Friday, October 29, 2010

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

APNewsBreak: Randy Travis and wife-manager divorce (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2008 file photo, country singer Randy Travis and his wife Elizabeth arrive at the 42nd Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Randy Travis and his wife-manager Elizabeth Travis have divorced. Family spokeswoman Maureen O'Connor confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the divorce was final.

T.I.'s wife charged with drug possession in LA (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, wife of Grammy award winning artist Clifford 'TI' Harris, is shown at Alzheimers 'For the Love of Our Fathers' foundation honoree luncheon at the Luckie Lounge in Atlanta. Prosecutors have charged rapper T.I.'s wife with one count of misdemeanor drug possession stemming from a Sept. 1, arrest on the Sunset Strip. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - Prosecutors have charged rapper T.I.'s wife with one count of misdemeanor drug possession stemming from an arrest last month on the Sunset Strip.

Writer Maya Angelou sings about her love of books (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Author and poet Dr. Maya Angelou, reacts as Howard Dodson, director of the Schomburg Research Center, introduces her during a ceremony announcing the acquisition of the Maya Angelou Collection on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, in Harlem, N.Y. The collection of personal papers and materials documenting 40 years of Angelou's literary career, will be housed in the Schomburg Center for Black Research and Culture and open to the public in 18 months. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - In her low husky voice, Maya Angelou came out singing an old African-American song about a rainbow to express her love of books and libraries.

APNewsBreak: Randy Travis and wife-manager divorce (omg!)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT

omg! - AP - Randy Travis and his wife-manager Elizabeth Travis have divorced. Family spokeswoman Maureen O'Connor confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the divorce was final.

'Glee' star in no hurry to capitalize on fame (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2010 file photo, Cory Montieth arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Cory Monteith tries to be a regular guy, despite his success with "Glee."

Massive Doonesbury retrospective worth it (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:27 PM PDT

In this book cover image released by Andrews McMeel, '40: A Doonesbury Retrospective' by G.B. Trudeau, is shown. (AP Photo/Andrews McMeel)AP - "40: A Doonesbury Retrospective" (Andrews McMeel, $100), by G.B. Trudeau: Forty years after the ever-helmeted football hero B.D. first met his dorky Walden College roommate Mike Doonesbury, the creator of those and dozens of other memorable "Doonesbury" denizens is taking a look back at the award-winning, and often controversial, comic strip that made him famous.

Brandy dances to new tune for girl who needs heart (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - She is wowing fans on the reality TV contest "Dancing With the Stars" but behind the scenes this week, singer/actress Brandy has been in a more important competition. She is racing against time to help save the life of a teenager who needs a heart transplant.

New Zealand law passed to keep Hobbit amid protests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Actor Elijah Wood portrays Hobbit Frodo in a scene from the film Reuters - The New Zealand government on Friday passed legislation clearing the way for two "Hobbit" films to be made in the country despite stiff protest by opposition lawmakers who said it was a "day of shame."

T.I.'s wife charged with drug possession in LA (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, wife of Grammy award winning artist Clifford 'TI' Harris, is shown at Alzheimers 'For the Love of Our Fathers' foundation honoree luncheon at the Luckie Lounge in Atlanta. Prosecutors have charged rapper T.I.'s wife with one count of misdemeanor drug possession stemming from a Sept. 1, arrest on the Sunset Strip. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - Prosecutors have charged rapper T.I.'s wife with one count of misdemeanor drug possession stemming from an arrest last month on the Sunset Strip.

"Saw 3D" set for killer opening at box office (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Rival studios are doging the extra-dimensional buzz saw of "Saw 3D" at the North American box office this weekend.

New Tour of 'White Christmas' Gets TN Test Drive; O'Bryan, Lambert, Scherer and Bodnar Star (Playbill)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Playbill -

John Scherer croons to Amy Bodnar, and Denis Lambert dances with Shannon M. O'Bryan in the new regional touring production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, testing its wings for two days of performances Oct. 29-30 in Chattanooga, TN.

APNewsBreak: Randy Travis and wife-manager divorce (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2008 file photo, country singer Randy Travis and his wife Elizabeth arrive at the 42nd Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Randy Travis and his wife-manager Elizabeth Travis have divorced. Family spokeswoman Maureen O'Connor confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the divorce was final.

Pierre Cardin, Nicolas Ghesquiere Receive Top Honors at FGI's 27th Annual Night of Stars (Fashion Wire Daily)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:54 AM PDT

FWD101 Jennifer Connelly and Nicolas Ghesquiere attend the Fashion Group International 27th Annual Night of Stars gala in New York on Thursday, October 28, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Group International's annual "Night of Stars" keeps getting bigger and better. Last night, Thursday, Oct. 28, FGI honored "The Globalists," those fashion industry talents whose influence and reach spans across borders, at their gala in New York.

Massive Doonesbury retrospective worth it (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:27 PM PDT

In this book cover image released by Andrews McMeel, '40: A Doonesbury Retrospective' by G.B. Trudeau, is shown. (AP Photo/Andrews McMeel)AP - "40: A Doonesbury Retrospective" (Andrews McMeel, $100), by G.B. Trudeau: Forty years after the ever-helmeted football hero B.D. first met his dorky Walden College roommate Mike Doonesbury, the creator of those and dozens of other memorable "Doonesbury" denizens is taking a look back at the award-winning, and often controversial, comic strip that made him famous.

Verdicts end chapter in tabloid story of Smith (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Dr. Sandeep Kapoor leaves court after he was acquitted on all charges in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - A final chapter in Anna Nicole Smith's made-for-tabloids life story has ended with a jury absolving her doctor of prescribing excessive drugs and convicting a psychiatrist and Smith's lawyer-boyfriend of conspiring to fake names on prescriptions.

John Lennon coin issued by UK Royal Mint (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

In this image dated Oct. 18, 2010, released by the British Royal Mint, showing John Lennon look-a-like Alan Swoffer, poses with the new John Lennon £5 coin which goes on sale Friday Oct. 29, 2010. The new coin depicting rock icon John Lennon who is being honored with an official British commemorative coin. The former member of the Beatles singer songwriter Lennon was chosen by a public vote to be honoured with the coin with a face value of 5 pounds (US $ 8) but will be sold at 45 pounds (US $ 71.68) in a limited edition on sale Friday. The former Beatle will join William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale among British luminaries whose images have graced special coins. (AP Photo/ Geoff Caddick, The Royal Mint) ** Editorial Use Only **AP - Most British coins bear the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II — but now she's been joined by John Lennon, honored Friday with a commemorative coin struck by the Royal Mint.
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