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E-sports finds a foothold in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Among the activities that students can participate in, e-sports, or organized competitive video g…
Kirk Douglas, star of "Spartacus" and "Lust for Life," has died at 103, sons tell People magazine
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas, star of "Spartacus" and "Lust for Life," has died at 103, sons tell People magazine.
Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as more peop…
Barnes & Noble suspends reissues of classics with new images
NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble is withdrawing a planned line of famous literature reissued with multicultural cover images that has been met with widespread criticism on social media.
At the Oscars, 'The Cave' aims to provide hope to Syria
NEW YORK (AP) — Home is a complicated notion for Feras Fayyad, the director of the Oscar-nominated Syrian documentary “The Cave.” His family home in Syria is believed to have been taken just weeks ago as President’…
White House excludes CNN from Trump session, with no protest
NEW YORK (AP) — The White House excluded CNN on Tuesday from its annual off-the-record briefing with television news personalities prior to the State of the Union address with no public protest from the network or …
Making Oscar history, 'Honeyland' shatters borders
NEW YORK (AP) — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when they came upon the beekeeper who would be their subject in …
Douglas' films included `Spartacus,' 'Lust for Life'
Films of Kirk Douglas (many also produced by him) include:
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Apple Book charts for week ending February 2, 2020: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher)
Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial have rested their case
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial have rested their case.
Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin, died Tuesda…
Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.
The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store
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No good vibrations for Beach Boys, split by hunting concert
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the co-founders of The Beach Boys has joined a boycott of his own music to protest it being used by another band member at an animal hunting convention.
Management of Aretha Franklin's estate still unsettled
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer for a son of Aretha Franklin asked a judge Tuesday to keep an eye on professional fees paid by the late singer's estate, the latest jab in a dispute over assets left by the Queen of S…
Jane Austen, actress create PBS costume drama diversity
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crystal Clarke could imagine herself playing the heroine of a period costume drama, a genre that regularly makes its way to TV and film screens with potential breakout roles for young actresses. …