Bulgari shows off Liz Taylor's gems

It isn't easy sometimes to be an ordinary person in Los Angeles, so near to and yet so far from the city's glamorous events.You...

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David Gregory re-ups as 'Meet the Press' host

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News says David Gregory has re-upped as host of "Meet the Press."The network shared few details Thursday, describing the new deal as "a long-term commitment."Gregory called it "a great vote of confidence from NBC."He said his first four years in the moderator's chair passed quickly. He added: "It feels like we're just getting started."The 42-year-old Gregory began as host of the...

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Living With Cancer: Arrivals and Departures

After being nursed and handed over, the baby’s wails rise to a tremolo, but I am determined to give my exhausted daughter and son-in-law a respite on this wintry evening. Commiserating with the little guy’s discomfort — gas, indigestion, colic, ontological insecurity — I swaddle, burp, bink, then cradle him in my arms. I begin walking around the house, swinging and swaying while cooing in soothing...

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Peanut Corp. officials indicted in salmonella outbreak

Several officials at the now-defunct Peanut Corp. of America knew their products may have harbored salmonella bacteria, but...

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Interstate 5 reopens through the Grapevine

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Jane Lynch to star on Broadway in 'Annie'

NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Lynch has something to be gleeful about — she's about to make her Broadway debut.The "Glee" star said Wednesday she'll be replacing Tony Award-winning actress Katie Finneran as the evil orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in the current revival of "Annie.""I'm so thrilled I can't see straight," the actress said by phone from her home in Los Angeles. "It's a preposterous fantasy come...

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Global Update: New Polio Strains That Protect Vaccine Factory Workers

Scientists have created new strains of polio intended to protect workers in factories that make polio vaccine. The new strains have the same ability to invoke an immune reaction as the live viruses now used to make vaccine do, but there is virtually no risk anyone will get polio if one of the new strains somehow escapes. The research team, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook,...

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Japan traces Boeing 787 problem to improper wiring, report says

Japan’s investigation into a burning lithium-ion battery aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight found it was improperly wired,...

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O.C. shootings: Usually quiet neighborhoods rocked by violence

Several usually quiet Orange County neighborhoods were rocked Tuesday morning by a series of slayings and violent carjackings...

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McCartney, Mumford top eclectic Bonnaroo lineup

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There will be a British invasion of the main stage at Bonnaroo this year.Paul McCartney and Mumford & Sons are among the headliners for the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.The four-day festival, held on a rural 700-acre farm, always features an eclectic roster, but the June 13-16 event is even more varied than usual.Returnees Tom Petty &...

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