Were the world wars blunders by England? (AP)

AP - “Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War” (Crown Publishers, 544 pages, $29.95), by Patrick J. Buchanan: Pat Buchanan apparently is not big on irony. He spends a great deal of time stating his claim that British hubris turned what would have been two regional wars into world wars but he doesn’t feel the same hubris was misplaced in the building of the empire.

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Dinosaurs tour a massive undertaking (Reuters)

Inspecting the teeth : Will Murphy, 7, inspects the teeth of a Theropod dinosaur at an exhibition titled 'Hatching the Past: Dinosaur Eggs & Babies', featuring more than 15 complete articulated dinosaur cast skeletons, 130 dinosaur egg casts and life-sized models, as well as baby chickens, alligators and other live exhibits, at the Melbourne Museum. (AFP/William West)Reuters - Look out, Barney. There’s a new
dinosaur on the family touring scene.


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Satellite companies DISH, EchoStar sue TiVo (Reuters)

Reuters - DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp
said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against TiVo Inc and
asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does
not infringe a TiVo patent.

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‘Dream a Little Dream’, Mamas and the Papas Musical, Resurfaces in FL; Casting Announced (Playbill)

Playbill - Dream a Little Dream, The Nearly True Story of The Mamas and The Papas, the new musical about one of the most influential singing groups of the ’60s, will make its East Coast premiere starting June 26 in a production by Florida Stage in Manalapan in Florida.

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Elie Tahari’s Pop Art Prints (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  A design from the Elie Tahari Resort 2009 collection is displayed in the Elie Tahari showroom in New York on Thursday, May 29, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Renata Espinosa)Fashion Wire Daily - Forget what your mother told you about not mixing prints. The Elie Tahari Resort 2009, shown in a preview in New York on Thursday, May 29, breaks that rule, with an array of prints that will satisfy anyone suffering from late winter doldrums.


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Subject of film ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ dies at 30 (AP)

AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — The man whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than doctors had predicted.

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No felony charges against Farina in gun incident (AP)

In this May 1, 2008 file photo,  Dennis Farina arrives for the premiere of 'What Happens in Vegas' in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County prosecutors won't file felony charges against Dennis Farina for having a gun in his luggage at Los Angeles International Airport. Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, says there wasn't enough evident to charge the actor with a felony. Farina, an ex-Chicago policeman, was arrested for investigation of carrying a concealed weapon on May 11th when a .22 caliber-handgun was found in his carry-on luggage.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Los Angeles County prosecutors won’t file felony charges against actor Dennis Farina for having a gun in his luggage at an airport earlier this month.


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Christian rock band Third Day keeps the faith (Reuters)

Reuters - It’s a breezy Tennessee afternoon.
Third Day’s Mac Powell, David Carr, Tai Anderson and Mark Lee
are enjoying a tasty Southern lunch at Stoveworks in the
Factory, a historic Franklin, Tennessee, complex that was once
a thriving industrial workplace and is now a trendy locale
housing restaurants, shops and performance venues.

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Amy Winehouse late for first post-rehab concert (AP)

Jazz Soul diva Amy Winehouse, from England, has a drink while performing to ninety thousand spectators on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at the Bela Vista Park Friday, May 30, 2008, Portugal. (AP Photo/Steven Governo)AP - LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Amy Winehouse showed up late for her first concert since leaving rehab, giving an underwhelming performance in front of 90,000 people Friday at a Lisbon music festival.


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Home at center of 50 Cent lawsuit destroyed by fire (AP)

In this Sept. 11, 2007 file photo, 50 Cent appears on stage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios in New York.  A multimillion-dollar Long Island home at the center of a dispute between Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent and his former girlfriend was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday, May 30, 2008.     (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)AP - A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.


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