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10 fans injured when TV cable falls on race track
Charlotte Motor Speedway said 10 fans were injured Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600 and three of them were taken to the hospital after a nylon rope ...
Seen and heard in Cannes
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS FOR ACTRESS AS DAD WATCHES LOVE SCENES: Talk ...
'Blue is the Warmest Color' is Cannes' Palme d'Or
The tender, sensual lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top ...
'Fast' races past 'Hangover' at weekend box office
It's a blowout at the box office. "Fast & Furious 6" is revving past "The Hangover Part III" in the No. 1 position at the Memorial Day weekend box ...
'Zulu,' violent portrait of S. Africa, ends Cannes
Academy award-winner Forest Whitaker turns in a solid performance as a cop searching for the murderer of a white teenager in the movie "Zulu," a ...
UK: 2 men charged after Pakistan plane diverted
British authorities have charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was ...
Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto
Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, ...
Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story
In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings ...
Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize
An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, ...
Protesters march against Monsanto in 250 cities
Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries. "March Against Monsanto" organizers say ...
Tornado upon them, quick choices decided fate
They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming? ...
A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes
For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies. Winners have ranged from ...
Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'
Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New ...
Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'
Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.
Delta ups the ante in battle for NY travel market
Delta's formula for winning over New York travelers is simple: floor-to-ceiling windows, abundant power outlets and a burger joint with a cult-like ...
Latest 'Bachelorette' won't say if she's engaged
ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends.
Snooki: NJ Gov Christie 'just doesn't like us'
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV's "Jersey Shore," saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light. So when Nicole Polizzi, ...
Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy
New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey ...
Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball ...
At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise
The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form ...
5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak
Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official ...
JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'
J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes. The director who put Robert Redford in a struggle for survival as a ...
Glitzy amfAR raises $25 million, goes to space
With an apt rendition of "Gold-finger," singing legend Shirley Bassey roused celebrity-revelers to dig deep into their pockets at the 20th amfAR gala ...
Turkey passes bill restricting alcohol sales, ads
Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular ...
Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the ...