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Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.
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To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF
NEW YORK (AP) — Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..."
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Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images
NEW YORK (AP) — Nate Giorgio, an artist who Michael Jackson relied on to illustrate him over the years, recalls the last time he saw the singer, just days before his death this summer. The pop icon wanted him to create dazzling murals of his children as well as artwork for his "This Is It" concerts, and Giorgio got out his pen during their talks.
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TV retailer QVC joins 'Black Friday' frenzy
NEW YORK (AP) — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.
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Hero pilot jokes about marital boost in NBC show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.
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Attorney: Jackson's doctor returning to work
HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to return to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the pop star's death.
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Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz
MADRID (AP) — Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.
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International Emmys to honor David Frost
NEW YORK (AP) — British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.
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Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
LONDON (AP) — An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
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Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala
DETROIT (AP) — Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
