Wilmington, NC becomes the first to go digital (AP)
AP - With the flick of an eight-foot switch at midday Monday, this Southern city became the first market in the U.S. to make the change to digital-only broadcasting.
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J.K. Rowling wins copyright claim (AP)
AP - A judge says “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has won her claim that a fan violated her copyright with his plans to publish a Potter encyclopedia.
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‘Nanny’ star, pro-choice advocate named US public envoy (AFP)
AFP - “Nanny” star Fran Drescher, a cancer survivor, advocate of female empowerment and opponent of abortion legislation, was named Monday as a new US public diplomacy envoy.
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Casting Couch: Smith’s a Fresh Pharaoh, Alba Gets Invisible, Sarandon Takes Leave (E! Online)
E! Online - Will Smith never struck us as a Bangles fan, but he is about to walk like an Egyptian.
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Zondervan publishing book on Sarah Palin (AP)
AP - Zondervan, the Christian book publisher known for releasing Rick Warren’s million-selling “The Purpose Driven Life,” is coming out with a biography of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
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