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Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old

AP - 2 hours 40 minutes ago

LAS VEGAS - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said. More »

  • Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died.

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    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

  • NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK - Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died.

  • Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

    Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.

  • Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    WARWICK, R.I. - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

  • Brothers of Michael Jackson (L-R).

    A&E network unveils Jackson TV show

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable television network A&E on Friday unveiled plans for a new reality TV show starring four brothers of late pop star Michael Jackson depicting them dealing with his death and rehearsing for an upcoming concert.

  • Artist Yoko Ono performs in Venice June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

    Yoko Ono looks back on early activism

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Burton Frierson

  • Sacramento mayor engaged to DC schools supe

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Washington schools superintendent Michelle Rhee are engaged.

  • Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.

  • Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK - It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous."

  • Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    MIAMI - Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past.

  • The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator. Duration: 01:39

    The Little Prince drops in on Brazil

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SAO PAULO (AFP) - - The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler part of many childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator.

  • An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, seen here in an undated photo and who wad one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary.

    New Trotsky exhibition opens in Russia

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) - - An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary.

  • Beatles photos from Help! up for auction

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (Reuters) - Seven black-and-white photographs of the Beatles sitting on a grassy field, taken by a teenage girl on the last day of filming for their movie Help!, will be sold next week, the auctioneer said.

  • British singer Elton John performs during a concert as part of his

    Elton John leaves hospital, back on stage Nov 14

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Elton John left hospital on Thursday after being treated for a serious case of e-coli bacterial infection and influenza that forced him to cancel a string of concerts, his representative said on Thursday.

  • Rene Perez (L) and Eduardo Jose Cabra Martinez of the group Calle 13 pose with their awards at the 10th annual Latin Grammy awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

    Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.

  • A poker table during a championship. A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway in Las Vegas Saturday.

    Card sharks eye $8.5 mln poker jackpot

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - - A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.

  • Undated picture Adolf Hitler. One in 20 British children think Hitler was Germany's national football coach, while six percent believe the Holocaust was a celebration at the end of World War II, according to a poll released by a war veterans' charity.

    UK kids think Hitler 'was German football coach'

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (AFP) - - One in 20 British children think Adolf Hitler was Germany's national football coach, while six percent believe the Holocaust was a celebration at the end of World War II, according to a new poll.

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    AP - Saturday, November 7

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