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'The Bishop's Man'tops Maclean's fiction list for the week ending March 9
TORONTO - Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week of March 9 compiled by Maclean's magazine. FICTION 1 (2) The Bishop's Man - Linden MacIntyre 2...
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-...
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 Un...
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 Boo...
Web user's world turned upside down by Conan's decision to follow her on Twitter
CONWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 - as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her weddin...
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 ki...
Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters
The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling ...
Author Margaret Atwood shoots cameo for the film 'Score: A Hockey Musical'
TORONTO - Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood says she's joined the star-packed cast of the film, "Score: A Hockey Musical." The writer blogs about a recent day on set that saw her hanging out w...
Charlie Sheen due back at work on CBS' 'Two and a Half Men' after rehab
LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom. Publicist St...
'Green Zone'a failure of intelligence, pales compared with 'Hurt Locker'
All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm...
Madonna, Nelly Furtado and R. Kelly are among the artists featured on Billboard's 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time list.
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