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FILE - In this May 21, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference in Chicago. President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts. They're doing it in the wake of robust hauls by rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from Republicans highly motivated to topple the Democrat. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama still has a significant ...

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, right, arrives at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Segui could be forced to testify against Clemens

Prosecutors finally have some momentum in their perjury case against Roger Clemens, even if it means dragging in former major leaguer David Segui, a witness who is apparently so reluctant to testify that the judge threatened from the bench: "If he doesn't show up, he'll be arrested like anyone else." ...

46th annual CMA Awards to be held Nov. 1

The Country Music Association's 46th annual awards show is scheduled for Nov. 1. The three-hour show moves to Thursday this year after a run of Wednesday nights. It will be broadcast live on ABC from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. More than 16 million viewers tuned in to the CMAs last ...

In this April 14, 2012 photo, Michael McKean arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York. McKean, who portrayed “Spinal Tap’s” lead singer David St. Hubbins in the movie "Spinal Tap," and Lenny on the hit television show, "Laverne & Shirley," was injured when he was struck by a car in New York City on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. A spokesperson for McKean said that his leg was broken in the accident. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show

Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car. Producer Jeffrey Richards said that McKean's role will be played by James Lecesne from now on after Tuesday ...

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles. Prominent British television presenter Jeremy Paxman has told an official inquiry that Morgan once gave him pointers on how to hack a mobile phone. Paxman's disclosure Wednesday May 23 2012 appears at odds with Morgan's suggestions that he had no direct knowledge of the shady practice which many British journalists used to score scoops. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

TV presenter: Piers Morgan told me how to hack

A prominent British TV presenter said Wednesday that CNN talk show host Piers Morgan gave him a primer on phone hacking, a revelation that suggests he knew a fair amount about how the shady practice was carried out. BBC quiz show host and television news presenter Jeremy Paxman told a ...

'Cake Boss' kin sentenced for child sex assault

The brother-in-law of "Cake Boss" television star Buddy Valastro has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey. Remigio "Remy" Gonzalez, of East Hanover, was sentenced Wednesday after a judge refused his request to withdraw the guilty pleas he made in June ...

LA designer says Facebook bride wore her dress

Los Angeles-based designer Claire Pettibone says Priscilla Chan was wearing one of her dresses when she married Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Pettibone wrote on her blog that she didn't know Chan was wearing one of her most popular creations until she saw one of the photos released from Saturday's surprise ...

Sharp drop in UK retail sales boosts stimulus case

Retail sales fell sharply in Britain during the wettest April in a century, official data showed Wednesday, a piece of bad economic news which analysts say could help prod the Bank of England to approve more monetary stimulus. The Office for National Statistics said the volume of sales in April ...

FILE - In this Wed., Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Kanye West performs during the Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York. Kanye West leads with seven BET Awards nominations announced on May 22, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Brad Barket, File)

Kanye leads in BET nods, Samuel Jackson to host

It's a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, earned five, and Jay-Z's wife, Beyoncé, received six. Jay-Z and West collaborated last year on the album "Watch the Throne." Their songs — "In Paris" and "Otis" — are ...

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during the Bridge School Benefit concert in Mountain View, Calif. Pearl Jam, Skrillex, D'Angelo and more performers will take the stage at the Jay-Z-curated “Budweiser Made in America” music festival in Philadelphia this September. The festival will feature 28 acts at Philadelphia's Fairmount Park on Sept 1. and Sept. 2, which is Labor Day weekend. Tickets for the two-day festival go on sale Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file)

Pearl Jam, Skrillex to perform at Philly festival

Pearl Jam, Skrillex and D'Angelo are among the performers scheduled to take the stage at the Made In America music festival Jay-Z is curating in Philadelphia in September. Jay-Z will also perform, as will Janelle Monae, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Santigold, Afrojack, Calvin Harris and Rick Ross and his Maybach ...

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens and his legal team leave federal court in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2012, after a day of testimony in the sixth week of the perjury trial that will determine whether Clemens lied to Congress in 2008 when the 11-time All-Star pitcher denied using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clemens juror: 'Why should we believe you?'

Among the 29 questions the Roger Clemens jury wanted to ask the pitcher's chief accuser, Brian McNamee, one cut to the heart of the case. "Why should we believe you when you have shown so many inconsistencies in your testimonies?" "I won't ask that," U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declared ...

