o to be interviewed by Katie Couric
NEW YORK (AP) , Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax. Te'o and his parents will appear on Couric's syndicated talk show Thursday. ABC News announced the interview Sunday, but gave no details as to when it will take place and where.
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Digital age prompting closure of base theaters
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AP) , Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking her three children to the multiplex in nearby Rapid City.
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Former Miami baseball coach Ron Fraser dies
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) , Ron Fraser coached the national teams from two different countries, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won two NCAA baseball championships and never had a losing record in a 30-year career with the Miami Hurricanes. He'll be remembered for so many other reasons.
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ABC News' Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall
NEW YORK (AP) , Veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters has fallen at an inauguration party at an ambassador's home in Washington and has been hospitalized. Walters, 83, fell Saturday night on a step at the residence of Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott, ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. The fall left Walters with a cut on her forehead, he said.
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Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan marries in RI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) , Olympic medalist figure skater Michelle Kwan and a grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell have married in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/VCCver ) Kwan and Coast Guard Lt. Clay Pell married at the First Unitarian Church in Providence. About 250 guests attended, including Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) and his wife.
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Officials lay wreaths at King memorial on Mall
WASHINGTON (AP) , Dignitaries and celebrities participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, comedian Dick Gregory and actors Jamie Foxx and Chris Tucker were among those who attended Sunday's event.
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Israel to open exhibit on biblical King Herod
JERUSALEM (AP) , Israel's national museum said Tuesday it will open what it calls the world's first exhibition devoted to the architectural legacy of biblical King Herod, the Jewish proxy monarch who ruled Jerusalem and the Holy Land under Roman occupation two millennia ago.
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What's Facebook's secret? Company tells all today
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) , Facebook's mystery "press event" on Tuesday could reveal a more robust search feature that would intensify the competition between the social networking giant and its rival Google Inc. Facebook is holding the event at 10 a.m. (1 p.m. EST) at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. The company has not said what it plans to announce.
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Not guilty plea entered for Lohan on misdemeanors
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Lindsay Lohan's attorney has entered a not guilty plea for the actress to three misdemeanor charges filed over a June accident in which her sports car slammed into a dump truck. Attorney Shawn Holley entered the plea during a brief hearing Tuesday in Los Angeles.
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Tatler magazine mourns dog killed in door accident
LONDON (AP) , British high-society magazine Tatler is mourning its beloved office dog, Alan, who died in a revolving-door accident. Tatler said long-haired miniature dachshund , a well-known industry figure with his own (at)TatlerAlan Twitter account , passed away in an accident at Vogue House, the London headquarters of magazine publisher Conde Nast.
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Newtown shooting survivors record song for charity
NEW YORK (AP) , Children who survived last month's shooting rampage at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School have recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" to raise money for charity. Twenty-one...
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Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, Jan. 7, to Sunday, Jan. 13: UNITED STATES 1. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, "Thrift Shop" (Macklemore) 2. The Lumineers, "Ho Hey" (Dualtone) 3. Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin, "Don't You Worry Child (Radio Edit)" (Virgin Records)
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Japanese film director Oshima dies at 80
TOKYO (AP) , Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80. His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago.
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Winfrey: Armstrong interview will satisfy viewers
NEW YORK (AP) , Oprah Winfrey says she and her TV crew were "mesmerized and riveted" by some of Lance Armstrong's answers during a 2 1/2-hour interview in which the cyclist acknowledged using performance-enhancing...
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Corea, Shorter, Cole, Spalding to play at Newport
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) , Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Chick Corea, singer Natalie Cole and bassist Esperanza Spalding are among the greats and rising stars of the jazz world scheduled to perform at the 59th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival's lineup was announced Tuesday.
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AP NewsBreak: Rewrite for National Book Awards
NEW YORK (AP) , The National Book Awards are getting a rewrite. New rules announced Tuesday include a "long list" of 10 nominees to be offered for each of the four competitive categories before being narrowed to the traditional five finalists. And the pool of judges will be expanded beyond writers to include critics, booksellers and librarians.
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Coroner releases new report on Natalie Wood death
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Some of the bruises found on Natalie Wood's body may have occurred before the actress drowned in the waters off Southern California more than 30 years ago, according to a newly released coroner's report on one of Hollywood's most mysterious deaths.
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Bitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) , As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture official said national prices on lettuce have started to rise because of lost produce in Arizona. The extreme chill in the West comes as the eastern U.S., from Atlanta to New York City, is seeing spring-like weather.
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AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) , Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the interview is to be broadcast Thursday on Winfrey's network.
