Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Judge orders strict outpatient care for Lohan (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, Lindsay Lohan is shown in court in Beverly Hills, Calif., where she was taken into custody to serve a jail sentence for probation violation. (AP Photo/Al Seib, file)AP - A judge on Wednesday ordered Lindsay Lohan to undergo a rigorous outpatient rehab program that will require frequent counseling but will permit the actress to continue working.

New's Year Eve no-show costs singer Ne-Yo $156,000 (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, musician Ne-Yo dances while filming a music video for his upcoming single 'One in a Million' on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - A Maryland judge has ordered R&B singer Ne-Yo and his booking agent to pay more than $156,000 in damages because the performer failed to appear at a 2008 New Year's Eve concert in Washington state.

Will tough times trigger corporate art selloff? (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT

This picture provided by Sotheby's shows an untitled 2001 work by Julie Mehretu, which will be one of more than 400 works from the corporate contemporary art collection of the failed investment bank Lehman Brothers that will go on sale at auction this fall. Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls. Over decades, some of the world's wealthiest banks and companies have built up art collections, rich in modern masters, that are the envy of many museums. Now, many are selling them off some from choice but others, like the bankrupt Lehman Brothers, to pay off hungry creditors. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)** NO SALES **AP - Corporations worried about the bottom line are taking a look at their office walls.

Judge orders strict outpatient care for Lohan (omg!)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:28 PM PDT

omg! - AP - A judge on Wednesday ordered Lindsay Lohan to undergo a rigorous outpatient rehab program that will require frequent counseling but will permit the actress to continue working.

Paisley, Dickens help install circle in Opry stage (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:54 PM PDT

Country singer Brad Paisley, front right, helps to install the circle in the center of the Grand Ole Opry House stage on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. The circle, made from a part of the old stage from the Opry's former home at Ryman Auditorium, was put back in place Wednesday after the rest of the stage was restored following flooding in May that left the stage submerged under 46 inches of water. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - As it turns out, the circle is unbroken.

'What a Wonderful World' songwriter Weiss dies (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:57 PM PDT

AP - George David Weiss, who helped write chart-topping pop hits including "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "What a Wonderful World," has died. He was 89.

Host Jimmy Fallon incorporates Twitter in Emmy show (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:47 PM PDT

NBC's Reuters - This year's Emmy Award telecast will be more interactive than ever, host Jimmy Fallon promised on Wednesday.

"Godfather" director Coppola to get lifetime Oscar (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Reuters - "Godfather" director Francis Ford Coppola is to get a lifetime achievement Oscar to add to his stack of five Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday.

Eminem leads U.S. album chart for seventh week (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Rapper Eminem performs Reuters - Eminem logged his seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart, swatting away six newcomers to the top 10 including R&B singer Kem and singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne.

Apple to hold September 1 event, may update iPods (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:05 PM PDT

A man tries out a Blackberry mobile phone in Singapore. Smartphones, like Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's phenomenally popular iPhone, will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)Reuters - Apple Inc said on Wednesday it will hold a press event in San Francisco on September 1, raising expectations that it will unveil revamped iPod digital media players.

Mark Taper's 2011 Season Will Feature 'The Novelist, Burn This,' John Lithgow and More (Playbill)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Playbill -

John Lithgow, Morris Panych, Lanford Wilson, Theresa Rebeck and Olympia Dukakis are among artists who will be represented on the stage of Mark Taper Forum in 2011, Center Theatre Group announced on Aug. 24.

Eminem leads U.S. album chart for seventh week (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Rapper Eminem performs Reuters - Eminem logged his seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart, swatting away six newcomers to the top 10 including R&B singer Kem and singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne.

Mark Taper's 2011 Season Will Feature 'The Novelist, Burn This,' John Lithgow and More (Playbill)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Playbill -

John Lithgow, Morris Panych, Lanford Wilson, Theresa Rebeck and Olympia Dukakis are among artists who will be represented on the stage of Mark Taper Forum in 2011, Center Theatre Group announced on Aug. 24.

Major Garrett leaving Fox for National Journal (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2010 file photo, Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent for the FOX News Channel, is pictured in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)AP - Fox News Channel chief White House correspondent Major Garrett said Wednesday he's leaving the network after eight years to join the National Journal as a congressional correspondent.
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