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Jenner Girls Release Their Own Clothing Line
Jenner Girls Release Their Own Clothing Line
Kendall and Kylie Jenner are following in their big sisters footsteps by releasing a clothingline aimed at teens for PacSun stores. (Feb. 15)

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Hard Rock Launches 'Gone Too Soon' Tour
Hard Rock Launches 'Gone Too Soon' Tour
Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were twenty-seven when they died. Now they're part of the travelling 'Gone Too Soon' memorabilia tour from the vast collection of Hard Rock International. (Feb. 15)

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TV Movie Recreates Abraham Lincoln Assassination
TV Movie Recreates Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Billy Campbell takes on the role of President Abraham Lincoln in 'Killing Lincoln.' Part TV movie and part documentary narrated by Tom Hanks, 'Killing Lincoln' premieres Sunday, Feb. 17 on The National Geographic Channel. (Feb. 15)

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Celebs Talk of First Time They Heard of AIDS
Celebs Talk of First Time They Heard of AIDS
With great strides finally being made in the fight against AIDS, celebrities arriving at the annual amfAR gala in New York recalled the first time they heard of the disease. (February 15)

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Column: Don't jump to conclusions on Pistorius
Column: Don't jump to conclusions on Pistorius
In sport, Oscar Pistorius demonstrated how easy it is to be wrong about people. An athlete with prosthetic limbs competing at the Olympic Games? No way! That lesson — don't leap to hasty, ill-informed conclusions — is worth remembering now as the double-amputee Olympian stands charged with murde

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US, Cuba wrestling pan Olympic move to drop sport
US, Cuba wrestling pan Olympic move to drop sport
The U.S. and Cuba have seen eye-to-eye on precious little for the last half century, but their wrestling federations have found common ground on at least one thing: Dropping the sport from the 2020 Olympics is a bad idea. At a tournament in Havana on Friday, coaches and athletes from both nations t

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IOC gives Pakistan another chance
IOC gives Pakistan another chance
The International Olympic Committee has given Pakistan another chance to resolve differences between its government and the country's national Olympic association. The move was announced after IOC officials held a meeting on Friday with Pakistan Olympic Association President Syed Arif Hasan and IOC

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Contract for US debut of The Clash up for auction
Contract for US debut of The Clash up for auction
The legal contract for the American debut of the English punk rock band The Clash is being offered by a New Hampshire auction house, among other band items. The Clash documents dated Jan. 23, 1979, were drafted for a performance at New York's Palladium the following month. They include a diagram of

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Williams, Sharapova, Stephens advance in Doha
Williams, Sharapova, Stephens advance in Doha
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova eased into the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, dominating their opponents with straight-set victories. Williams, who will regain the No. 1 ranking if she reached the semifinals, showed no signs of the back or ankle injuries that troubled her at the Aust

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NHL meets with IIHF again on Olympic issue
NHL meets with IIHF again on Olympic issue
Two days of talks between the NHL and Olympic officials wrapped up on Friday with some signs of progress toward a resolution on the issue of having the league send its players to the 2014 Sochi Games. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman met with Rene Fasel, an IOC member and president of the Internationa

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Review: Carrington's 'Money Jungle' a fresh take
Review: Carrington's 'Money Jungle' a fresh take
Terri Lyne Carrington, "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue" (Concord Jazz) Producer Terri Lyne Carrington follows up her Grammy-winning, all-female "The Mosaic Project" by offering a fresh take on the classic trio recording "Money Jungle" — the session released 50 years ago that teamed pianist Duke

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THE RESET: Obama hitting the road after big speech
THE RESET: Obama hitting the road after big speech
President Barack Obama is hardly the first president to hit the road to emphasize themes sounded in his State of the Union address. Nearly all recent presidents have done it. Obama is observing the tradition with a three-day tour that will take him to Asheville, N.C., on Wednesday, Decatur, Ga., on

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AP Source: SKorean to get Olympic medal back
AP Source: SKorean to get Olympic medal back
An official familiar with the decision says a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after a match at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal. The official says the IOC executive board will issue a warning to Park Jong-woo for his actions after his team's 2-0 victory o

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Blacklisted screenwriter Richard Collins dies
Blacklisted screenwriter Richard Collins dies
A blacklisted screenwriter who later named names to Communist hunters during the McCarthy era has died in California. Richard Collins was 98. His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Z1nT8s ) that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura. Collins was one of 19 write

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FIFA announces Confederations Cup prize money
FIFA announces Confederations Cup prize money
FIFA will pay $4.1 million in prize money to the Confederations Cup winner, and Tahiti is guaranteed $1.7 million from the June 15-30 tournament. FIFA says $20 million in total prize money will be shared among eight teams playing in the World Cup warm-up event in Brazil. The prize fund was $17.6 mi

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Froome extends lead at Tour of Oman
Froome extends lead at Tour of Oman
Tour de France runner-up Christopher Froome extended his overall lead in the Tour of Oman after holding off Alberto Contador and Oliver Joaquim Rodriguez to win the fifth stage on Friday. Froome, a Team Sky rider who grabbed the lead after the fourth stage, finished the 144-kilometer (89-mile) trek

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ShowBiz Minute: Kardashian, Sheen, Smith
ShowBiz Minute: Kardashian, Sheen, Smith
Kim Kardashian makes another bid to end marriage; Charlie Sheen pays for injured teen's therapy dog; Maggie Smith hasn't seen 'Downton.' (Feb. 15)

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Yao talks animal rights at zoo visit
Yao talks animal rights at zoo visit
Yao Ming fed a giraffe, petted a rhino and watched an elephant do a headstand during a visit to the Houston Zoo on Thursday. The former Houston Rockets center, in town for this weekend's NBA All-Star festivities, has become increasingly active in animal-rights causes since he retired from basketbal

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'Planet Earth' Stars Have Fun With Kids Movie
'Planet Earth' Stars Have Fun With Kids Movie
George Lopez, William Shatner and Jessica Alba talk about their new animated movie, 'Escape From Planet Earth,' and reveal why they are excited to appeal to a younger audience. (Feb. 15)

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NBA All-Star media day to be live streamed online
NBA All-Star media day to be live streamed online
NBA stars will face the media Friday, and fans will have a new way to watch. They may even see a player answer a question they asked. The All-Star player availabilities will be live streamed on the internet for the first time, the league said Wednesday. Starting at 1:30 p.m. EST, the question-and-a

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