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Sometimes it takes the mind of an 8-year-old boy to come up with a brilliant idea. At least when it comes to ice cream. My son and I had just left a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop where I'd snarfed down a double-scoop cup of Americone Dream (vanilla with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and...

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CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 'TIRED' ANG LEE PULLS OUT OF FX SERIES: Ang Lee's Oscar-winning effort for the movie "Life of Pi" has so exhausted him he's decided to pull out of plans to direct the FX series pilot...

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PARIS (AP) — Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other French stars, has died at age 79. Marie-Ange Mirande of Moustaki's Paris-based production house said Thursday he died at his home in Nice overnight after a long illness. A...

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The third season of free weekly tours at the South Dakota Governor's mansion will begin next month. Tickets for mansion tours must be obtained in advance from the Pierre Chamber of Commerce. The tours will start June 5. They will be conducted each Wednesday in June, July...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's 15 state-run museums and historic sites will be free this summer for active duty members of the military and their families. The free admission will be offered from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of the national Blue Star Museums program. Free...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two dozen Kentucky museums and other attractions are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families starting Monday and continuing through Labor Day. They're among more than 2,000 locations opening their doors at no charge to military...

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances. The Oscar-,...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A popular Beatles tribute festival takes place again this weekend in Louisville. Abbey Road on the River is scheduled for Thursday through Monday at areas along the Ohio River in downtown Louisville. More than 65 bands from around the world are on the list to perform...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Several West Virginia attractions are participating in the National Endowment for the Arts initiative to offer free admission to active-duty military members and their families. The Blue Star Museums program includes more than 2,000 museums across the country offering...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President...