May 23, 2013
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Usher prepares for role as Sugar Ray Leonard
NEW ORLEANS — Grammy-winning singer Usher believes his dancing skills will help him in his upcoming role as Sugar Ray Leonard in “Hands of Stone,” a new boxing film about the great brawler Roberto ...
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Guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies
LOS ANGELES — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman...
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Dear Annie: I am a 57-year-old man with no siblings
Dear Annie: I am a 57-year-old man with no siblings, and my mother is deceased. My 82-year-old father is physically healthy, but he’s in the early stages of dementia. He has a few hobbies, but he h...
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Witherspoon pleads no contest, fined after arrest
ATLANTA — Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her husband was given a sobriety test, an embarrassing exchange caught on a dashb...
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Critics’ Circle names ‘Matilda’ top musical
NEW YORK — The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has voted “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” as best play and “Matilda: The Musical” as best musical. The circle on Friday also handed out specia...
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Dear Annie: My brother was divorced more than a year ago
Dear Annie: My brother was divorced more than a year ago. Of course, it was extremely difficult for his family, but slowly, life is moving forward. My mother is the one who is not getting over ...
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Fats Domino’s damaged grand piano restored
NEW ORLEANS — A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino’s home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans’ French Quart...
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Associated Press Singer Jon Bon Jovi (center) stands next to Pamela Sanquini (left), whose son Matthew overdosed at the age of 20, and Jill LaZare, whose daughter Brooke overdosed at age 23. They listen Thursday in Paterson, N.J., to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talk about the signing of a good Samaritan bill intended to ensure that a fear of prosecution doesn't get in the way of medical help for overdose victims. The New Jersey law will shield from prosecution both overdose victims and those seeking medical help for them if they act in good faith. Bon Jovi's daughter suffered an apparent drug overdose on heroin in a dorm at Hamilton College in upstate New York last year.
Governor signs overdose law; Bon Jovi applauds it
PATERSON, N.J. — Just a few months after his daughter survived a drug overdose, Jon Bon Jovi joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday for the signing of a law to encourage reporting of overdo...
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Jazz Fest mixes Native American music with other audio delights
NEW ORLEANS — Mixed in among the jazz, Cajun, blues and zydeco flowing from the stages here are the singing, chanting and drumming of Native American acts featuring dancers donned in colorful feath...
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Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan’s attorney said Thursday the actress checked into a Southern California rehab facility that a state official said is unlicensed to perform the type of treatment a judge ...
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