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Iran president-elect strikes conciliatory tone toward U.S.
TEHRAN — Iran's president-elect called his nation's strained relations with the United States "an old wound" that would take time to heal but signaled Monday that Tehran was ready to work to reduce tensions with Washington and the West. In his...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Wars and Interventions, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Government, Politics
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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter Monday illustrating how difficult it may be to drive Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, even after some...
Tags: G8, Philosophy, Wars and Interventions, Peace Negotiations, Vladimir Putin
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Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillance
WASHINGTON — Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as "nakedly,...
Tags: United Kingdom, National Security Agency, Hong Kong, U.S. Department of Justice, WikiLeaks
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The 40th Daytime Emmy Awards: complete list of winners
Outstanding drama series "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS) "One Life to Live" (ABC) "Days of Our Lives" (NBC) -- WINNER "General Hospital" (ABC) "The Young and the Restless" (CBS) Outstanding children's animated program "Robot and Monster" (Nickelodeon)...
Tags: The Hub (tv network), Jeff Corwin, Alex Trebek, Celebrities, Bobby Flay
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PBS' 'NewsHour' to expand to weekends in the fall
Cable news currently seems to be in a state of disarray, and the traditional network news divisions are struggling to get airtime. Sensing a chance to expand its claim in the highly competitive broadcast-news arena, public television plans to extend its...
Tags: Entertainment, Christopher Guest, Boy Meets World (tv program) , Lincoln Center, ABC (tv network)
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'Masterpiece Mystery' series 'Inspector Lewis' returns Sunday
The popular British mystery series “Inspector Lewis” begins its sixth season Sunday on PBS’ “Masterpiece Mystery.” Set in the quaint university town of Oxford, the series stars Kevin Whately as the down-to-earth detective...
Tags: Kevin Whately, Same-Sex Marriage, Celebrities, Edward Fox, John Thaw
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'The Americans,' FX lead TCA Award nominations
"The Americans" and its channel, FX, led the pack in the Television Critics Assn. awards nominations, announced Monday morning. The first season of the Cold War spy drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys grabbed four nominations, including a...
Tags: Cartoon Network (tv network), Monica Potter, Lena Dunham, Game of Thrones (tv program), ABC (tv network)
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Tony Awards: Big year for women as Lauper, MacKinnon, Paulus win
This story has been updated. Kathryn Bigelow famously became the first woman to win an Academy Award for directing for her 2009 Iraq war drama, “The Hurt Locker.” Last night, the Tony Awards doubled down on that, handing out its top...
Tags: Mimi Leder, Entertainment, Iraq War (2003-2011), The Hurt Locker (movie), Music Theater
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TV Picks: 'Futurama,' 'The Hustle,' child activists, 'Wilfred'
Los Angeles Times Television Critic"Futurama" (Comedy Central, Wednesdays). Science fiction and comedy are "like that." (Writer crosses fingers to indicate closeness.) Each takes emerging facts to their extreme, often absurd conclusions; both are fundamentally philosophical —...Tags: Kolkata (India), Entertainment, Polio, Katey Sagal, Vaccines
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Actor LeVar Burton marks 30th anniversary of Reading Rainbow [video chat]
Thirty years ago, children began a wondrous and colorful journey with reading as the first episode of "Reading Rainbow" took to the PBS airwaves. This week, actor and Reading Rainbow shepherd and ambassador LeVar Burton is celebrating the franchise's...
Tags: Apple iPad
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Ethan Hawke to take on 'Macbeth' at Lincoln Center
Ethan Hawke has a taste for the macabre. More specifically: “Macbeth.” The actor will star as the king of Scotland in the Shakespeare tragedy at Lincoln Center this winter. Jack O'Brien, whom Hawke worked with on 2006/2007’s "The Coast...
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Laurie Metcalf, The Purge (movie), Bruce Norris, Ethan Hawke
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A dust-up over Latina roles in 'Devious Maids'
Fish have to swim. Birds have to fly. Marc Cherry has to write women. At least that's how the creator of "Desperate Housewives" explains why he jumped into another female-heavy series after a headline-grabbing run with his ABC drama that included...
Tags: Entertainment, Ana Ortiz, Celebrities, Sociology, Army Wives (tv program)
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