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Nearly $2M donated to Colo shooting victim fund
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:11PM July 24, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — The film studio that released the Batman film playing during the Colorado theater shooting is among the donors that have given a total of nearly $2 million to a fund set up for victims.
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'The Bachelorette' gives final rose to ABC ratings
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:09PM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Emily Maynard's big choice on "The Bachelorette" led ABC to one of its best summertime ratings in two years.
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Egypt TV Channel Caters to Fully Veiled Women
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Protesters chant slogans at a rally honoring those killed in clashes with security forces in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, nearly a year after the 18-day uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Activists are now trying to energize the public to demand that the ruling military step down.
CAIRO (AP) — The only visible female face in the Cairo-based studio of a new Islamic TV channel for women is that of a puppet. The human stars are all veiled from head to toe, with only their eyes showing.
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Washington history museum plans DB Cooper exhibit
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:50PM July 24, 2012 CommentLONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State History Museum in Tacoma plans to open an exhibit in August of next year on the D.B. Cooper skyjacking mystery.
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Broadway's 'Ghost The Musical' to close next month
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:38PM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The musical based on the 1990 film "Ghost" won't be haunting Broadway for long.
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Damon: Public fury burns leading into election
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:36PM July 24, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Damon says there's a sense of fury in the U.S. over banking scandals and financial inequality that neither Democrats nor Republicans are addressing in their presidential campaigns.
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:15PM July 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Cool Hand Luke" has died.
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Hollywood skirts blame in 'Dark Knight' shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:25PM July 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — There seems to be very little of the blame-it-on-Hollywood backlash in the wake of the Colorado theater massacre that so often occurs when people struggle to make sense of a senseless, violent act.
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AP Exclusive: Webcams make Alaska bears accessible
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:21AM July 24, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park directly to your computer or smartphone.
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Rock Hall to honor Chuck Berry with series in Oct.
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:32AM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — One of rock's pioneers will be celebrated by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this fall.
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Longtime Broadway agent Archer King dies in NYC
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01AM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Longtime Broadway agent and producer Archer King, who's credited with discovering a slew of famous actors including James Dean and Ron Howard, has died in New York. He was 95.
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PM's Ex-Aide Charged in Hacking Scandal
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Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, leaves Westminster Magistrates' Courts after she was granted bail on charges of attempting to cover up tabloid phone-hacking, London.
LONDON (AP) — British authorities on Tuesday charged an ex-aide to the British prime minister, a former protege of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and six others in the ever-widening phone hacking scandal, accusing them of key roles in a lengthy campaign of illegal espionage that victimized hundreds of people including top celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
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Jennifer Hudson in Court for Balfour Sentencing
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Jennifer Hudson poses at the premiere of the film "The Secret Life of Bees" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.
CHICAGO (AP) — The man convicted in the shooting deaths of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew is scheduled to return to court.
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Willie Nelson on board for Railroad Revival Tour
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:25AM July 24, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country legend Willie Nelson is on board for this year's Railroad Revival Tour.
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3 arrested in separate 'Dark Knight' incidents
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:43AM July 24, 2012 CommentAt least 3 men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring moviegoers' anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado theater showing the film.
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Beloved New Zealand author Margaret Mahy dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:31AM July 24, 2012 CommentWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beloved New Zealand children's author Margaret Mahy, who wrote more than 120 books and earned acclaim at home and abroad, has died at the age of 76.
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Pepsi to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:03AM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Pepsi has scored the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Man accused of threats at Calif. Batman screening
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:02AM July 24, 2012 CommentNORWALK, Calif. (AP) — A man is accused of making criminal threats at a screening of the new Batman movie at a Southern California theater.
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Confrontation causes 'hysteria' at Arizona theater
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:19PM July 23, 2012 CommentSIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a confrontation with an intoxicated man at a southern Arizona theater caused moviegoers to flee a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" the same day a gunman killed 12 people at a Colorado cinema.
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Mariah Carey joins 'American Idol' as new judge
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:36PM July 23, 2012 CommentBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Mariah Carey will join "American Idol" as a judge next season, Fox announced Monday, bringing her star power to the show that remains a ratings leader but has seen its viewership and pop culture status diminish.
