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Youth choir to perform at graduation ceremony
DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences choir is scheduled to perform at the spring graduation ceremony for Everest Institute's downtown campus. The program will be held Wednesday evening at the Fillmore theater. Highlights from the 40-student choir
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List of 25 sounds saved by Library of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) Here's a listing of the 2011 inductees to the National Recording Registry in chronological order: 1. Edison Talking Doll cylinder (1888) 2. "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star," Lillian Russell (1912) 3. "Ten Cents a Dance," Ruth Etting (1930)
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Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry
WASHINGTON (AP) From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summers and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are being inducted into the National Recording Registry. Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love"
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Conan O'Brien to talk about comedy at JFK Library
BOSTON (AP) Late-night TV talk show host Conan O'Brien is coming home to Boston to discuss his life and work during a special forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. O'Brien, a Brookline native and Harvard graduate, will also
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Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners. The capital of this former
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Sheen and Estevez memoir explores father-son bond
"Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son" (Free Press), by Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez with Hope Edelman: First see their movie, then read their book. Their movie is "The Way," a crowd-pleasing indie production starring actor
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Gambling claims with Houston daughter investigated
LAS VEGAS (AP) Casino regulators are investigating whether the 19-year-old daughter of late pop singer Whitney Houston gambled at a Las Vegas Strip resort. State Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/KhSuZN ) that investigators
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Painting that ridicules S. Africa's leader defaced
JOHANNESBURG (AP) South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but two men took matters into their own hands by
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1,600 museums offer military families free tickets
WASHINGTON (AP) More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in a program that has more than doubled in size since 2010. The expanded Blue Star Museums initiative
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Garcelle Beauvais writing children's book series
NEW YORK (AP) Actress Garcelle Beauvais is planning to share life lessons through a series of children's books. A statement released Monday says the "Franklin & Bash" star has an agreement with Stranger Comics for three books that will "address
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Today In History
Today is Tuesday, May 29, the 150th day of 2012. There are 216 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1453 - Turks capture Constantinople, capital of Byzantine Empire. Some historians list date as end of
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Court won't reduce student's music download fine
BOSTON (AP) A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his appeal.
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Theme parks opening new attractions, coasters
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, a Disneyland attraction in California based on the "Cars" movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme
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'Forrest Gump' actor Sinise to raise money for vet
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) Actor Gary Sinise, known for playing Vietnam War amputee Lt. Dan in the film "Forrest Gump," is keeping his promise to raise money for a southwest Virginia Marine who lost his limbs while on a mine sweep
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Bogart's son to help Ohio farm where parents wed
LUCAS, Ohio (AP) The oldest child of actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is helping to raise money to renovate part of the Ohio farm where the pair married in 1945. The News Journal in Mansfield (http://ohne.ws/L8mZ4n ) reports Stephen
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Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle
LONDON (AP) With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees short for the Brothers Gibb they created dance floor
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Jackson raises money for quake-damaged Va county
MINERAL, Va. (AP) Country singer Alan Jackson has raised more than $150,000 to help a Virginia county rebuild schools damaged by last year's earthquake. A benefit concert by Jackson drew 6,000 people to Louisa County on Sunday night. Jackson performed
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S.Africa's most famous township gets new theater
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla. But he soon stopped training to lead the fight through theater, staging
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'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship" to remain No. 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) "The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney's superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend and took
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Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62
LONDON (AP) With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees short for the Brothers Gibb they created dance floor
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Katie Couric urges UVa grads to persevere
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Television journalist Katie Couric has urged University of Virginia graduates to take risks and persevere. The Daily Progress reports (http://bit.ly/L9Zxnj ) that the former "Today" host and CBS News anchor addressed about 6,400 graduates on Sunday. She
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Feminist group protest at Cannes premiere
CANNES, France (AP) A French feminist group upset about the lack of female directors at this year's Cannes Film Festival is protesting on the red carpet. Five women from La Barbe stood wearing fake beards in the torrential rain on
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds on day after IPO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married." Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorized to speak for
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Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant loses
TORONTO (AP) The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title. Jenna Talackova, 23, competed with 61 contestants
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Action! New film incentives in Colorado become law
AURORA, Colo. (AP) It took many flops, but the eighth installment of a proposal from Colorado lawmakers to boost film incentives finally became a blockbuster. Republican Rep. Tom Massey, a "film buff forever," directed many of the past attempts and
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