AP - Television networks that will broadcast the Beijing Olympics to billions around the world are squaring off with local organizers over stringent security that threatens coverage of the games in two months.
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AP - The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on “Brokeback Mountain,” the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for a 2005 movie that won three Academy Awards.
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AFP - Hillary Clinton fell short of political immortality in her quest to be the first woman president, but she is relishing the “18 million cracks” she punched in America’s highest glass ceiling.
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Reuters - Moviegoers across North America were in a fighting mood during the weekend, cheering the family cartoon “Kung Fu Panda” to the top spot at a box office packed with hits.
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AP - The SUV pulls to an abrupt stop on Ventura Boulevard. In the middle of the westbound lane is a man in a loud shirt, his body coiled with energy, darting across traffic toward a strip mall.
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