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Deen parts with agent after racial slur fallout

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. Deen announced Thursday, July 4, 2013 that she has cut business ties with the agent who helped make her a Food Network star and launch a media and merchandising empire that has largely crumbled in the wake of her admission that she used racial slurs in the past. She gave no reason for her parting with Weiner in a prepared statement. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Paula Deen announced Thursday that she has cut business ties with the agent who helped make her a Food Network star and launch a media and merchandising empire that has largely crumbled in the wake of her admission that she used racial slurs in the past.

Judge OKs defamation ruling vs. Pa. beauty queen

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has upheld an arbitrator's ruling that a Pennsylvania beauty queen must pay the Miss USA pageant $5 million for defaming Donald Trump's pageant organization.

'Dark Knight Returns' No. 2 cover to be auctioned

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 05:53 AM PDT

This image provided by Heritage Auctions on July 2, 2013 shows a 9.2-graded copy of "Batman" No. 1 from 1940, depicting Batman and Robin swinging in front of a Gotham city skyline. It is planned to go on auction in August 2013. A similar copy sold for $850,000 in 2012. (AP Photo/Heritage Auctions)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It is the comic book cover that captured the grim visage of an older, wiser — and meaner — Batman.

Prince Harry qualifies as Apache chopper commander

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:57 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's defense ministry says Prince Harry has qualified to command an Apache attack helicopter — the culmination of his training over the last three years.

Rapper 50 Cent denies kicking ex-girlfriend

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 10:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 29, 2013, rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson attends the "After Earth" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Jackson has been charged with attacking his ex-girlfriend and trashing her Los Angeles condo last month. City Attorney Mike Feuer said Wednesday, July 3, 2013, the 37-year-old "In da Club" singer is charged with domestic violence and vandalism. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent denies allegations he attacked his ex-girlfriend and trashed her condo.

Cuba: Flap over late cultural figure's estate

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, Alfredo Guevara, president of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities and Guevara's heirs have come into conflict over the cultural icon's legacy including his works of art, documents and books. Two months after the death of the Cuban intellectual, Cuban officials conducted a surprise inventory of Guevara's house Saturday, June 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)HAVANA (AP) — A dispute is brewing in Cuba over the estate of a prominent intellectual and close associate of the Castro brothers after authorities carried out a surprise search of his home.

NY judge upholds ruling against Pa. beauty queen

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:03 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has upheld an arbitrator's ruling that a Pennsylvania beauty queen must pay the Miss USA pageant $5 million for defaming Donald Trump's pageant organization.

Oscars of Indian cinema to be held in Fla. in 2014

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:39 AM PDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Bollywood's version of the Oscars is coming to Florida.

Producer wins 'Spamalot' royalties legal victory

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:21 AM PDT

FILE- Pedestrians walk under the marquee of the Broadway show "Monty Python's Spamalot" at the Shubert Theatre in New York, in this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008. As a global hit musical, "Spamalot" was a spin off from the 1975 movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and enjoyed long runs on Broadway in NY as well as other cities around the world, and is still playing in London's West End, but a British court on Friday July 5, 2013, has awarded the producer of the Holy Grail movie, Mark Forstater, as bigger share of royalties from the Python troupe. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, FILE)LONDON (AP) — A producer on Friday won a British court victory over Monty Python for a bigger share of royalties from the stage musical "Spamalot" and said that despite the dispute he still found the comedy troupe funny.

Verdi's 'Les vepres' gaining new attention

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 07:48 AM PDT

In this June 10 2013 picture, provided by the Frankfurt Opera House, from left: Elza van den Heever as Duchess Helene, Alfred Kim as Henri, a young Sicilian and Quinn Kelsey as Guy de Montfort perform in Frankfurt during a dress rehearsal for the rarely heard original French version of the Opera 'Les vepres Siciliennes' (The Sicilian vespers) by Giuseppe Verdi which had its premiere on June 16, 2013 at the Opera in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Thilo Beu, Oper Frankfurt) MANDATORY CREDITKATONAH, N.Y. (AP) — It's been called the "missing link" among Giuseppe Verdi's operas, composed right after his three mid-career mega-hits — "Rigoletto," ''Il Trovatore" and "La Traviata" — and pointing the way toward the masterpieces of his later years.

37,000 police to secure Sochi Games

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 05:30 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's interior minister said Friday that 37,000 police officers have been deployed to protect the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, repeating official assurances to make the Olympics safe despite the threat of an Islamist insurgency in the region.

Diamond, Manilow celebrate 'Capitol Fourth' in DC

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:59 PM PDT

Fireworks light the sky over the U.S. Capitol, left, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial during Fourth of July celebrations, Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Washington. Surrounded by scaffolding, the Washington Monument is closed for repairs after an earthquake in 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Americans flocked to the National Mall to celebrate the Fourth of July with a fireworks display, performances by Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow and selections from the "Lincoln" score played by the National Symphony Orchestra.

Americans gathering in DC for July 4th festivities

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond are among top entertainers scheduled to perform on the National Mall for Fourth of July celebrations that also will feature a 17-minute fireworks display.

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 02:45 PM PDT

1. "Second Honeymoon" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
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