Sunday, August 29, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Sandra Bullock marks Katrina anniversary at clinic (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Sandra Bullock arrives at Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans  Sunday Aug. 29, 2010, on the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to cut the ribbon on an on campus health clinic for the school. Bullock, The Kellogg Foundation and the San Francisco 49ers Foundation were the main financial contributors of the $700,000 facility.  (AP Photo/Kerry Maloney)AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock returned Sunday to the New Orleans high school she helped rebuild for the opening of an on-campus health clinic.


'Exorcism' has slim box-office lead over 'Takers' (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by Lionsgate, clockwise from left, Patrick Fabian, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones and Ashley Bell are shown in a scene from, 'The Last Exorcism.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Patti Perret)AP - The fright flick "The Last Exorcism" and the heist thriller "Takers" were in a photo finish for the top spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Emmy Countdown: Webcams to shoot backstage action (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Jimmy Fallon, center, host of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, is joined by John Shaffner, left, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO, and the show's executive producer Don Mischer at Emmy Awards Press Preview Day at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. The annual awards show will be held at Nokia Theater on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Last-minute preparations are in full swing as the television world readies for Sunday night's 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards show, going live to all U.S. time zones for the first time in more than three decades. Here's the latest:


Emmy Countdown: Webcams to shoot backstage action (omg!)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:49 AM PDT

omg! - AP - Last-minute preparations are in full swing as the television world readies for Sunday night's 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards show, going live to all U.S. time zones for the first time in more than three decades. Here's the latest:

'Vapor trail' leads to Paris Hilton's Vegas arrest (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:13 AM PDT

US socialite and paparazzi darling Paris Hilton, pictured in April 2010, was arrested in Las Vegas on charges of cocaine possession, but released shortly afterwards, local police said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jason Merritt)AP - Paris Hilton's latest run-in with the law began when a motorcycle officer got a whiff of suspicious smoke emanating from a Cadillac on the Las Vegas Strip.


Beetle Bailey nears retirement age but stays put (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

In this Aug. 16, 2010 photo, Mort Walker, the artist and author of the Beetle Bailey comic strip, stands in his studio as figurines of his most famous characters rest on his desk  in Stamford, Conn. Beetle Bailey will have a 60th anniversary on Labor Day. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Beetle Bailey is slouching toward retirement age, but the lazy Army private won't be getting rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on newspaper comics pages.


Emmy Countdown: Webcams to shoot backstage action (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Jimmy Fallon, center, host of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, is joined by John Shaffner, left, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman and CEO, and the show's executive producer Don Mischer at Emmy Awards Press Preview Day at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. The annual awards show will be held at Nokia Theater on Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Last-minute preparations are in full swing as the television world readies for Sunday night's 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards show, going live to all U.S. time zones for the first time in more than three decades. Here's the latest:


Venice festival gambles on youth, movie mavericks (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Reuters - What the Venice film festival lacks in star power this year it hopes to make up for with an unusually young list of directors and the appearance of some of Hollywood's more enigmatic figures.

Justin Bieber postpones concert at NY State Fair (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:09 AM PDT

AP - Justin Bieber fans looking forward to his performance at the New York State Fair are going to have to wait a bit longer.

Online video key to Disney, Time Warner Cable row (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Reuters - The growing availability of popular TV shows on the Web is at the heart of ongoing contentious programing fee negotiations between Walt Disney Co and Time Warner Cable Inc, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

EXCLUSIVE: LaChiusa's 'Queen of the Mist', About Niagara Heroine, in Development; Mary Testa Stars (Playbill)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT

Playbill -

Michael John LaChiusa's new musical, Queen of the Mist, about a real-life lady daredevil who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls, will get a three-week Equity Developmental Lab this fall prior to a 2011-12 full production. Off-Broadway's Transport Group is behind the project, with artistic director Jack Cummings III directing.

Sandra Bullock marks Katrina anniversary at clinic (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Sandra Bullock arrives at Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans  Sunday Aug. 29, 2010, on the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to cut the ribbon on an on campus health clinic for the school. Bullock, The Kellogg Foundation and the San Francisco 49ers Foundation were the main financial contributors of the $700,000 facility.  (AP Photo/Kerry Maloney)AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock returned Sunday to the New Orleans high school she helped rebuild for the opening of an on-campus health clinic.


Britain carried out Cold War assassinations: Le Carre (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Britain carried out assassinations during the Cold War, novelist and former secret agent John le Carre, seen here, told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)AFP - Britain carried out assassinations during the Cold War, novelist and former secret agent John le Carre told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper.


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