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Peter Wolf to perform with Portland Symphony

AP - Sunday, November 8

PORTLAND, Maine - Rocker Peter Wolf says he's looking forward to trying some home-brewed beer and good wine when he arrives in Maine for a gig with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. More »

  • An undated photo shows Russian-born American writer Vladimir Nabokov, born in 1899 and who died in 1977. Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but

    Nabokov's unfinished -- and unburned -- novel reappears

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but "The Original of Laura" survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is about to be published for the first time.

  • Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    KARACHI, Pakistan - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor.

  • Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died.

  • NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK - Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died.

  • Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    WARWICK, R.I. - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

  • Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    LAS VEGAS - Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.

  • Sacramento mayor engaged to DC schools supe

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Washington schools superintendent Michelle Rhee are engaged.

  • Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.

  • Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK - It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous."

  • Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    MIAMI - Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past.

  • An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, seen here in an undated photo and who wad one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary.

    New Trotsky exhibition opens in Russia

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) - - An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary.

  • Review: Arsenault's latest novel a fast-paced romp

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    "Loot the Moon" (Minotaur), 276 pages, $24.99, by Mark Arsenault.

  • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    HARDCOVER FICTION

  • Latin singer Alejandro Sanz searches for paradise

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a "long mental journey" to find inspiration.

  • R and B singer Beyonce -- who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her

    Egypt Islamists appalled by Beyonce 'sex party'

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    CAIRO (AFP) - - R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.

  • New Woodrow Wilson bio presents a complex figure

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    "Woodrow Wilson" (Knopf, 704 pages, $35), By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy.

  • Elton John on mend, resuming tour dates

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON - Elton John has been released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and an E. coli bacterial infection.

  • Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LAS VEGAS - Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories.

  • Britney Spears' (pictured in August) Australian tour ran into controversy before it even began, with an official suggesting concert goers should be told if the pop icon would be miming her songs. Spears, who has rebuilt her career after myriad personal troubles in the wake of her 2006 divorce from ex-husband Kevin Federline, is due to kick off her Circus tour Down Under later Friday.

    Britney Spears in Australian lip synch furore

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Britney Spears' Australian tour ran into controversy before it even began, with an official suggesting concert goers should be told if the pop icon would be miming her songs.

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