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Oscars Equal Fashion for Joan and Melissa Rivers
Oscars Equal Fashion for Joan and Melissa Rivers
The pioneers of award show red carpet coverage, Joan and Melissa Rivers, talk about who they're looking forward to seeing at Sunday's Oscars and other hits and misses of this award season. (Feb. 22)

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Genie Francis Says 'General Hospital' Is Back
Genie Francis Says 'General Hospital' Is Back
Genie Francis has returned to the ABC soap 'General Hospital' just in time for its 50th Anniversary. The actress, who plays iconic character Laura Spencer, says the show's ratings are up since Executive Producer Frank Valentini took over. (Feb. 22)

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Reports: ESPN matches NBC's offer to Big East
Reports: ESPN matches NBC's offer to Big East
Sports Business Journal and ESPN.com are reporting that ESPN has matched NBC's offer to buy the Big East's television rights for about $20 million per year over six years. The Big East was working on a deal with NBC that would have put most of its football and men's basketball games on NBC Sports Ne

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News Summary: AIG slides to a 4Q loss
News Summary: AIG slides to a 4Q loss
BIG LOSS: American International Group slid to a loss in the fourth quarter as the insurer absorbed costs related to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and the sale of its airplane leasing unit. Still, AIG posted an operating profit that was better than analysts were expecting. THE NUMBERS: AIG repor

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Nordic Worlds-Nordic Combined Results
Nordic Worlds-Nordic Combined Results
Results Friday from the Nordic combined event at the Nordic skiing world championships (ski jumping and 10-kilometer cross-country ski race placings in parentheses): 1. Jason Lamy Chappuis, France, 29 minutes, 13.2 seconds (11-6). 2. Mario Stecher, Austria, 0.2 seconds behind (2-17). 3. Bjoern Kirs

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Justice Dept joins suit against Lance Armstrong
Justice Dept joins suit against Lance Armstrong
The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service. The lawsuit alleges that riders on the po

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Tyson Gay back on track and healthy again
Tyson Gay back on track and healthy again
For so long, pain has followed Tyson Gay around the track. If it wasn't his hamstring giving him grief in a workout, it was his surgically repaired hip or groin. He's almost grown accustomed to the ever-present aches that have haunted him over his career, even come to expect them at certain points i

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US teen Hendrickson wins women's ski jump gold
US teen Hendrickson wins women's ski jump gold
American teenager Sarah Hendrickson won the women's ski jumping title Friday after beating main rival Sara Takanashi of Japan at the Nordic skiing world championships. The 18-year-old Hendrickson outjumped Takanashi with a 106-meter effort on the normal hill in the first round and scored a total of

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Tony Award winner brings Broadway to Oscars
Tony Award winner brings Broadway to Oscars
The folks behind Hollywood's glitziest night have imported some help this year — from Broadway. Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane, much sought-after for his use of unlikely materials in sublime patterns, has been tapped to put together the set for the 85th Academy Awards telecast. "This is

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Corinthians to play without fans after boy's death
Corinthians to play without fans after boy's death
The South American football federation says Brazilian club Corinthians will play without its fans for the next 60 days because of the death of a 14-year-old boy during its Copa Libertadores match this week. Federation spokesman Nestor Benitez tells The Associated Press the sanction is temporary pen

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Jason Lamy-Chappuis wins Nordic combined at worlds
Jason Lamy-Chappuis wins Nordic combined at worlds
Olympic champion Jason Lamy-Chappuis held off Mario Stecher and Bjorn Kircheisen in a sprint finish Friday to win the Nordic combined individual Gundersen title at the world championships. Lamy-Chappuis was in 11th place after the ski jump on the normal hill, trailing leader Haavard Klemetsen by 1

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Judo chief to head SKorea's Olympic committee
Judo chief to head SKorea's Olympic committee
A prominent member of South Korea's judo community has been elected head of the country's Olympic Committee. The committee announced that Kim Jung-haeng won Friday's vote for president, defeating a ruling party lawmaker. He will serve a four-year term. Kim quit as the longtime chair of South Korea'

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Oprah Winfrey Honored With Essence Power Award
Oprah Winfrey Honored With Essence Power Award
The woman who puts the 'O' in power was honored Thursday afternoon at Essence's Black Women in Hollywood event. Oprah Winfrey received the Power Award at the sixth annual luncheon. (Feb. 21)

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Rapper Ja Rule set to leave NY prison in gun case
Rapper Ja Rule set to leave NY prison in gun case
Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule was set to leave an upstate prison on Thursday after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession but head straight into federal custody in a tax case. The rapper, who had been in protective custody at the Mid-State Correctional Facility because o

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Venezuela brings big hitters to WBC
Venezuela brings big hitters to WBC
Despite missing some of its best pitchers, Venezuela is heading into the World Baseball Classic with a big-hitting roster that features Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval. Marco Scutaro, Elvis Andrus and Omar Infante also will be in everyday lineup. Luis Sojo wil

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NBA to resume, with Lakers in funk and Heat on top
NBA to resume, with Lakers in funk and Heat on top
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers turned their attention Monday from bad basketball and trade talk to more somber matters. The death of Jerry Buss, their longtime owner, was a blow for a franchise that was so often in championship chase under his leadership. With Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul

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Brewers' Gamel tears ACL again, out for season
Brewers' Gamel tears ACL again, out for season
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee for the second time in less than a year and will miss the season. The 27-year-old was injured May 1 at San Diego when he hit a wall while chasing Nick Hundley's foul popup, cutting short his season a

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Quincy Jones launches music education application
Quincy Jones launches music education application
Quincy Jones says he has co-created the music version of Rosetta Stone. The 79-year-old composer-producer launched a new music education application Tuesday called Playground Sessions, which teaches users how to play the piano. He said the app will help children and adults learn how to read music a

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Linda Lavin headlines pulmonary fibrosis benefit
Linda Lavin headlines pulmonary fibrosis benefit
Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Debbie Gravitte are headlining the third annual concert to benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. The event set for Feb. 25 at Birdland Jazz Club will also feature actress Emily Bergl from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and singer Max von Essen, from "Evita." All pro

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NBC hires former Obama strategist
NBC hires former Obama strategist
David Axelrod, former strategist and aide to President Barack Obama, has landed a new job at NBC News. The network said Tuesday that Axelrod is joining as a senior political analyst. He'll contribute to broadcasts on both NBC News and the cable network MSNBC. Axelrod helped run Obama's successful c

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