US album sales rise for first time since 2004; Adele’s ‘21′ helps power industry higher Read More US album sales rise for first time since 2004
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AP – Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.
Read More Activists slam US studio for filming in China city
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The scorching hot weather was expected to continue in the West on Sunday ? after reaching 118 degrees in Phoenix ? and other parts of the U.S. from Illinois to the lower Mississippi Valley.
The temperature in Phoenix broke a 10-year record of 116 for the city, where about 4,000 homes in the metropolitan area were [...]
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Washington – Iran is moving to cement ties with the leaders of three key American allies — Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq — highlighting Tehran’s efforts to take a greater role in the region as the U.S. military pulls out troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The Afghan and Pakistani presidents, visiting Tehran, discussed with Iranian [...]
Filed under: Awards, Highbrow, TV News, Videos, Interviews Earlier this week, we were lucky enough to catch up with several Tony Award nominees at a press event in New York. As hard-hitting celebrity journalists, we prepared some really tough questions … But then everybody was so nice that we forgot to … Read more [...]
Getting the popular UK show’s Stateside version underway, Cheryl Cole attended the first round taping of “X-Factor” in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (May 8). Glamming up the Galen center venue, the former Girls Aloud singer looked colorful and cute as she worked the arrivals area at the show kickoff held on the Mother’s [...]
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AUSTIN, Texas – A surge of Hispanic residents and other population gains have Texas poised to add more congressional clout than any other state, but a partisan fight now looms over exactly where the new seats should go.
Texas is gaining four seats in the U.S. House, twice as many as Florida, the only other [...]
Tennis champ Serena Williams has been forced to bow out of the U.S. Open after she failed to recover from foot surgery in time for the competition.
Read More Injured Williams pulls out of US Open
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WHAT HAPPENED: The four big U.S. carriers that fly overseas applied for slots to fly to Tokyo Haneda airport, which is desirable because it’s close to downtown. The carriers are Delta, American, United and Continental.
WHY IT MATTERS: United and Delta already have a major presence at Tokyo’s Narita airport. Getting slots at Haneda would bolster [...]
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