Paparazzo’s suit against Keanu Reeves goes to jury (AP)

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Actor Keanu Reeves, leaves the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct 27, 2008. A jury has been seated in a paparazzo's civil trial against Reeves. Opening statements were beginning Monday in Los Angeles, where several prospective jurors indicated ties to the movie industry. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A Los Angeles jury on Friday began deliberating a paparazzo’s claim that actor Keanu Reeves knocked him down with his Porsche and permanently injured his wrist.


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Dublin shelves plans for U2 Tower (AP)

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In this undated handout released by Geranger Ltd on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, an artists impression of the U2 Tower is seen. Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland, with new recording studios for Irish band U2 on top, have been suspended because of Ireland's property slump and slide into recession. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority says it remains committed to building the long-planned U2 Tower, but announced Friday that a souring economy at home and abroad means the project must be shelved. (AP Photo/PA, Geranger Ltd, HO)AP - Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland — with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top — were suspended Friday because of Dublin’s slumping property market and slide into recession.


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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Terkel dies at 96 (AP)

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A May 15, 2007 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel at his home in Chicago. Terkel died Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. He was 96.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)AP - Studs Terkel, the ageless master of listening and speaking, a broadcaster, activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people he liked to call the “non-celebrated,” died Friday. He was 96.


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Hillerman remembered as family man at funeral (AP)

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In an Oct. 31, 1995 file photo author Tony Hillerman talks about his latest book, 'Finding Moon' in his Albuquerque, N.M., home.  Hillerman, creator of two of the unlikeliest of literary heroes — Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee — died Sunday Oct. 26. 2008, of pulmonary failure.  (AP Photo/Natasha Lane/file)AP - Tony Hillerman’s fans knew him as a compelling mystery writer who gave readers around the world a glimpse into the land and culture of the Navajo.


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Fashion designer’s serial rape case goes to jury (AP)

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AP - The serial rape case of fashion designer is in the hands of a Angeles jury.

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Palin might not be permitted to cash in on fame (AP)

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This Oct. 30, 2008 file photo shows Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin  speaking at a campaign rally in Williamsport, Pa.  If her bid for vice president fails, Palin of could easily use her sudden fame to obtain a lucrative book deal or high fees on the lecture circuit, or even get her own television talk show. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson,File)AP - If her bid for vice president fails, Gov. Sarah Palin could almost surely use her sudden fame to obtain a lucrative book deal or high fees on the lecture circuit, or even get her own TV talk show. But Alaska law might not allow it.


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Lindsay Agrees to Limited Depo Audience (E! Online)

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Lindsay Agrees to Limited Depo Audience(E! Online)E! Online - Lindsay Lohan wants only a select few to be privy to her next taped appearance.


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Springsteen to perform in Ohio Sunday with Obama (AFP)

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Fabled US rocker Bruce Springsteen, seen here, will join Democrat Barack Obama for a rally in Ohio this weekend just prior to the historic presidential election, Obama's campaign said(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)AFP - Fabled US rocker Bruce Springsteen will join Democrat Barack Obama for a rally in Ohio this weekend just prior to the historic presidential election, Obama’s campaign said.


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Economic Woes Wipe U2 From Dublin’s Skyline (E! Online)

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Economic Woes Wipe U2 From Dublin's Skyline(E! Online)E! Online - Count U2 among the list of global economic casualties.


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Author, activist Studs Terkel dies at 96 (AP)

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A May 15, 2007 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel at his home in Chicago. Terkel died Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. He was 96.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)AP - Studs Terkel captured the essence of Chicago in the pages of his best-selling oral histories, chronicling common people and celebrities alike.


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