Sunday, September 5, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Master chefs offer different contest at US Open (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:20 AM PDT

In this Sept. 4, 2010 photo, Bravo's Master Chefs, from left to right, Tony Mantuano, Jonathan Waxman, Susan Feniger, Carmen Gonzalez and Rick Moonen, are shown at the U.S. Open in New York. The five chefs have created new meals for the fans at the grand slam and competed for the most popular dish. (AP Photo/Nekesa Mumbi Moody)AP - There's been intense competition going on at the U.S. Open, and it has nothing to do with aces or foot faults.


Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2009 file photo, singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the 'Best Female Video' award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year, and heĆ¢€™s expressing his pain all over Twitter. West has unleashed a torrent of emotions on his official Twitter on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, acknowledging he was wrong for taking an award from the country sweetheart at the MTV Video Music Awards. But he says he 'bled hard.' He says he had to cancel his tour with Lady Gaga and even lost employees. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.


Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:09 PM PDT

AP - Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.

U.S. comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (omg!)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - Comedian Robert Schimmel died on Friday night in a Phoenix hospital from injuries he sustained in a car accident, his public relations firm said on Saturday.

Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:12 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, Mexican makeup artist Cristian Jauregui, left, works on the mold of the zombie mask of Claudia Calvino, Cuban co-producer of the film 'Juan de los Muertos' or 'Juan of the Dead' in Havana, Cuba. Part horror show, part social satire, the soon-to-be-shot movie has the backing of a Spanish production company, a green-light from Cuban authorities, and a budget that dwarfs most big-screen offerings from the island. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?


Noted bicyclist to ride in Maine Dempsey Challenge (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:21 PM PDT

AP - Olympic bronze medalist and Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer (LEE'-vy LYP'-hy-mur) is visiting Maine to take part in the second annual bicycling fundraiser put on by "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey.

George Clooney shoots first at box office (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Actor George Clooney poses backstage after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama "The American," as the lucrative summer moviegoing season wound down on a traditionally weak note.


Brazilian superstar Ivete Sangalo plays NY arena (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:56 PM PDT

Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo performs at Madison Square Garden Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - The most Earth-shattering event in Brazil this weekend took place in New York, where singer Ivete Sangalo played a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. Too bad, few Americans even noticed.


George Clooney shoots first at box office (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Actor George Clooney poses backstage after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2010. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama "The American," as the lucrative summer moviegoing season wound down on a traditionally weak note.


Dutch painter and Cobra co-founder Corneille dies (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Reuters - The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday.

Avatar director vows to return for Amazon tribe fight (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Film director James Cameron, pictured in April 2010, said Sunday he will return to Brazil this year to make a 3D film on indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose construction of a huge dam for fear it could flood tribal lands.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Roger Kisby)AFP - Film director James Cameron said Sunday he will return to Brazil this year to make a 3D film on indigenous people of the Amazon who oppose construction of a huge dam for fear it could flood tribal lands.


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