LOS ANGELES The battle for AP entertainer of the year came down to the Girl on Fire and the Queen of Twerk. Jennifer Lawrence edged out Miley Cyrus by one vote in The Associated Press’ annual survey of its newspaper and broadcast members and subscribers for Entertainer of the Year. There were 70 ballots submitted […]
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Popular author Vizzini dies in NY
NEW YORK Ned Vizzini, a popular young adult author and television writer who wrote candidly and humorously about his struggles with depression, has committed suicide. He was 32. Vizzini jumped off the roof of his parents’ home in Brooklyn on Thursday, said his brother, Daniel Vizzini. New York City’s medical examiner’s office confirmed Friday that […]
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Beyonce talks surprise album, success
NEW YORK Despite all the hard work she put in on the songs and videos from her new album, Beyonce had her doubts minutes before its surprise release. “I was terrified. I was so scared. I already envisioned like the worst things that could happen,” Beyonce said Saturday at a screening for her new music […]
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Tom Cruise, tabloids, settle defamation lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The publisher of two tabloid magazines says it never intended to imply that Tom Cruise had abandoned his daughter after his divorce. The statement from Bauer Publishing on Friday accompanied news that Cruise and the tabloids had reached a confidential settlement in a defamation case filed by the actor. Bauer operates […]
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Polish pranksters stop tram to film Tolkien scene
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s almost like in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of The Ring:” Gandalf stands in the way of Balrog and tells him to “go back to the shadow” to buy time for fleeing Frodo Baggins and his companions. But the scene is Warsaw, not the Mines of Moria. A Polish prankster dressed […]
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Santana reunites with ex-bandmate, now homeless
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A news reporter for a San Francisco television station has reunited rock guitarist Carolos Santana with a former bandmate he hadn’t seen in decades and who now lives on the streets of Oakland. Reporter Stanley Roberts ran into percussionist Marcus “The Magnificent” Malone while working on a story about illegal dumping […]
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Tapestry Singers go for Baroque
NEWCASTLE In spite of deteriorating weather, the Tapestry Singers conducted by Harold “Sandy” Falconer with the DaPonte String Quartet, as well as some friends on woodwinds, brass, organ and tympani, performed the J.S. Bach “Magnificat in D” on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Second Congregational Church. The Magnificat, or the Canticle of Mary, […]
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New Year’s Eve
BATH The city of Bath is epicenter for several New Year’s Eve celebrations in the area. Many of these celebrations benefit local organizations; all promise to provide excellent food and drink, and good company. Maine’s First Ship to celebrate milestone in Virginia’s construction Maine’s First Ship, the Pinnace Virginia, will celebrate a milestone in her […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Union, which had bolstered its positions in East Tennessee earlier in the year, launched into one more battle in the state before ringing out the year 1863. A Union brigadier general, Samuel D. Sturgis, got word on Dec. 28, 1863, that Confederate cavalry had been spotted near Dandridge, Tenn. He chose to go out […]
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UN: Mass grave with 34 bodies found in South Sudan
At least two other mass graves reportedly have been found in Juba.