Thursday, September 2, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:26 PM PDT

FILE - Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.


Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:14 AM PDT

AP - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience — and a much louder alarm clock.

Schnabel movie chronicles Mideast conflict (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Director Tran Anh Hung poses during the AP - The latest movie by Julian Schnabel couldn't have been more timely.


Summer Staples You Can Still Get (omg!)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:28 PM PDT

omg! - It's the perfect time to get bargains on some of this summer's hottest wardrobe items

Murakami's 'Norwegian Wood' transformed to film (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, "Norwegian Wood," based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel.

Author Hawking says God not needed for creation (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:59 AM PDT

In this book cover image released by Random House, 'The Grand Design' by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow is shown. (AP Photo/Random House)AP - Did creation need a creator?


Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:25 PM PDT

FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.


Telluride festival unveils film lineup (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Reuters - The Telluride Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the lineup of movies for this weekend's event, regarded as among the top U.S. movie gatherings of the year and an early highlight for Oscar hopefuls.

Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Katie Finneran and Robin de Jesús Make the Most of Their Moments (Playbill)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Playbill -

Two of Broadway's best featured performers prove that it's not the amount of time you have on stage — it's what you do with it that matters.

Judge: Paris Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 photo, Paris Hilton and Cy Waits attend the Paris Hilton fragrance launch'Tease' at MyStudio in Hollywood section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Donald Traill, file) MANDATORY CREDIT; EDITORIAL USE ONLY; NO SALESAP - Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.


USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - Best-Selling Books Week Ended August 22

Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:20 AM PDT

In this image released by the Montgomery County Police, James J. Lee is seen is a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as 'concerns' with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday, Spet. 1, 2010. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing said authorities have identified Lee as the likely suspect. (AP Photo/Montgomery County (Md.) Police)AP - As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.


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