Celebrities
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Paramedic charged in Travolta extortion plot
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - NASSAU, Bahamas -- A Bahamas paramedic was charged Monday in an alleged scheme to extort $25 million from John Travolta after his chronically ill son died of a seizure a...
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Coming soon: Medea gets sued
Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Six construction companies have filed liens against actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry's home and movie studio, claiming they are owed thousands of dollars in unp...
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Chamber group Trio Caprice at Des Plaines libraryJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie! Talented trio The chamber music group Trio Caprice presents their classical selections on flute, violin and cello. 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Des Plai...
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Aretha gave Obama collection of dad's sermons
Jan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- Aretha Franklin did more than sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's inauguration. She also came bearing gifts. Her spokeswoman, Gwendoly...
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Gangster convicted of killing teen actress
Jan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES-- A gang member has been convicted of murdering a teen actress and a man during a two-day shooting spree in 2005. Damien Watts was found guilty Friday on two...
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Hero pilot giving first interview to Katie Couric
Jan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Katie Couric has landed the first interview with the pilot who safely brought his distressed plane down in the Hudson River -- a coup that comes at the expe...
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James Taylor comes to iPod rescue for woman
Jan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- She's got a friend. James Taylor said he will give a California woman a brand new music player loaded with his songs to replace the one she said she had to g...
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Famed quartet played inauguration to taped music
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Millions of viewers heard a recording of the dulcet tones played by a celebrated quartet of musicians at President Barack Obama's inauguration rather than t...
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Jazz musician David 'Fathead' Newman dies at 75Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - KINGSTON, N.Y. -- David "Fathead" Newman, a jazz musician who played with the Ray Charles Band and won fame as a tenor sax soloist, has died. He was 75. Newman died Tues...
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Publicist: Swayze to write book with wife
Jan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A representative for Patrick Swayze says the cancer-stricken actor plans to write a memoir and his wife, Lisa, will collaborate with him on the book. Publici...