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Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83....911 call reveals frantic efforts to help Moore
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 911 recording revealed frantic efforts by friends of Demi Moore to get help for the actress who was convulsing as they gathered around her and tried to comfort her....Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political....Screen Actors Guild votes to approve merger plan
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild national board of directors has voted to approve a plan to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists....Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) -- Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74....Doctor convicted in Jackson death seeks release
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death asked a judge Friday to release him from jail pending his appeal....APNewsBreak: Jackson enters fray over Grammy cuts
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away....Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- After defending more than 60 people charged with capital murder and getting three men off Alabama's death row, attorney Richard Jaffe wants to get people talking about the death penalty and what he believes are its flaws....Unreleased ABBA track on new album
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Mamma Mia, here they go again....AP Interview: Chris Isaak makes Memphis album
LONDON (AP) -- Chris Isaak is returning to the roots of rock 'n' roll and doing it old-school: All in one take....
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Police search News Intl offices in London, arrest four (Reuters)
Reuters - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into suspected payments to police officers for information.Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan (Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil revenue, Sayed El-Khatib, deputy head of negotiating team said on Saturday.British police arrest 4 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)
AP - British police on Saturday arrested four people, including a police officer, on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation into police bribery by the News of the World tabloid.Activists: Shells hit oil pipeline in east Syria (AP)
AP - Syrian opposition activists say an oil pipeline took a direct hit and caught fire as government troops shelled a town in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour.
Afghanistan's Karzai in UK for talks with Cameron (AP)
AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Britain for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron, a day after France announced it would withdraw its troops a year earlier than the 2014 date agreed by NATO.
Congo opposition leader calls for strike over poll (AP)
AP - Congo's top opposition leader is calling for a strike over last year's much-criticized election.Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash (AP)
AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides.Security chief during Mexico's 'dirty war' dies (AP)
AP - Miguel Nazar Haro, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, has died at age 87.
Syria violence kills over 40 (Reuters)
Reuters - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.
Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts (Reuters)
Reuters - A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday.Blog Posts
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Police search News Intl offices in London, arrest four
LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into suspected payments to police officers for information.Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil revenue, Sayed El-Khatib, deputy head of negotiating team said on Saturday.Syria violence kills over 40
AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.Badge
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