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  Greenpeace gives Alberta premier photos of ducks in oilsands tailings pond

  March 10th, 2010 - 14 h 05

  EDMONTON - A Greenpeace activist has marched up the steps of the Alberta legislature and provided Premier Ed Stelmach with pictures of ducks struggling in a northern Alberta oilsands tailings pond. Earlier this week, Stelmach said he hadn't...

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  Academy: Farrah Fawcett omitted from Oscar segment so she could be better honoured during Emmys

  March 9th, 2010 - 21 h 31

  LOS ANGELES - The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star. It was a difficult decision for the...

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  Anticipation high as 'Phantom of the Opera' sequel 'Love Never Dies' opens in London

  March 9th, 2010 - 21 h 30

  LONDON - Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber? The professional critics' reviews haven't yet come in, but audiences at Tuesday's world premiere in London of "Love Never Dies" - the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global...

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  Pop culture rebounds: As ratings for big events soar, social media take credit

  March 9th, 2010 - 21 h 29

  NEW YORK - During January's Grammy telecast, hip-hop drummer Questlove tweeted that "watching twitter tweets are better than watching the actual event." As someone who has won a Grammy with the Roots, attended the ceremony and performed on the...

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  David Foster Wallace archive of notes, books and childhood writings goes to Univ. of Texas

  March 8th, 2010 - 21 h 30

  AUSTIN, Texas - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the centre announced Monday. Hailed as a...

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  Coal mining firm buys museum with artifacts chronicling 2002 Quecreek rescue

  March 8th, 2010 - 19 h 25

  WINDBER, Pa. - A coal mining company is buying a small museum where artifacts are displayed from the 2002 rescue of nine western Pennsylvania miners who were trapped underground for more than 78 hours. The Rosebud Mining Co. is paying $250,000...

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  How did the little movie best the huge one? Theories on how 'Hurt Locker' beat 'Avatar'

  March 8th, 2010 - 19 h 15

  NEW YORK - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath? For as much as "The Hurt Locker" was the critics' darling, it had three major strikes...

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  Nebraska's Josh Rouse sings South American songs on CD 'El Turista'

  March 8th, 2010 - 18 h 51

  Josh Rouse sings South American songs on "El Turista," yet his Great Plains roots remain evident. "I want to see some green; get me out of this place," he pleads, sounding like someone trapped in winter in his native Nebraska. Rouse has seen a...

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  Depp, Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' race to $116.1 million opening weekend

  March 8th, 2010 - 18 h 49

  LOS ANGELES - Johnny Depp and Tim Burton found a pile of money on the other side of the looking glass. "Alice in Wonderland," their update on Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass," had a mammoth...

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  Indie singer-songwriter Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse dies in Tennessee

  March 8th, 2010 - 18 h 07

  NASHVILLE - Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47. Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Linkous...

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