Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


Lawyers make final arguments in Smith drug case (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2000 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, right,  smiles as she walks to the courthouse with her attorney Howard K. Stern in Houston. Attorneys in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial are set with final arguments aimed at swaying jurors in reaching a complicated and crucial set of verdicts that will affect two doctors and the deceased model's former boyfriend. (AP Photo/Brett Cooomer, File)AP - Anna Nicole Smith was plagued by unremitting pain most of her life, and her doctors did not break the law by prescribing medications to help her, attorneys for two physicians told jurors Wednesday in their closing arguments at the drug conspiracy trial.


'Glee' cast beats out Beatles for Billboard record (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:02 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by Fox, Heather Morris portrays Britney Spears, center, in the 'Britney/Brittany' episode of 'Glee.' (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Yarish)AP - The "Glee" cast has surpassed the Beatles for the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act.


5 most generic romantic comedy titles (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this 2006 file photo released by Universal Studios, Ryan Reynolds who portrays Will Hayes is shown with Abigail Breslin portrays his daughter Maya Hayes in a scene from the film 'Definitely, Maybe'. (AP Photo/Universal Studios, Andrew Schwartz, file)AP - "Life As We Know It" is a new romantic comedy in theaters this weekend, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel as two single adults who are thrown together to raise an orphaned child when their mutual best friends die in an accident.


David Fincher updates status on "Social Network" (omg!)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

omg! - Reuters - The audience for director David Fincher's "The Social Network" is expected to grow in coming months, spurred by fan buzz and rave reviews after a $22.4 million opening weekend at U.S. and Canadian box offices.

Sundance miniseries tells epic tale of a terrorist (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:28 PM PDT

In this Sept. 30, 2010 photo, actor Edgar Ramirez poses for a portrait  in New York.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - For three nights and nearly six mesmerizing hours, you witness a legendary terrorist on an epic scale from up-close-and-personal proximity.


Fired CNN host Sanchez apologizes to Jon Stewart (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

This undated photo from the biography section of CNN's website, shows former CNN news anchor Rick Sanchez. CNN fired Sanchez on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview where he also questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority. (AP Photo/CNN) NO SALESAP - Fired CNN host Rick Sanchez has apologized to Jon Stewart and anyone else he offended with what he calls "inartful comments" he made during a radio interview.


Sundance miniseries tells epic tale of a terrorist (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:28 PM PDT

In this Sept. 30, 2010 photo, actor Edgar Ramirez poses for a portrait  in New York.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - For three nights and nearly six mesmerizing hours, you witness a legendary terrorist on an epic scale from up-close-and-personal proximity.


Race Flavors DC Revival of 1950s Comedy 'Sabrina Fair', Opening Oct. 6; Susan Heyward Stars (Playbill)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Playbill -

Samuel A. Taylor's romantic comedy Sabrina Fair, better known as the Audrey Hepburn film "Sabrina," opens Oct. 6 — with a fresh twist — at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC.

Beatles, Lady Gaga memorabilia in online auction (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Unreleased Lady Gaga songs, handwritten Paul McCartney lyrics and clothing from Princess Diana and Elvis Presley are among unique celebrity items that will be sold in an online auction this month.

TiVo says patent office upholds its claims (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Reuters - TiVo Inc shares rose more than 10 percent after the digital video recorder maker said the U.S. Patent office reaffirmed the validity of its technology patent in its legal battle with EchoStar and Dish Network.

Watching Paint Dry: How Playwrights Turn Art-Making Into High Drama (Playbill)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Playbill -

Plays about artists who put brush to canvas have proven to be cracklingly alive on stage. From Sunday in the Park With George to Red to Pitmen Painters, we talked to playwrights about the theatre of art.

Lawyers make final arguments in Smith drug case (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2000 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith, right,  smiles as she walks to the courthouse with her attorney Howard K. Stern in Houston. Attorneys in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial are set with final arguments aimed at swaying jurors in reaching a complicated and crucial set of verdicts that will affect two doctors and the deceased model's former boyfriend. (AP Photo/Brett Cooomer, File)AP - Anna Nicole Smith was plagued by unremitting pain most of her life, and her doctors did not break the law by prescribing medications to help her, attorneys for two physicians told jurors Wednesday in their closing arguments at the drug conspiracy trial.


Raggedy Le Notre Chanel (Fashion Wire Daily)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:20 PM PDT

FWD106  Model walks the runway at the Chanel show during Spring 2011 Fashion Week in Paris on Tuesday, October 5, 2010.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - The world's largest virtual garden, a flawlessly chic collection, Europe's most elegant exhibition space - the Grand Palais in Paris - and fashion's most fabulous front row jelled in a remarkable fashion moment at Chanel's latest runway show in Paris on Tuesday, Oct. 5.


Poets buzzed about for Nobel literature prize (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, speaks to The Associated Press at the academy's headquarters in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 1, 2010. Englund said the academy has chosen this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, and will announce it on Oct. 7 after a formal vote.(AP Photo/Scott Lakey)AP - With European novelists dominating recent Nobel literature awards, experts are guessing the Swedish Academy will look farther afield when it announces the 2010 winner on Thursday.


Gibson's ex says she feared for life after fight (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 19, 2010 file photo, Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend, Russian-born singer, songwriter Oksana Grigorieva, talks during a news conference in Moscow. Grigorieva says she feared for her life and thought Gibson might kill her during a fight in January, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)AP - Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva said she feared the Academy Award winner might kill her during a fight earlier this year, giving her first public account of an argument she claims turned violent.


Reznor and Fincher connect for `Social Network' (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2009 file photo, U.S. singer of the band Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, performs during the Music Openair Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Ennio Leanza, file)AP - Though David Fincher and Trent Reznor were both central figures in the heyday of music videos, their most significant collaboration has come years later — not on MTV but in one of the most acclaimed films of the year.


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