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- 'Apple of my Eye' star turns to first love: music
- Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards
- Leader of Toots and the Maytals injured at concert
- 'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes
- K-pop's G Dragon eager for challenge of solo tour
- Conductor James Levine returns from 2-year absence
- Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
- Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes
- Expectations high for next Xbox
- Old rules don't mean much to broadcasters
Pictures of the Week
An Egyptian fishes with a net in Lake Qarun in Fayoum, Egypt.
Cooking oil fumes lead to Lufthansa landing
An investigation into why a Lufthansa commercial jet made an unscheduled stop at an Austrian airport last week has arrived at its conclusion: smelly cooking oil.
New bed makes staying in bed a dream (VIDEO)
Who needs a boring old spring mattress when you could have a self-adjusting, eco-friendly, multi-media bed surrounded by a custom made, environmentally-conscious frame.
NM inmate uses Popsicle sticks in escape attempt
New Mexico corrections officers say an inmate escaped his jail cell by breaking a window bar with a razor blade and a Popsicle stick but changed his mind once he got outside.
Top 25 most stressful colleges
High school seniors face a lot of pressure going through the college application process, but once they are in, some colleges are more stressful on students than others.
Spanish town turns red for annual tomato fight
Tens of thousands of people have splatted each other with 120 tons of tomatoes during the annual `Tomatina' battle, leaving the eastern Spanish town of Bunol in a sea of red mush.
Fake coyotes used to scare geese at Mich. beach
A Michigan community that's fed up with geese fouling up a beach is hoping fake coyotes encourage the birds to land elsewhere.
Restaurant chain brings back Snooki burger
Restaurant BGR is celebrating the birth of "Jersey Shore" star Snooki's baby by bringing back a unique creation.
Mont. rancher shoots bear that breaks into house
A Montana rancher shot and killed a black bear that broke into his house along the Rocky Mountain Front and raided the pantry.
For Your Eyes Only: Swedish Bond gala criticized
James Bond is causing a ruckus in Sweden.
Men rob Ohio victim but make sure he has bus fare
Police say robbers who held up an Ohio man at gunpoint gave him back enough money for bus fare before running away.
Flight attendant's career landing in Guinness book
A flight attendant is landing in the Guinness World Records book after spending 63 years moving about the cabin.
Documents: Man turned self in for ND bank robbery
Kent Anthony Clemens returned home to Kansas after a short stay in North Dakota's booming oil patch with a stack of crisp $50 bills, sharing what authorities say was ill-gotten booty with his sister.
British police call off search for supposed lion
So, were the locals lying about the lion?
Md. city fails to break bikini parade record
A city in China still holds the bikini parade record after a failed attempt in Maryland.
NYC fair nixes pig races and goes to the dogs
Organizers of the county fair on New York's Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread of swine flu.
Nev. to appeal over 'none of above' voting choice
Nevada has given official notice that it will appeal a ruling that struck down the state's decades-old voting option of "none of the above."
Police: California man severed foot while driving
Police say a man severed his foot in a California parking lot after sticking his leg out the door of his moving BMW. Authorities then arrested him on suspicion of drunken driving.
A mountain lion in a casino? Don't roulette out
An underage mountain lion has been caught after trying to slip into a casino in downtown Reno, Nev., ahead of the breakfast rush.
Caged big cats stuck on Paraguay border 2 months
Imagine being stuck in a cage for two months while going through customs. That's the border limbo 16 tigers and lions have faced in Paraguay because Argentine officials refuse to approve their paperwork for re-entry.
Charges say man reneged on golf hole-in-one prizes
A man who specializes in insuring golf tournament hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington state with refusing to pay up.
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