Monday, March 28, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


'Wimpy Kid' leads weekend with $23.8M debut (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:10 PM PDT

AP - The family flick "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" earned the top spot at the weekend box office with a $23.8 million debut, topping the action tale "Sucker Punch," which opened at No. 2 with $19.1 million.

Taylor's unpublished love letters up for auction (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 1949 file photo, 17-year-old actress Elizabeth Taylor, right,  poses with fiance William D. Pawley Jr.  at his father's home in Miami Beach, Fla. Over 60 love letters written by the late actress will be put up for auction by RR Auction in Amherst, N.H. The auction house bought the letters two years ago from William Pawley, who was engaged to Taylor for less than a year in 1949. Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79.   (AP Photo, file)AP - Before becoming a bride eight times over, Elizabeth Taylor was a 17-year-old starlet scribbling letters to her first fiance, charting on pale pink stationery his progression from her one-and-only to the one who got away.


Cullum, Pinkins to star in Shakespeare in the Park (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 file photo, actress Tonya Pinkins attends the opening night of 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof' at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. Pinkins and John Cullum will be leading the casts at the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park series this summer. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Tony Award-winners John Cullum and Tonya Pinkins will be leading the casts at the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park series this summer.


DWTS' Lacy Schwimmer: Sex Talk With Mike Catherwood Just "Fun" (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:10 PM PDT

omg! - The pro defends her behavior after ABC asks the duo to tone down their rehearsal antics

Teen Mom's Jenelle Arrested on Assault Charges (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:58 PM PDT

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Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans has been arrested, the local police department confirms to TVGuide.com.

Evans was arrested in her Oak Island, N.C. home Sunday on charges of assault and affray, according to the police report. The complainant listed on the report is Brittany Truet.

See photos from Teen Mom

President Obama to Address Nation on Situation in Libya (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:33 PM PDT

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President Barack Obama will address the nation about the crisis in Libya on Monday night.

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Royal Wedding Flowers to Remain at Westminster Abbey for Viewing (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:31 PM PDT

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Even those people not on the guest list can enjoy a part of Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding.

Prince Harry throws brother William his stag party

Beginning the day after the couple's April 28 nuptials, visitors can observe and take photos with the wedding's floral arrangements at Westminster Abbey. Tourists with a London Sightseeing Pass can even recreate Middleton's historic walk down the aisle, Us Magazine reports.

Cullum, Pinkins to star in Shakespeare in the Park (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:28 PM PDT

omg! - AP - Tony Award-winners John Cullum and Tonya Pinkins will be leading the casts at the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park series this summer.

Real Housewives Alum DeShawn Snow: How I Lost 30 Pounds! (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:23 PM PDT

omg! - The season one Atlanta cast member gives Us her workout and diet secrets

Enrique melts London hearts (omg!)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:15 PM PDT

omg! - Latin love God Enrique Iglesias set hearts racing at London's O2 Arena, where he treated fans to a spectacular performance during his 'Euphoria' show. One lucky fan came face to face with the heartthrob as he serenaded her on stage with 'Hero.' (March 28)

Ken Burns' next project for PBS: Vietnam War (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:56 PM PDT

FILE -  In this March 25, 2011 file photo, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns speaks to reporters during a news conference at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - Having already done the Civil War and World War II, Ken Burns is working on a documentary about the Vietnam War.


Italian governor wants shared custody of statue (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:46 PM PDT

AP - An Italian lawmaker offered a cultural exchange proposal Monday that sounded a little like an ultimatum, saying officials at the J. Paul Getty Museum should behave ethically and return knowingly looted art.

Eva Longoria wants to be voice for abused children (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Eva Longoria attends a news conference at the Guadalajara International Film festival in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernardo De Niz)AP - Eva Longoria says she wants to be the voice of thousands of silent children working in deplorable conditions around the world.


Website to pay $950K for posting Beatles hits (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1964 file photo, The Beatles, front row from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums, perform at the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' in New York. BlueBeat.com has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the music companies EMI, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America after posting digital copies of The Beatles music a year before they became legitimately available. (AP Photo, file)AP - A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit.


Ken Burns' next project for PBS: Vietnam War (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:56 PM PDT

FILE -  In this March 25, 2011 file photo, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns speaks to reporters during a news conference at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - Having already done the Civil War and World War II, Ken Burns is working on a documentary about the Vietnam War.


'Wimpy Kid' knocks out 'Sucker Punch' at box office (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Writer Jeff Kinney of AFP - "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," the second screen adaptation from the popular kids book series, earned $23.8 million at the weekend box office, industry data showed Monday.


Wiz Khalifa gets out his "Rolling Papers" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:07 PM PDT

Reuters - There was a clear winner at February's Super Bowl, but it wasn't the Green Bay Packers.

"Battle: Los Angeles" still top film overseas (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:37 PM PDT

Reuters - "Battle: Los Angeles" led the foreign box office for a second weekend on Sunday, bolstered by robust business in China.

Portuguese architect de Moura wins Pritzker prize (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is the winner of this year's $100,000 Pritzker Prize for his designs that convey both "power and modesty, bravado and subtlety," the foundation that awards the prize said on Monday.

Cullum, Pinkins to star in Shakespeare in the Park (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2008 file photo, actress Tonya Pinkins attends the opening night of 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof' at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. Pinkins and John Cullum will be leading the casts at the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park series this summer. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Tony Award-winners John Cullum and Tonya Pinkins will be leading the casts at the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park series this summer.


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