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  • Candice Bergen producing film on her famed father

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    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The big-screen project will tell the story of Bergen's dad and his ventriloquist's dummy that became an unlikely celebrity, spokeswoman Heidi...

  • US allows Wis. hunter to import rare rhino trophy

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    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- For the first time since the black rhinoceros was listed as endangered in 1980, federal officials are allowing a hunted-rhino trophy to be imported to the U.S. David K. Reinke of Madison, Wis., says he killed the rhino in 2009 as part of a conservation effort. He says the...

  • Jackson's private life on display in civil trial

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    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he...

  • Nationals lose another one to division-rival Braves

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    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Nats lose another one to division rivals ATLANTA -- Andrelton Simmons hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, then made an eye-popping play to start the ninth as the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Monday night and ended their four-game losing streak....

  • Vermont Senate set to impose stricter welfare limits

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Budget writers in the Vermont senate are nearing completion of their version of a fiscal 2014 state budget that includes new limits on a key welfare-to-work program. The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to take final action Monday on its version of the...

  • Gun control advocates turn to ballot initiative in Washington

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Gun control advocates in Washington are launching an initiative campaign after state lawmakers declined to expand background checks on gun sales. The group Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility announced its plans Monday. Supporters will need to collect nearly...

  • Economic gains may not help Democrats much in 2014

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now. He and his allies in Congress have "walked the economy back from the brink," his new 2014 federal budget blueprint asserts. And Democrats hope these improvements,...

  • Light turnout expected for Massachusetts Senate primary

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    BOSTON (AP) -- The state's top elections official says fewer than one in five registered voters in Massachusetts could cast ballots in the U.S. Senate primaries. Secretary of State William Galvin said Monday his "best guess" was for about 550,000 voters to take part in Tuesday's Democratic...

  • Rod Stewart, T.I. set for 'Voice' performances

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NBC says it's lining up musical artists including Rod Stewart to perform on "The Voice" in May. The network said Monday that Stewart, CeeLo Green, Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. will take the stage on upcoming episodes of the hit singing contest....

  • Tony Award nominations may have a British accent

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    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Two stories born in Britain are vying for America's biggest theater prize. "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination Tuesday for best musical and each show will be eager to capture as many nods as possible in the other 25 categories....


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