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What's nickname for Washington, D.C.?
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WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- New York's the "Big Apple" but what's the nickname for Washington, D.C.?
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Price drops for Kindle e-reader
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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- Online retailer Amazon.com has introduced what it says is the least expensive electronic book-reader available.
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MJ's doctors cleared in his death
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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- The California state attorney general's office said seven doctors and a nurse investigated will not be charged in the death of pop music icon Michael Jackson.
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Brazilian supermodel undergoing sex change
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BRASILIA, Brazil, July 30 (UPI) -- Brazilian supermodel Lea T, star of Givenchy's new ad campaign, is preparing for a sex change, from male to female, ABC News said.
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Report: DiCaprio drops out of Gibson movie
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Hollywood film actor Leonardo DiCaprio will not star as planned in a Viking picture Mel Gibson is to direct, a source close to the actor was quoted as saying.
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Jennifer Grey to appear on 'House'
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Actress Jennifer Grey has signed on as a guest star on the U.S. medical drama "House" this fall, a show representative said Thursday.
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Drew Carey loses 70 pounds
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. comedian and game-show host Drew Carey has lost 70 pounds, UsMagazine.com reported Thursday.
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DeGeneres quits 'American Idol'
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Ellen DeGeneres said via Twitter Thursday she won't be returning as a judge on "American Idol" next season.
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Marc Anthony sets concert tour
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CHICAGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Marc Anthony is planning a U.S. and Latin American concert tour, its producers, the Cardenas Marketing Network, announced Thursday.
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Senate panel grills former Arlington cemetery officials
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WASHINGTON -- Two former top officials of Arlington National Cemetery faced hostile questioning on Capitol Hill Thursday about years of negligence that led to unmarked and mismarked graves and mishandled remains.
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Lewis to co-star in movie 'Vamps'
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Richard Lewis' publicist has confirmed the U.S. actor and comedian landed a role in the horror-comedy "Vamps," with Sigourney Weaver and Alicia Silverstone.
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Abandoned British ship found in arctic
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BANKS ISLAND, Northwest Territories, July 29 (UPI) -- Canadian archaeologists have found the HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the arctic ice 155 years ago.
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NASCAR, DirecTV execs to go 'Undercover'
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Executives from NASCAR, DirecTV, Chiquita Brands International and Great Wolf Resorts are to appear in Season 2 of the U.S. reality series "Undercover Boss."
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Sheen expected back to work next week
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- Charlie Sheen is expected to start work next week on Season 8 of "Two and a Half Men," the U.S. sitcom's executive producer said.
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'Cop Out' tops U.S. DVD sales chart
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LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) -- The Bruce Willis police comedy "Cop Out" is the top-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak reported Thursday.
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