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Lucrative main event of World Series of Poker gets underway in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS - The marathon grind toward the richest pot in poker is under way. Play opened in the 39th World Series of Poker main event Thursday, with nearly 1,300 players hoping to make it through a...

Lost scenes from 1927 film 'Metropolis' shown in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thu...

Ex-employee of Rachael Ray claims anorexia bias in $1 million lawsuit

NEW YORK - A former accountant for Rachael Ray's television cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit, alleging he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder. Aaron Ferguson said...

Madonna and A-Rod stir gossip amid reports their marriages are crumbling

NEW YORK - A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the ce...

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

LOS ANGELES - Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was ...

Jonas Brothers mania hits Toronto as hundreds converge for live TV appearance

TORONTO - They came in packs, waving hand-scrawled posters, wearing homemade T-shirts and unleashing ear-splitting squeals of excitement. Hundreds of mostly shrieking teenage girls took over severa...

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies of heart failure at 83

LOS ANGELES - Larry Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, had died at age 83. Harmon died today at his home of congestive heart f...

Jason Priestley says music industry is 'a mess' but it works

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers. Priestley, 38, followed the ...

Jonas Brothers-mania hits Toronto as hundreds converge for live TV appearance

TORONTO - They came in packs, waving hand-scrawled posters, wearing homemade T-shirts and unleashing ear-splitting shrieks of excitement. Hundreds of mostly squealing, screaming teenage girls took ...

Show in Switzerland sees Fernand Leger as a progenitor of pop art

BASEL, Switzerland - The "modest and little" Statue of Liberty, a gift from his country, did not impress Fernand Leger as he watched from the deck of a liner sailing into the inner harbour of New York...