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Coca-Cola to address obesity for first time in ads
NEW YORK (AP) , Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a growing cloud over the industry: obesity.
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'Downton Abbey' gets early iTunes showing
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Select "Downton Abbey" fans are in for an early viewing treat and bragging rights. Apple said Monday that people in North America who hold iTunes season passes will be able to see this season's last three episodes of "Downton" before they air.
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Severe Beijing smog prompts unusual transparency
BEIJING (AP) , One of Beijing's worst rounds of air pollution kept schoolchildren indoors and sent coughing residents to hospitals Monday, but this time something was different about the murky haze: the government's transparency in talking about it.
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'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts down $24.4M at box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) , "Zero Dark Thirty" nabbed the biggest haul at the weekend box office. The controversial Osama bin Laden raid drama earned $24.4 in its first weekend in wide release. The horror spoof "A Haunted House" and mobster drama "Gangster Squad" debuted in the second and third spots, respectively earning $18.1 million and $17 million.
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AP source: Armstrong 'sorry' to Livestrong staff
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) , Lance Armstrong stopped at his Livestrong Foundation before heading to an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday and delivered an emotional apology to staff members, some of whom broke down in tears, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussion was private.
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Lancome taps Lanvin's Elbaz for collaboration
NEW YORK (AP) , Alber Elbaz (ahl-BEHR' ehl-BAHZ') is making an extended French family, bringing his high-fashion reputation at Lanvin into a partnership with makeup powerhouse Lancome. The company announced Monday that Lancome x Alber Elbaz will launch in the middle of June. It is Elbaz's first foray into cosmetics.
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PBS shows to examine Newtown school shooting
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Public television is putting its resources into a week-long examination of the Connecticut school shooting. PBS announced Monday it will air a series of programs under the umbrella title "After Newtown." The February series will "continue the public conversation" on the topics of gun laws, mental illness and school security, PBS said.
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Lawrence, Hathaway, Waltz win acting Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Jennifer Lawrence has won a lead-actress Golden Globe for the oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook," while supporting-acting prizes went to Christoph Waltz for the slave-revenge tale "Django Unchained" and Anne Hathaway for the musical "Les Miserables." The wins Sunday firm up their prospects for Hollywood's top honors at the Feb. 24 Academy Awards.
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SHOW BITS: Not the next Bond girl
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Show Bits brings you the 70th annual Golden Globes awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. ___
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Calif. chills, but dodges crop damage in cold snap
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Residents remained bundled up and growers in the Central Valley again took measures to protect their citrus crops Sunday, as California's cold snap entered its fourth night. Alerts predicting freezing temperatures and frost were becoming familiar in much of the state, with new high wind warnings in place for the mountains around Los Angeles beginning early Monday.
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Partial list of Golden Globe winners
Partial list of winners at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: ,Supporting Actor, Movie: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained." ,Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey." , Miniseries or Movie: "Game Change." , Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julianne Moore, "Game Change."
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Reddit co-founder dies in NY weeks before trial
NEW YORK (AP) , The family of a Reddit co-founder is blaming prosecutors for his suicide just weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles. Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment Friday night, his family and authorities said.
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There's chilly fashion chatter at Globes
The Golden Globes boasted some red-hot arrivals to kick off the Hollywood awards season even as the fashion chatter among top movie and TV stars was largely about an unusually chilly night. Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Haute Couture, Claire Danes in Versace and Zooey Deschanel in Oscar de la Renta were among those in red at Sunday's show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Miss America journeys from small town to big city
LAS VEGAS (AP) , From a hometown of 26,000 people to an adopted home borough of 2.6 million, Miss America's story includes a journey from a small town to the big city , but it doesn't start there. ...
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Opolais makes winning Met debut in 'La Rondine'
NEW YORK (AP) , Kristine Opolais was such a hit at her Metropolitan Opera debut that she got bopped on the head. The 33-year-old Latvian soprano had just completed her role debut as Magda in Puccini's "La Rondine" on Friday night when a fan threw a bouquet of white flowers that came apart and fluttered onto the stage and into the orchestra pit.
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A disconnect between violence and television
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) , If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent. All say the horrors of Newtown and Aurora, Colo., rocked them.
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Armstrong awaits 'candid' Oprah interview
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) , Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud. "I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly," Armstrong told The Associated Press, referring to his interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey.
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Online activist, programmer Swartz dies in NY
NEW YORK (AP) , Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz, who helped develop RSS and co-founded Reddit, has been found dead weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles in an attempt to make them freely available to the public.
