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Youth Wing tackles Shakespearean comedy
11/7/2009 12:32 AM
Returning to the 16th century and the Italian city of Messina, the words of Shakespeare come to life.
The Aiken Community Playhouse Youth Wing is practicing its skill at interpreting the words of William Shakespeare with the upcoming production of ...
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11/7/2009 12:31 AM
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
6. "True Blue" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) (F-H)
7. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
8. "The Scarpetta Factor" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam ...
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11/7/2009 12:31 AM
LOS ANGELES -- A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero accepted the ...
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11/6/2009 12:32 AM
LOS ANGELES -- In the blink of an eye, late-night TV is shifting from a white men's club to the start of a rainbow coalition.
Wanda Sykes' weekly Fox comedy show debuts at 11 p.m. Saturday, followed by George Lopez's four-night-a-week talk show on ...
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11/6/2009 12:31 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base.
No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on the road, but where the v ...
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11/6/2009 12:31 AM
NEW YORK -- Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street!
That's what he decides on the "Sesame Street" season opener. A rapping real estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat ("habitat," the episode's "Word on the Street"). After sizing up a bea ...
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11/6/2009 12:31 AM
TORONTO -- Oprah Winfrey did not write "The Bluest Eye" or "Middlesex" or "Love in the Time of Cholera." But her formidably influential book club has helped many an author - alive or dead, famous or no - reach a wider audience.
Now the multination ...
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11/5/2009 12:32 AM
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck.
Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney's new 3-D animation vers ...
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11/5/2009 12:31 AM
LOS ANGELES -- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.
The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday.
Telecast producers Bill Mechanic ...
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11/5/2009 12:31 AM
LOS ANGELES -- Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination.
Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood n ...
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11/4/2009 12:36 AM
NEW YORK -- Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list.
On Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. The team's ...
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11/4/2009 12:36 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the "American Idol" host's studio and attacking one of his bodyguards.
Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., 2 ...
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11/4/2009 12:35 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden will ins ...
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11/4/2009 12:34 AM
BERLIN -- Stroke by stroke, Gerhard Kriedner applied pink acrylic paint with a small brush on a 14-yard stretch of the Berlin Wall, re-creating the mural he first painted months after the Berlin Wall came down on Nov. 9, 1989.
Kriedner and 90 artis ...
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11/4/2009 12:33 AM
NEW YORK -- It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham.
The author of "A Time to Kill," "The Client" and other blockbusters has written his first collection of short fiction, "Ford County," set in the Mississippi comm ...
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11/4/2009 12:33 AM
LONDON -- British pop singer Leona Lewis won strong fan support at her first ever full-length concert Monday night, performing on familiar territory in the east London neighborhood where she grew up and still lives.
It marked a successful return t ...
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11/4/2009 12:33 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The book price wars are no longer just for pre-orders.
Amazon.com was offering hardcovers of John Grisham's "Ford County" and Barbara Kingsolver's "The Lacuna" for just $9 on Tuesday, the official release date for both books.
In ...
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11/4/2009 12:32 AM
LOS ANGELES -- A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.
Pola ...
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11/4/2009 12:32 AM
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A Bahamas lawmaker apologized publicly Tuesday for remarks that caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case, but he did not reveal who told him that a defendant had been acquitted before a verdict was announced.
Picewel ...
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11/4/2009 12:32 AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When you belly up to that white tablecloth awash in candlelight and that tuxedoed waiter asks for your order, chances are good these days you'll say, "the burger, please."
The humble hamburger dominates the dining industry at ...
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11/4/2009 12:31 AM
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Connecticut judge has ordered CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz to pay his ex-wife $916,000 a year in alimony and child support.
Monday's ruling comes after Nantz and his ex-wife, Lorrie, testified about the breakdown of their 26-ye ...
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11/3/2009 12:32 AM
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Savannah was founded in 1733 and was one of America's first planned cities, with a series of squares and parks that can still be enjoyed today.
But the reason for those public spaces might surprise modern visitors: British Gen. Jam ...
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11/3/2009 12:31 AM
LOS ANGELES -- The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chi ...
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11/2/2009 12:31 AM
Look at the tags on those Miley Cyrus dolls. Read the fine print on her CDs. Check the label on those Miley jeans you bought at Walmart.
There is a limited warranty on teenage stardom. Miley has been in the spotlight for 3¬½ years. Her reign as ...
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11/2/2009 12:31 AM
CHICAGO -- Dick Gregory did not think he would live to see a black president.
"It caught everyone by surprise," said the 77-year-old comedian and civil rights activist. "If two white dudes were running in 2000, and one wins and the other one stole ...
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11/2/2009 12:30 AM
Award-winning, international best-selling author Patricia Cornwell has seen her meticulously researched crime novels translated into 36 languages across more than 50 countries. The former police beat reporter scuba dives, rides motorcycles and flies ...
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11/1/2009 11:16 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- From his home and on a friendly network, Rush Limbaugh lobbed pot shots across the airwaves Sunday at President Barack Obama - "immature, inexperienced, in over his head," offering the country "radical leadership" and laying siege ...
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11/1/2009 11:16 PM
November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
In 2009, an estimated 42,470 new cases of pancreatic cancer have been reported to the National Cancer Institute, resulting in 35,240 deaths.
Shaped like a flat pear and located in the ...
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11/1/2009 12:32 AM
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
6. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
7. "Pursuit of Honor: A Novel" by Vince Flynn (Atria) (F-H)
8. "The Associate" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)
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11/1/2009 12:32 AM
10 writers win $50,000 prize
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten emerging writers, their home countries ranging from Vietnam to the United States, each have received a $50,000 prize.
The Whiting Writers' Awards, given annually for "exceptional talent and promis ...
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11/1/2009 12:31 AM
GENEVA -- Imprisoned director Roman Polanski made a new, higher offer of bail but Swiss authorities rejected it because they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country, the Justice Ministry said Friday.
Folco Galli, the ministr ...
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10/31/2009 10:57 PM
"Give a Day. Get a Disney Day."
Plan your 2010 family vacation now and be a part of the 1 million to receive free theme-park passes. Volunteer and receive free park admission; it's that simple.
In an attempt to encourage 1 million people to dona ...
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10/31/2009 10:57 PM
What is NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing Nov. 1.
The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, Nov. 30.
Valuing enthusiasm and perseve ...
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10/31/2009 10:57 PM
On Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. the annual Apple Fest at St. John's United Methodist Church will return to Aiken.
Not only is the wonderful scent of apples wafting through the air at the Apple Seed Café and the home-baked sales ar ...
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