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Police: More than 20 girls may be Savile victims
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM October 09, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — British police say the late children's television host Jimmy Savile may have sexually assaulted more than 20 girls over a 40-year period.
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'Jackass' star didn't mean harm with puppy prank
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:10AM October 09, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — "Jackass" star Bam Margera says he condemns animal abuse and didn't mean any harm by a photo posted online showing him holding his pit bull puppy with a toy gun pointed to its head.
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First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:29AM October 09, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — "Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!" Afghanistan's first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone.
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Eric Lomax, ex-POW who forgave captor, dies at 93
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:01AM October 09, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — It's an unusual man who can forgive his wartime torturer — or whose quest to do so can touch so many people around the world.
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Dunham, Rushdie Among Big Names at New Yorker Fest
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Lena Dunham, creator and star of the HBO series "Girls," left, sits with TV critic Emily Nussbaum during The New Yorker Festival in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, not many people had heard of Lena Dunham.
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In looking to 'NOW!,' Marvel's changes no reboot
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02AM October 09, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — It's not a reboot or relaunch.
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Lions saddened to learn of Alex Karras' condition
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:52PM October 08, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras' condition has deteriorated and the NFL team he played for is extending its sympathies.
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Kid Rock helps VP hopeful Ryan, risks irking fans
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:22PM October 08, 2012 CommentROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Kid Rock hasn't been shy about supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan, even if it costs him some fans.
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David Blaine wraps up high-voltage stunt in NYC
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:55PM October 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Daredevil David Blaine has finished what could be called his most electrifying stunt.
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Review: Ambitious 'Argo' one of year's best films
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:47PM October 08, 2012 CommentA movie about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis probably doesn't sound like it would be a laugh riot — or should be — but that's just one of the many ways in which "Argo" is a glorious, gripping surprise.
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Nickelodeon TV says Romney skipped kids' questions
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:03PM October 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitt Romney may want to reconsider his campaign strategy involving the pint-size voters of tomorrow.
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Jim Lehrer: No regrets for debate moderating
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:48PM October 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Jim Lehrer said Monday that he accomplished precisely what he wanted to while moderating the first presidential debate: get Mitt Romney and Barack Obama talking to each other.
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Woman on 'Wife Swap' as teen to plead not guilty
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:40PM October 08, 2012 CommentBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former teen pageant princess featured in an eyebrow-raising episode of the TV show "Wife Swap" getting spray-tanned by her father and pitying the less attractive will plead not guilty this week to charges of prostitution and drug possession, her lawyer said.
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Man arrested on suspicion of defacing Rothko work
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM October 08, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — British police on Monday arrested the man who told journalists he was responsible for scrawling graffiti on a mural by modern American master Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern museum.
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Oscars have record 71 foreign-language submissions
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:20PM October 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Awards organizers have received submissions from a record 71 countries for this season's foreign-language prize.
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Neeson's back in action with $49M 'Taken 2' debut
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:09PM October 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Liam Neeson has taken over the weekend box office with his action sequel "Taken 2," which debuted at No. 1 with $49.5 million.
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Dreaming up Sandman for 'Rise of the Guardians'
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53PM October 08, 2012 CommentGLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Within the dimly lit halls of DreamWorks Animation, past the character sketches lining the walls, inside the eccentrically decorated cubicles and offices is where a group of designers, animators and special effects gurus have spent the past four years bringing life to the Sandman.
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Wanna sell a cookbook? Become a popular QVC host
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32PM October 08, 2012 CommentWEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — It's a Sunday afternoon, and David Venable is in his element: on the air, in one of the kitchens at the QVC home shopping network, chatting a mile a minute about bakeware on his popular show, "In the Kitchen with David."
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Illustrated Ke$ha memoir coming in November
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:12PM October 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Music is not the only way for Ke$ha to tell a story.
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Warhol Foundation takes on cosmetics with Nars
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:34PM October 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Francois Nars had Andy Warhol coffee table books in his living room and Yves Saint Laurent in his closet growing up in the '70s in the south of France.