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Judges cut down Miss America field to 16 women
LAS VEGAS (AP) , The Miss America pageant has gotten under way in Las Vegas, and judges have cut down the field of contestants from 53 to 16. Beauty contest winners from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands took the stage to vie for the title Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Armstrong will answer 'honestly' during Oprah talk
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) , Lance Armstrong said he will answer questions "directly, honestly and candidly" during an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week. He will also apologize and make a limited confession to using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Globe-nominated foreign filmmakers discuss craft
LOS ANGELES (AP) , The makers of three Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated foreign films shared the secrets of their craft , and admiration for one another , at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 10th annual Foreign Film Symposium.
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Milan Fashion Week starts on somber note
MILAN (AP) , Milan Fashion Week started off on a somber note Saturday, as the design world maintained a vigil for the missing CEO of the family-run Missoni fashion house. The Italian National...
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Gunmen shoot birdshot at Egypt protesters; 15 hurt
CAIRO (AP) , A dozen masked attackers fired birdshot late Saturday at protesters who have camped outside Egypt's presidential palace in Cairo for the past month, wounding several along with security forces standing watch nearby, witnesses said. It was the latest in a series of shootings of protesters in Egypt.
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CBS chief touts renewed sensitivity post-Newtown
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) , CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler says the network is sensitive to concerns about violence following the Connecticut school shooting, and that everything it puts on the air is appropriate. The network's prime-time schedule is dominated by crime procedurals, many with gruesome murders.
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CBS welcoming actor Angus Jones back to comedy
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) , The teenage actor Angus T. Jones is expected back at "Two and a Half Men" next week, with CBS accepting his apology for calling the popular comedy "filth" and "very inappropriate." "We move on," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said on Saturday. After a break for the holidays, actors on "Two and a Half Men" are about to begin rehearsals for new episodes.
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PHOTOS: Miss America winners through the years
Women from every state are competing for the Miss America crown Saturday night, an honor that carries with it a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run as an advocate and role model. Among the preliminary winners were Miss Maryland and Miss Oklahoma. Miss Alabama won the $6,000 Quality of Life Scholarship for her commitment to community service.
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Fashion world keeps pressure on Missoni search
MILAN (AP) , The fashion world is urging authorities to keep searching for the missing CEO of Missoni as Milan Fashion Week gets under way. The Italian National Fashion Chamber has urged the fashion community to post messages on social networks to keep the search for Vittorio Missoni at the center of authorities' attention.
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Judge: Tully's Coffee to go to Dempsey's group
SEATTLE (AP) , The auction for the beleaguered Tully's Coffee chain concluded Friday in federal bankruptcy court, with a judge approving the sale to an ownership group led by actor Patrick Dempsey. ...
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Air Force memo outlines sweeping budget cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) , Air Force leaders will cut flying hours by nearly 20 percent and prepare for a possible end to all noncombat or noncritical flights from late July through September if Congress can't agree on a budget and billions of dollars in automatic cuts are triggered.
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'Smash' season debut sneak peek begins Monday
LOS ANGELES (AP) , NBC is giving viewers a sneak peek at the new season of "Smash." Starting next week, the first hour of the drama's two-hour season debut can be seen online and in the air , where it will be screened on American Airlines flights.
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Spears confirms she and X Factor are splitting
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Britney Spears said Friday she has made the "difficult decision" to leave Fox's "The X Factor" after one season. In a statement, the pop singer said she had an incredible time working on the singing contest but that it was time to get back into the studio to record.
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Texas blood alcohol reports shows Travis was drunk
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) , Blood alcohol results show country star Randy Travis was legally drunk when he was arrested naked following a Texas traffic accident. Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown says Travis was formally charged Wednesday with driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.15. The legal limit for driving is 0.08.
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Evan Rachel Wood, Jamie Bell expecting first child
NEW YORK (AP) , Evan Rachel Wood is going to be a mom. Wood's publicist, Amanda Silverman, said Friday the 25-year-old actress and her husband, Jamie Bell, are expecting their first child later this year. She said Wood and Bell are "thrilled." The couple married last year. They first dated in 2005 but broke up the following year.
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NY heart art made with boardwalks damaged by Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) , It's a heartfelt public art installation: A Valentine's Day sculpture will be made with New York and New Jersey boardwalk planks damaged by Superstorm Sandy. A Brooklyn-based design firm, Situ (SIH'-too) Studio, has won the annual Times Square Valentine Heart Design competition.
