| Wed, May 22, 2013 |
| 06:08 PM |
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Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement
CHICAGO (AP) , Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. And what a career it was: ,Eight Pro Bowl seasons; ,Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 ,A trip to the Super Bowl as 2006 NFC champion.
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Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affair
NEW YORK (AP) , The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality...
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Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) , It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on...
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Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'
CANNES, France (AP) , Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a lone sailor adrift on the Indian Ocean, J.C. Chandor's movie has no dialogue, just a few lines of voiceover at the start and a couple of heartfelt expletives.
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| 02:13 PM |
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Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography
CANNES, France (AP) , James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf , and a very respectable one, at that. The 35-year-old American has already played poets Allen Ginsberg ("Howl") and Hart Crane ("The Broken Tower").
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Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
NEW YORK (AP) , This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees are compelled to rat out underperforming colleagues.
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| 01:24 PM |
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Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library
LONDON (AP) , Shakespeare, the Magna Carta , and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life."
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| 12:32 PM |
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Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show
LOS ANGELES (AP) , Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" with wife Miranda Lambert.
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| 12:15 PM |
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Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'
CANNES, France (AP) , The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language feature "Blood Ties."
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| 12:10 PM |
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Maine man appears in court in missing teen's death
BANGOR, Maine (AP) , A Maine man charged in the death of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in the woods has made his first court appearance, but he didn't have anything to say. Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, showed no emotion when he appeared in a Bangor courtroom Wednesday on a charge of murder in the case of Nichole Cable, of Glenburn.
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| 10:40 AM |
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Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen
PRAGUE (AP) , A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the photos, stolen late Monday, were to be on display starting May 30 at the Prague Castle.
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| 07:04 AM |
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Gosling misses Cannes premiere, sends his regrets
CANNES, France (AP) , The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling. The actor was unable to attend the premiere Wednesday of Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives." Gosling stars in the Bangkok noir about a brother pressured by his mother to his avenge is his sibling's murder.
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| 06:43 AM |
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Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
BERLIN (AP) , Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis.
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| 02:53 AM |
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Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading
NEW YORK (AP) , Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." ''What I have is, in many ways, an undeserved gift."
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| Tue, May 21, 2013 |
| 11:05 PM |
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Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" remark
Sergio Garcia apologized for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger Woods over for dinner. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Garcia was asked in jest while on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner Tuesday night if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open.
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| 09:36 PM |
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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize
WASHINGTON (AP) , Carole King isn't done with music , not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" was awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music in a concert Tuesday.
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| 09:22 PM |
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Biden: Jewish leaders drove gay marriage changes
WASHINGTON (AP) , Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV series "Will and Grace" as examples of what helped changed attitudes on gay marriage.
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| 07:51 PM |
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Nick Jonas, Giuliana Rancic to host Miss USA
LAS VEGAS (AP) , Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality. Pageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the June 16 pageant. The winner of the 62nd annual pageant in Las Vegas goes on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant.
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| 07:43 PM |
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A diversion in the air for 'Today'
NEW YORK (AP) , Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.
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| 07:24 PM |
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) , Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price.
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The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
NEW YORK (AP) , Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.
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Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
PARIS (AP) , The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister...
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Toronto mayor avoids questions about crack video
TORONTO (AP) , Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further comment. The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic.
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Indians' Perez deletes Twitter account
CLEVELAND (AP) , Indians closer Chris Perez deactivated his Twitter account following two rough outings, and after receiving a slew of negative comments. Perez took down (at)chrisperez54 on Monday, not long after the two-time All-Star gave up a ninth-inning home run to Seattle's Endy Chavez.
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Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter
WASHINGTON (AP) , Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.
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White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted
WASHINGTON (AP) , President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said Tuesday, showing solidarity with First Amendment advocates alarmed by a pair of high-profile federal probes into national security leaks.
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Muppets creator Henson's items head to NYC museum
NEW YORK (AP) , The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle...
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Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) , La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "A Castle in Italy" both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their center.
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ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs'
NEW YORK (AP) , ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff. "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs," the sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday. "While difficult, we are confident that it will make us more competitive, innovative and productive."
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Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) , Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le Méridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon.
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