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United Talent Agency shoots for the stars with new screening room
The numbers on United Talent Agency's new 130,000-square-foot Beverly Hills digs are notable. The Civic Center Drive property includes a 158-piece art collection, 11 conference rooms and a private plaza that can accommodate as many as 500 people....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Gwyneth Paltrow, Artists, Channing Tatum, The Walt Disney Co.
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Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement leaves void in soccer world
If Sir Alex Ferguson had stuck with his original plan, today we might be praising his pasta and Chinese noodles rather than his decision to start Robin van Persie over Wayne Rooney. Or if he had chosen to pursue his interest in U.S. history,...
Tags: George Halas, ESPN (tv network), National Collegiate Athletic Association, Phil Jackson, David Beckham
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Heads of State, Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom, Summer Olympics
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Six men plead guilty in Britain to planning terror attack
LONDON -- Six men pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning a terrorist attack that failed only because the far-right rally they were targeting in central England ended before they arrived. Police discovered the plot after searching the men’s car...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Crime, Law and Justice, Court Preliminary, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief
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George Karl is the NBA coach of the year
George Karl led the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins without a big name on his roster. For that endeavor, Karl earned the NBA's Coach of the Year award on Wednesday. He received 62 first-place votes, followed by Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat...
Tags: Football, National Basketball Association, Denver Nuggets, New York Giants, California State University, Long Beach
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Authorities arrest 31 in spectacular diamond heist
LONDON -- Authorities in three countries have arrested 31 people in connection with a spectacular diamond heist in February that saw robbers disguised as police steal an estimated $50 million worth of gemstones from a parked plane on a Belgian airport...
Tags: Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Swiss Confederation, Criminals, France, Brussels (Belgium)
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Queen Elizabeth II to skip first Commonwealth meeting in 4 decades
LONDON – Ending four decades of perfect attendance, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the biennial meeting of Commonwealth leaders later this year as part of a rethink by palace officials of long-distance travel and public events for the 87-year-old...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Heads of State, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Australia
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Obama, South Korean leader offer united front
WASHINGTON – President Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye presented a united front in their warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying they would not bend to confrontational behavior and welcomed international pressure on the North’...
Tags: Russia, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Park Geun-hye, South Korea
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Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...
Tags: International Organizations, European Union, Trade Agreements, Economic Organization, Trade Dispute
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Former cricketer Imran Khan injured in fall at Pakistan rally
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former cricketer Imran Khan suffered minor head injuries Tuesday after falling from a forklift platform that was lifting himĀ to a stage at a campaign rally in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. Khan, whose political party is...
Tags: Lahore (Pakistan), Pakistan
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After Boston memorial, nonbelievers complain about being left out
Some “non-theist” individuals and groups are aggrieved that not even one seat was reserved for a nonbeliever at the service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, despite a request for some recognition from the Secular Coalition for...
Tags: Christianity, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Roman Catholicism
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