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AP PHOTOS: Bono's many brushes with greatness
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:27AM June 18, 2012 CommentChances are if you're a president, premier or plain ol' peacemaker with an eye on publicity, you've managed to get a bit of Bono in your life.
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Rodney King's Death Leaves Questions
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Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just a few months ago, Rodney King was once again the center of attention as the world checked back in on the man whose videotaped beating by police sparked one of the nation's worst race riots.
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APNewsBreak: 'Idol' winner to make comeback in DC
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:09AM June 18, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — America will get to hear from its newest "American Idol" Phillip Phillips as he makes a comeback performance following kidney surgery at this year's July Fourth celebration on the National Mall.
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Jack Osbourne says he has multiple sclerosis
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:44PM June 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — New father Jack Osbourne is facing a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
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Radiohead drum technician killed in stage collapse
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:09PM June 17, 2012 CommentTORONTO (AP) — Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage Sunday to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the band's drum technician and injuring three other crew members.
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'Madagascar 3' stampedes, 'Rock,' Sandler stumble
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:32PM June 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Zoo animals remain hot at the box office. Singing stars and Adam Sandler are not.
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Rock Bottom Remainders saying goodbye to lit-rock
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:11PM June 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — It took 20 years but the group Bruce Springsteen once praised as being almost as good as a lousy garage band is finally calling it quits.
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Rielle Hunter's memoir details affair, aftermath
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:55PM June 17, 2012 CommentWhen John Edwards faced the prospect of an indictment that could put him behind bars, he calmly told his mistress he would probably wind up in a low-security prison in Virginia more like a country club than a jail. She quickly told him she and their daughter would move there to be near him if that happened.
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SC library shows 'Catch-22' author's writing tools
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:54AM June 17, 2012 CommentCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Students more accustomed to computer screens than manual typewriters are getting a chance to sit at author Joseph Heller's stained wooden desk and type on the battered Smith-Corona he used to compose his acclaimed novel "Catch-22."
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NYC club where Chris Brown, Drake fought is closed
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:51AM June 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Police have shut down a New York City nightclub where singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake's entourage got into a bottle-throwing brawl.
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Mark Shriver explores what made 'Sarge' a good man
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:52AM June 16, 2012 CommentBETHESDA, Md. (AP) — People consistently remembered Sargent Shriver as a good man, which Mark Shriver says led him to write a new memoir about his father.
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Kate Winslet, Kenneth Branagh get royal honors
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57AM June 16, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Kate Winslet has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her titanic contribution to the arts.
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Spurs PG Tony Parker hurt in Drake-Brown brawl
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:07AM June 16, 2012 CommentSan Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker says he suffered a scratched retina on one of his eyes during a New York City nightclub brawl involving singer Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage.
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Film returns Travolta to spotlight, amid bad press
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:48PM June 15, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — John Travolta will soon be back on the big screen, but weeks of negative headlines have focused on his personal life and not on the return of one of Hollywood's top stars.
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Streisand opens her home for women's heart health
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:23PM June 15, 2012 CommentMALIBU, Calif. (AP) — In an elegant white tent at her oceanfront Malibu compound, Barbra Streisand sang and former President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd gathered to raise funds for women's heart health.
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Martin Sheen on fathering: Faith, love, no regrets
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:51PM June 15, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Go ahead, ask the perfect father of the perfect child for parenting tips. But since most of us fall short of flawless, how about considering Father's Day advice from a dad who's grappled with personal shortcomings, seen a son face his own struggles and still counts his blessings.
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Yvette Wilson, 'Moesha' actress, dies of cancer
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:49PM June 15, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Yvette Wilson, a comic who was featured on the 1990s sitcom "Moesha" and its spinoff, "The Parkers," has died.
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Seger, Lightfoot among Songwriter Hall inductees
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:17PM June 15, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Stevie Nicks prefers writing a song over meeting a handsome prince. Ne-Yo claimed songwriting saved his life. And Bob Seger said writing a song is the hardest, yet most rewarding thing that he does.
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Judge says he probably won't block ABC series
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:46PM June 15, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he's inclined to allow ABC to air its new reality competition series "The Glass House" over rival network CBS' objections that the show copies "Big Brother."
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Rep: Lohan treated for exhaustion after film shoot
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32PM June 15, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan continued to bring drama to the production of her latest film, receiving treatment for exhaustion and dehydration a week after she was involved in a car crash that sent her to the hospital.
