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New law says TV ads can’t blare anymore
NEW YORK — TV viewing could soon sound a little calmer. The CALM Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect on Thursday. CALM stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness M...
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Associated Press Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean holds Isabelle Allen as Young Cosette in "Les Miserables."
‘Lincoln,’ ‘Les Mis,’ ‘Playbook’ lead SAG awards
LOS ANGELES — The Civil War saga “Lincoln,” musical “Les Miserables” and comic drama “Silver Linings Playbook” boosted their Academy Awards prospects Wednesday with four nominations apiece for the ...
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Associated Press George Harrison of the Beatles (left) sits with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in 1967 in Los Angeles. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday.
Indian sitar virtuoso Shankar dies
NEW YORK — The kids at first didn’t seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As capt...
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Critics savage Spice Girls stage musical ‘Viva Forever’
LONDON — The critics have spoken — “Viva Forever” did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs of 1990s “Girl Po...
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Alan Alda asks scientists to explain: What’s time?
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Professor Alan Alda has a homework assignment for scientists. Yes, that Alan Alda. The actor known for portraying Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce on the TV show “MASH” a...
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Associated Press The new "Twas the Night Before Christmas" version by Clement C. Moore has eliminated all references to a smoking Santa.
There arose such a clatter over pipe-free Santa
NEW YORK — Santa has kicked the habit in time for Christmas. No, not the sugar plum habit, or his fur-wearing habit, or his penchant for romping recklessly around open flame. No, gentlepeople, t...
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Top 2012 searches include Whitney, PSY, Sandy
LOS ANGELES — The world’s attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, Web surfers searched in huge numbers to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, an...
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Husband worried about who will care for obese wife if he should die
Dear Annie: I have been married to “Nancy” for 51 years. The day of our wedding, I was 167 pounds with a full head of hair. Now I am 181 pounds and bald. Nancy was always a Rubens type, which was f...
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Horoscope
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Plan a get-together with old friends or take a moment to re-evaluate your strategy for the upcoming year. This is a great day to talk abo...
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Lawsuit claims A&E’s ‘Storage Wars’ is rigged
LOS ANGELES — A former cast member of the A&E reality series “Storage Wars” claims the show is rigged and producers have planted valuable items to deceive viewers. David Hester claims in a lawsu...
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