Hip-hop artist Usher Raymond, left, stands in court during a brief recess in a legal battle with his ex-wife Tameka Foster Raymond, right, in a custody fight involving their two sons Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Atlanta. The 33-year-old singer testified in court on Tuesday that Foster Raymond spit at and tried to fight his girlfriend during one nasty visit. He said his ex-wife hit him during the dispute, but that he didn't press charges because "I didn't want the boys to know that their father put their mother in jail." The two were married in 2007 and divorced two years later. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

R&B singer Usher claims ex-wife spit at girlfriend

R&B singer Usher Raymond is locked in a legal battle with his ex-wife arising from a custody fight over their two sons. The 33-year-old testified in court on Tuesday that Tameka Foster Raymond spit at and tried to fight his girlfriend during one visit. He alleged that his ex-wife hit ...

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2008 file photo, Naomi Campbell attends the Dolce & Gabbana women's Fall/Winter 2008/2009 collection presented in Milan, Italy. Supermodel Naomi Campbell has visited the holy West Bank town of Bethlehem on her birthday Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday

Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East. Campbell, wearing a white shirt and black sunglasses, was flanked by Palestinian guards and her own private security detail as she toured ...

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo, singer Ray J arrives at the "PRE" BET Awards 2010 Party in Los Angeles. Ray J was hospitalized for exhaustion near Las Vegas early Monday. Ray J's representative said in a statement Tuesday, May 22, 2012 that the singer “will remain there for treatment for exhaustion and jet lag.” (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

Ray J hospitalized near Las Vegas for exhaustion

R&B singer Ray J has been hospitalized near Las Vegas for exhaustion. Ray J's representative said in a statement Tuesday that the singer went to the hospital Monday and "will remain there for treatment for exhaustion and jet lag." The rep says Ray J was in Las Vegas to host ...

UK hacker hits Justin Bieber's girlfriend account

Britain's judiciary says that a 21-year-old sentenced last week for hacking into a U.S.-based Facebook account accessed the page belonging to teen actress Selena Gomez, who is the girlfriend of pop idol Justin Bieber. Gareth Crosskey was jailed for 12 months Wednesday after pleading guilty to crimes under Britain's Computer ...

Crown Princess Victoria holds Princess Estelle during the christening ceremony of Princess Estelle of Sweden in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Princess Estelle is the daughter of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, and number two in the Swedish royal succession. (AP Photo/Claudio Bresciani, Pool)

Future royal heir baptized in Sweden

Princess Estelle, the future heir to the Swedish throne, was baptized Tuesday amid pomp and pageantry in the chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Some 550 guests, including royals from Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, witnessed the ceremony, which was broadcast live on television in Sweden and neighboring Denmark ...

Gambling claims with Houston daughter investigated

Casino regulators are investigating whether the 19-year-old daughter of late pop singer Whitney Houston gambled at a Las Vegas Strip resort. State Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/KhSuZN ) that investigators are checking if Bobbi Kristina Brown played slot machines at the MGM Grand, ...

Carol Burnett writing book about late daughter

Carol Burnett's next book will likely inspire tears along with laughter. The beloved actress and comedienne has an agreement with Simon & Schuster for a memoir about her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who died of cancer in 2002 at age 38. The publisher announced Tuesday that Burnett's book, 'Carrie and Me," ...

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2012 file photo, American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, right, plays with the hair of fellow judge Steven Tyler of Aerosmith as they participate in the American Idol panel at the Fox Broadcasting Company Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena , Calif. Tyler is mum on whether he or Jennifer Lopez will return to the judging panel on “American Idol” next year, but the rocker says he has loved the experience of sitting next to her. "She's a sexy beast," Tyler said in a phone interview on Monday, May 21. "I feed off that female energy with her." (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)

'Idol' judge Tyler charmed by 'sexy beast' J-Lo

Steven Tyler is mum on whether he or Jennifer Lopez will return to the judging panel on "American Idol" next year, but the rocker says he has loved the experience of sitting next to her. "She's a sexy beast," Tyler said in a phone interview Monday. "I feed off that ...

Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman throws in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Mets won 9-4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Reds LHP Chapman arrested on traffic charges

Aroldis Chapman was arrested for speeding and driving with a suspended license early Monday, a few hours after it appeared he was in line to become the Cincinnati Reds' next closer. General manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker met with Chapman following a 4-1 win over Atlanta on Monday ...