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Girlicious band member arrested in California on suspicion of cocaine possession
Girlicious was arrested after Glendale officers found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse during a traffic stop.
Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 21-year-old Natalie Mejia (meh-HEE’-ah) was being held Wednesday in jail in the Los Angeles suburb on suspicion of cocaine f... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
John English wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Pierre Trudeau biography
OTTAWA - John English of Kitchener, Ont., has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his latest biography on Pierre Trudeau.
The former MP and history professor at the University of Waterloo nabbed the prize Wednesday night at the Politics and the Pen gala in Ott... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation
NEW YORK - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation.
Gail Hareven’s novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction. It was written in Hebrew and translated by Dalya Bilu for Melville House... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A 12-hour adaptation of Dostoyevsky novel set for Lincoln Center
NEW YORK - A 12-hour adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel will be among the highlights of Lincoln Center Festival 2010, running for 45 performances this summer.
Festival director Nigel Redden said Wednesday the arts celebration, which runs from July 7 to July 25, will take place at Lincoln Ce... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Country superstar Carrie Underwood is flying high as "Play On Tour" starts
NASHVILLE - After selling more than a million tickets to her last concert tour, Carrie Underwood is aiming higher this time.
Really high. She plans to fly over the audience, for starters. "We’re kind of going for broke on this one just because I feel like it’s time," Underwood said in an i... Wednesday, March 10, 2010
