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The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes

10 hours 39 min ago

iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Sept. 6, 2010:

Singles:

1. "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry

2. "Just the Way You Are," Bruno Mars

3. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz

4. "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem

5. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love," Usher

6. "I Like It," Enrique Iglesias

7. "Just a Dream," Nelly

8. ...

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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts

10 hours 55 min ago

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein's image.

The 542 pieces are among the most recent artifacts recovered from a heartbreaking frenzy ...

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Tyson talks friendship with Tupac _ and his regret

11 hours 1 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) - When Mike Tyson looks back on his friendship with Tupac Shakur, he thinks about the rapper's big heart, explosive anger _ and the one regret he has about their relationship.

"He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish ...

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Walters, Letterman compare notes on heart surgery

11 hours 16 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Walters is feeling wonderful after heart surgery in May _ and has practically no scar, she added proudly Tuesday as she returned to active duty on "The View" after taking the summer off for recovery.

"I would like to say, once and for all, to all ...

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Winfrey, McCartney among 5 Kennedy Center honorees

11 hours 56 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — TV host and actress Oprah Winfrey has been chosen as a Kennedy Center honoree right before the start of the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

Ms. Winfrey was one of five honorees revealed Tuesday.

The 56-year-old TV host and actress will be honored at the ...

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America Ferrera to host 'Independent Lens' on PBS

12 hours 40 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) - The PBS series "Independent Lens" says actress America Ferrera will host its ninth season of documentary films.

Ferrera follows past "Independent Lens" presenters including Susan Sarandon, Terrence Howard and Edie Falco.

PBS says Ferrera will make her debut when the award-winning anthology series begins its new season of ...

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Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees

12 hours 53 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she'll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honors.

The 56-year-old TV host and actress will be honored at the 33rd annual event in Washington on Dec. 5, along with musician and former Beatles member Paul McCartney, dancer, choreographer ...

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Woodward book to be called 'Obama's Wars'

13 hours 22 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) - QATESTHFR this is a test of the Associated Press and is not intended for Publication or Broadcasting.

Less than three weeks before publication, Bob Woodward's new book finally has a cover design and a title: "Obama's Wars."

And the focus will not be on the economy _ the ...

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AP Interview: Acropolis' Nike temple rises again

15 hours 8 min ago

ATHENS, GREECE (AP) - After a decade-long facelift, the ancient Greek temple of Athena Nike is back up, patched up and unfettered on the Acropolis.

The slender marble building first erected in the 5th century B.C. was unburdened of its scaffolding in recent days _ 10 years after being completely dismantled ...

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John Lennon's killer up for parole again in NY

15 hours 13 min ago

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - John Lennon's killer is again up for parole in New York.

Mark David Chapman is scheduled to be interviewed at the Attica Correctional Facility this week. The interview could be as early as Tuesday.

It will be the sixth try at freedom for the former maintenance man who ...

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Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan

15 hours 41 min ago

JALOZAI, PAKISTAN (AP) - American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster.

The flow of aid money has stalled in recent days, and officials expressed hope the two-day ...

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Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue up for Booker Prize

16 hours 49 min ago

LONDON (AP) - Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction's prestigious Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice.

Carey's "Parrot and Olivier in America" _ a U.S. odyssey inspired by philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville _ is ...

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ABC News president David Westin steps down

17 hours 20 min ago

NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.

Westin has presided over anchor changes at three of ABC's ...

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Presidents and their No. 1 best-sellers

20 hours 53 min ago

Presidents and their books that reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list, the dates they reached the top and the numbers of weeks they were No. 1 (not necessarily consecutive weeks).

_Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Crusade in Europe" (Doubleday, 1948), Dec. 26, 1948 (11)

_John F. Kennedy, "Profiles in Courage" ...

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CAPITAL CULTURE: All the presidents' best-sellers

20 hours 54 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author.

Since The New York Times began its weekly lists of best-sellers in 1942, only six of the 13 men who have served as the nation's ...

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Danielle Staub leaving 'Real Housewives'

22 hours 11 min ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bravo is cleaning house.

The network announced Monday that Danielle Staub, the firestarter on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," would not be returning to the show. Throughout the tumultuous second season, Staub enraged Caroline Manzo, her sister-in-law Jacqueline Laurita and family friend Teresa Giudice, though Staub ...

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Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit Pakistan

22 hours 33 min ago

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United Nations says actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Pakistan to meet victims of the floods and highlight the need for international help.

Jolie was in the country Tuesday in her role as a "goodwill ambassador" for the U.N.'s refugee agency.

International relief agencies sometimes enlist celebrities to draw ...

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AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 22:06

NEW YORK (AP) - AOL is adding talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.

The company will begin sharing traffic, content and promotions with the website for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," starting Tuesday. AOL sites such ...

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ABC News president David Westin steps down

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:16

NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.

Westin has presided over anchor changes at three of ABC's ...

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ABC News president David Westin stepping down

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:40

NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News President David Westin says he's stepping down at the end of the year after more than 13 years on the job.

Westin said in a memo to his staff on Monday that he told his bosses a month ago that he was ready to leave. ...

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