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‘The Avengers’ wins top prize at MTV Movie Awards
LOS ANGELES — With a cast of superheroes and villains, “The Avengers” beat out its competitors to become the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards. The action romp won three awards Sunday, includin...
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School of economics denounces BBC tactics
LONDON — One of Britain’s leading academic institutions, the London School of Economics, is accusing the BBC of putting students at risk by using them as cover for a covert reporting trip to North ...
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Friend risks losing her family because of anger, bitterness toward sister-in-law
Dear Annie: I have been friends with “Missy” for a long time. She hates her husband’s sister and hasn’t allowed them to speak to each other for years. The sister is not allowed to come anywhere nea...
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Identical triplets a sensation at national ballet academy
HAVANA — Visitors to the elite feeder school for Cuba’s renowned National Ballet might be forgiven for thinking they’re suddenly seeing triple. Identical triplets Angel, Cesar and Marcos Ramirez...
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Associated Press South Korean rapper PSY poses during a news conference for his concert "Happening" in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday. PSY is unveiling the music video and choreography for his new single "Gentleman" at the Seoul concert.
PSY releases single
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula. PSY released his latest single, “Gentlema...
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Associated Press Fireworks are seen during the official opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Saturday. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" and other national treasures, reopens its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation.
Netherlands’ national museum opens after 10-year renovation
AMSTERDAM — Amid brass bands and a daytime fireworks display, the Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix on Saturday officially reopened the Rijksmuseum, the country’s national museum, after a 10-year, 375 mil...
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Hopi masks sell as protesters jeer
PARIS — In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. g...
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Parents should make sure all teenage drivers read ‘Dead at Seventeen’ essay
Dear Annie: My 17-year-old son has his beginner’s driver permit and thinks he knows it all. If I mention something he did wrong behind the wheel, I’m being “mean.” I can’t seem to get through to hi...
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More Kardashian divorce settlement talks scheduled
LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are getting another chance to settle their divorce case, and this time a judge wants the NBA player to attend. Humphries was a no-show for settlem...
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Associated Press Anti-Margaret Thatcher protesters react to the death of the former British prime minister as they gather at Trafalgar Square in London on Monday. Critics of Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies. By Friday the online campaign had propelled the "Wizard of Oz" song to No. 1 on British iTunes and into the top five of the music chart used by the BBC to compile its weekly radio countdown.
Song joins BBC censored list
LONDON — A 70-year-old song is giving the BBC a headache. The radio and television broadcaster has agonized over whether to play “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead,” a tune from “The Wizard of Oz” th...
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