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Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom gets Current TV gig
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:19PM April 18, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting a new platform for sharing his made-in-San Francisco values — a national cable television talk show.
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Author faces civil suit over 'Three Cups of Tea'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM April 18, 2012 CommentGREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Regardless of whether claims are true that author Greg Mortenson fabricated portions of "Three Cups of Tea," neither he nor his publisher can be held liable because the First Amendment protects exaggerations or lies in memoirs, his publisher's attorney said Wednesday.
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America's New Year's host Dick Clark dead at 82
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM April 18, 2012 Comment (1)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the New Year's Eve countdown from Times Square, has died. He was 82.
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Kitty Kelley writes 'heartwarming' text on Kennedy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:47PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Kitty Kelley's next book project will be "heartwarming." Promise.
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New York City Opera returns to City Center in 2013
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Opera will return to its roots at New York City Center in March after a 48-year absence, splitting the 2012-13 season between its former home and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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'Smash' star Christian Borle plays a loopy pirate
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM April 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — To properly play a pirate, Christian Borle has appropriately been stealing.
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Spanish king apologizes for elephant hunting trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:30AM April 18, 2012 CommentMADRID (AP) — In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, Spain's king apologized Wednesday for having gone elephant-hunting in Africa while everyday people endure a severe economic crisis.
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Police arrest guard, recover Tom Petty guitars
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:41PM April 17, 2012 CommentCULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — It was a heartbreaker for Tom Petty and the band when someone stole five of their precious guitars from a soundstage, but it was music to their ears when police in Southern California announced Tuesday that the instruments had been recovered and a security guard was under arrest.
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Another star exits from 'Dancing'
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:26PM April 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The sweetness is gone for Gavin DeGraw on "Dancing with the Stars."
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Rapper G. Dep convicted in 1993 NYC shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:21PM April 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Rapper G. Dep stunned police by suddenly confessing to a nearly 20-year-old shooting, then went to trial arguing that his admission might have been mismatched to a murder.
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Nick Jonas records 'How to Succeed' cast album
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:11PM April 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Nick Jonas has leveraged his gig on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" into a mini-album.
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The Band's Helm in 'final stages' of cancer battle
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:59PM April 17, 2012 CommentWOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — Levon Helm, a former member of The Band, is in the final stages of his long battle with cancer.
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With TV flare digital outlets try a broadcast rite
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:31PM April 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Internet video wants some of television's ad dollars, and it's not above a little copycatting to help the cause.
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$412 check that bought Superman sold for $160,000
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:48PM April 17, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and other creative works by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has sold for $160,000 in an online auction.
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Stern fails to win $300M payday in Sirius suit
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM April 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Howard Stern's hopes for a $300 million payday from Sirius XM Radio Inc. have been dashed by a judge. His show's Twitter feed said the shock jock was "really bummed" by the decision and plans to appeal.
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Actors, musicians visit Congress for arts funding
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'Halo 4' scheduled for November launch
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:39PM April 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Master Chief will awaken in November.
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Swedish museum evacuated after bomb threat
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:53PM April 17, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A bomb threat closed Stockholm's modern art museum on Tuesday, two days after an exhibit about degrading stereotypes that black people have endured prompted one Swedish organization to demand that the nation's culture minister resign.
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Eddie Van Halen says dad fueled his drinking
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:36PM April 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Van Halen puts some of the blame on his father for his long struggle with alcohol.
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Avengers, Spidey, Batman lead huge summer lineup
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:01PM April 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — As superhero summers go, this one is truly super.