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South African musical creates a 1950s fantasy
HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa (AP) , Do you remember your first kiss? If you have a few years under your belt, maybe you stole it in the back of the movie theater, the projector whirring in the darkness. Or rather, back of the "bioscope," a word for the cinema in South Africa in the old days.
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Major Judaica collection to be auctioned in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) , Philanthropist and former Wall Street money manager Michael Steinhardt began collecting objects of Jewish history and culture three decades ago, eventually amassing a trove of manuscripts, textiles and art worth millions of dollars. Now, the 72-year-old wants to sell his more than 500-piece collection so others can enjoy it.
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N. Dakota, Washington win Miss America prelims
LAS VEGAS (AP) , Miss North Dakota and Miss Washington have picked up prizes in the third day of preliminary Miss America competition in Las Vegas. Miss North Dakota Rosie Sauvageau took top honors...
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Acclaimed writer Evan S. Connell dies at 88
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) , Evan S. Connell was virtually unknown to the general public, but to critics and students of graduate writing programs, the adventurous author was regarded fondly and often praised for his diversity of interests.
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Artist Selaron found dead by his work in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) , The candy-colored steps of a staircase in Rio's bohemian neighborhood of Lapa were the life work of Chilean artist Jorge Selaron and a symbol of his adopted city. On this gray, rainy Thursday, they became his memorial.
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Source: Britney Spears out of 'X Factor'
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Britney Spears is out of "The X Factor" after a season in which the pop star failed to deliver a ratings boost for the singing contest, a person familiar with the show's plans said Thursday.
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Ex-Gitmo inmates: Bin Laden movie excuses torture
LONDON (AP) , Two former Guantanamo detainees on Thursday condemned "Zero Dark Thirty," a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden whose brutal interrogation scenes have sparked a discussion over the use of extreme methods in the U.S. campaign against terror.
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Steelers cut RB Rainey after arrest in Florida
PITTSBURGH (AP) , Rookie running back Chris Rainey has run out of chances with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers cut the troubled 24-year-old following his arrest on a battery charge in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday, the latest in a series of off-the-field incidents that have threatened his career.
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Tyler Perry offers $100K reward in Fla. cold cases
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) , Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff's deputy in southwestern Florida. Perry joined the Rev.
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Academy shows love for 'Amour' with 5 Oscar nods
LONDON (AP) , Hollywood's movie elite sent their love to "Amour" on Thursday, giving director Michael Haneke's searing portrait of old age five Academy Award nominations including best foreign film and , unexpectedly , best picture.
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NFL star Junior Seau suffered from brain disease
Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for two decades, suffered from a degenerative brain disease often associated with repeated blows to the head when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health said in a study released Thursday.
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Spielberg's in at Oscars, Bigelow, Affleck are out
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga "Lincoln" led with 12 nominations. It was not so great for Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper and Ben Affleck, whose films did well but surprised , dare we say shocked? , Hollywood by failing to score directing nominations for the three filmmakers.
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Destiny's Child readies new song, compilation CD
NEW YORK (AP) , Destiny's Child is back together , for a new song. The R and B trio said Thursday they will release a new track called "Nuclear." The song is the group's first new offering since 2004. "Nuclear" will appear on the compilation album, "Love Songs," out Jan. 29.
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Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly with new token
NEW YORK (AP) , The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat? Or another of their board game buddies? Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight tokens that identify the players and introduce a new one. Possible new tokens include a cat, diamond ring, guitar, toy robot and helicopter
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Adele to make post-baby debut at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) , Adele is coming to the Golden Globes. The executive producer of the show says the 24-year-old Grammy-winning pop star is set to make her first post-baby appearance at Sunday's ceremony, where she is nominated for original song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall."
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Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband extended as conservator
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband will remain the ailing actress' conservator until at least August and will have to account for her assets, a judge ruled Wednesday. Fredric von Anhalt has served as his wife's conservator since July after the actress' daughter questioned whether he was providing proper medical care and appropriately managing her finances.
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Kimmel beats Letterman in 1st night head-to-head
NEW YORK (AP) , ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" has gotten a warm welcome on its first night airing 30 minutes earlier. Kimmel went head-to-head Tuesday for the first time against CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" and NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." According to Nielsen fast national ratings, Kimmel edged out Letterman and ran slightly behind Leno in total viewers.
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Self-portraits: Holmes sticks out tongue, has guns
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) , The photos were chilling and enigmatic, just like their subject. In the pictures, taken on his IPhone hours before the Aurora movie theater massacre, accused gunman James Holmes mugs for the camera, sticks out his tongue and smiles as he holds a Glock under his face and displays his arsenal arrayed on his bed.
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