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Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:23 -0400

DETROIT - Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs.

Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:28:41 -0400

LAS VEGAS - Oscar Goodman ran Las Vegas for 12 years with a showgirl on his arm and a martini in his fist.

Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:01 -0400

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'strong'

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:10:33 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.

Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:21 -0400

WASHINGTON - Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.

Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversy

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:16 -0400

It's just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kevin Keller.

Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:47:05 -0400

"And the Mountains Echoed" (Riverhead Books), by Khaled Hosseini

OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:09:16 -0400

LAS VEGAS - The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.

Leader of Toots and the Maytals injured at concert

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:57:46 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Officials say the leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals was injured when a 19-year-old man threw a bottle and hit the singer during a concert in Richmond.

Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:39:11 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city.

Paul McCartney kicks off "Out There" tour in US

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:28:05 -0400

ORLANDO, Florida - Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.

Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:22:07 -0400

VISTA, California - The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

NYers furious over photos taken through windows

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:16:10 -0400

NEW YORK - In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap.

Obama to host concert honoring Carole King

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:04:39 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King.

Poetry finally joining e-book revolution

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:37:32 -0400

NEW YORK - Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue - poetry.

Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M in NYC

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:05 -0400

NEW YORK - A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction.

Former soap actor charged with selling cocaine

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:58:05 -0400

AGOURA HILLS, California - Los Angeles County prosecutors say they've charged a former "Days of Our Lives" actor with selling cocaine out of his Agoura Hills home.

Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:44:21 -0400

NEW YORK - Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe."

'Glee's' Lynch and dog go to bat for shelter mutts

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:19 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Jane Lynch doesn't mind being upstaged by her latest co-star, Olivia - after all she "has no bad side, she is always ready to pose and she sits perfectly still when you put her in your lap.

Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in NY

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:40:12 -0400

NEW YORK - A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.