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Study shows health care opponents won in media

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NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of President Barack Obama's health care plan decisively beat supporters in getting their message across through the media, according to a study released Tuesday.

The search is on for a mutt who will become Benji

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Have you seen this dog?

Production begins on Disney's 'Maleficent'

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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Production has started on "Maleficent," with Angelina Jolie starring as the classic Disney villain from "Sleeping Beauty."

Johnny Depp splits from partner Vanessa Paradis

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp and his longtime partner, Vanessa Paradis, have split.

Ex-Pearl Jam management exec charged with theft

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SEATTLE (AP) — A man who worked as the chief financial officer for Pearl Jam's management company has been charged with 33 counts of theft.

Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love

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Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love" began with better titles. Yet despite the exquisite locations of the filmmaker's first story of love, Italian style, this bland ensemble romance deserves the generic name rather than the clever working titles it started with.

16th century French queen's pin found in toilet

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PARIS (AP) — It may be the Renaissance equivalent of a royal flush.

Review: 'Once' star Hansard familiar in solo album

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Glen Hansard, "Rhythm and Repose" (Anti-)

Senators request live TV for health care ruling

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Supreme Court to allow live television coverage when it delivers its ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Boy in Darth Vader car ad released from hospital

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 7-year-old actor who plays a pint-sized Darth Vader in a popular car commercial is out of the hospital after open-heart surgery.

Amy Winehouse's dad details cycle of addiction

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NEW YORK (AP) — Amy Winehouse's father says he has a hard time enjoying her breakthrough "Back to Black" album because the songs are about her ex-husband.

Lil Wayne focuses on business, fashion

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a clothing line and a powerhouse group of artists under his umbrella, Lil Wayne claims he's trying to stay above the fray.

Andrew Garfield: The new 'Amazing Spider-Man'

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LONDON (AP) — Andrew Garfield's Spidey sense is tingling — and convincing.

Actor, Tony Award Winner Victor Spinetti Dead at 82

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Comedian Victor Spinetti arrives at the Best Of British Comedy Lunch at BAFTA Piccadilly in London, England.

LONDON (AP) — Victor Spinetti, an acclaimed comic actor who appeared in several Beatles movies, has died. He was 82.

Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.

Power Outage Causes Problems at Bieber's Apollo Show

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Pop sensation Justin Bieber performs during his "My World Tour" concert at Foro Sol in Mexico City on Oct. 1, 2011.

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber had an unplugged performance at the Apollo Theater on Monday, but it wasn't intentional — a problem caused a power outage during the singing sensation's big concert.

Vandalism of Picasso painting caught on video

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HOUSTON (AP) — Police have video recordings to help them search for a man who spray-painted Pablo Picasso's "Woman in a Red Armchair" at a Houston art museum.