Six emerging women writers win $25,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ AwardsNEW YORK — Three poets, two fiction writers and a nonfiction writer have won $25,000 prizes given annually to emerging women authors. New York City official: Pills found in DJ AM’s stomach, apparent OxyContin in throatNEW YORK — DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday. ABC News: Diane Sawyer will replace retiring Charles Gibson as anchor of ‘World News’NEW YORK — Charles Gibson, who provided a steadying hand to a “World News” broadcast reeling from tragedy, will retire at the end of the year and ABC News appointed Diane Sawyer on Wednesday to replace him in January. Tony Blair hopping the pond next week for his first appearance on Letterman’s showNEW YORK — Tony Blair is set for his first appearance on David Letterman’s “Late Show.” Jon Gosselin firing back at wife through intermediary, says ‘I took a lot of abuse’ from KateNEW YORK — Jon Gosselin is fighting with his wife Kate again — this time through an intermediary. New York City official says undigested pills found in DJ AM’s stomach, drugs in apartmentNEW YORK — DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday. Eminem signs on to pay tribute to Def Jam Records at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors; Mary J., DMX also
Phil Spector fears he will catch Valley Fever with jail moveNEW YORK - American record producer Phil Spector, who is being moved out of the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran after complaining he feared for his safety, has now said that he fears he would die from Valley Fever in the new prison. Jay-Z announces concert to mark eighth 9/11 anniversary
NYC councilwoman proposes subway station art contest to honor Michael JacksonNEW YORK — A New York city councilwoman has come up with another way to honor Michael Jackson at the subway station where he shot the music video for “Bad.” Second biggest hit on television last week was on cable’s Disney ChannelNEW YORK — An audience that hasn’t reached puberty yet made the Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” movie one of television’s biggest hits last week. Revival of Tony Kushner’s ‘Angels in America’ set for off-Broadway in 2010-2011NEW YORK — “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” will fly again in New York — off-Broadway. Morenatti among 9 winners of AP’s 2009 Gramling Awards for staff excellenceNEW YORK — Emilio Morenatti, the award-winning photographer who was wounded last month in a bombing in Afghanistan, is among nine Associated Press staff members selected as winners of the 2009 Oliver S. Gramling Awards for excellence. Cash, Lewis, Perkins and Presley celebrated in B’way-bound ‘Million Dollar Quartet’NEW YORK — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley — together again. On Broadway. Blink 182 cancels Saratoga Springs, NY, show after death of friend Adam ‘DJ AM’ GoldsteinSARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Pop-punk band Blink-182 has pulled out of its show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., saying band members were grieving the death of their friend, celebrity disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein. NFL to allow players on social media before and after games, not during themNEW YORK — Tweet away, boys. Just save it for before and after the games. Pop singer Jason Mraz has the longest chart run in Billboard Hot 100 history with ‘I’m Yours’NEW YORK — Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” may be the longest running song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but the hippie-friendly jam has been around even longer. Joe Jackson says ’someone should pay’ for son Michael Jackson’s deathNEW YORK — Michael Jackson’s father says he’d never heard of the drug propofol until it was implicated in his son’s death. Jay-Z to give Sept. 11 benefit concert in NYC for families of officers, firefightersNEW YORK — A benefit concert that rapper Jay-Z is planning for Sept. 11 is a step in the direction that his career — and life — is heading in, he said Monday. Bush daughter Jenna Hager hired by NBC ‘Today’ as a Washington-based correspondentNEW YORK — NBC’s “Today” show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager. As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten the openness that spawned e-mail, YouTube and TwitterNEW YORK — Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online. ‘Today’ hires Jenna Bush Hager as a Washington-based correspondentNEW YORK — NBC’s “Today” show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager. Thousands attend Michael Jackson birthday bash hosted by Spike Lee in New YorkNEW YORK — Thousands of Michael Jackson fans danced the rain away in a Brooklyn park on Saturday at a party hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee, marking what would have been the 51st birthday of the late pop star. Medical examiners: DJ AM autopsy inconclusive; toxicology tests are expected to take weeksNEW YORK — Authorities don’t expect to know for weeks what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, who was found dead in a Manhattan apartment. Colombian singer Juanes still plans to peform at peace concert in Cuba this SeptemberNEW YORK — Juanes (WAH’-nez) is sorry for the outrage surrounding his upcoming peace concert in Cuba, but says his intentions are truly genuine. Museum of Chinese in America gets a new, larger home in New YorkNEW YORK — In cramped tenementlike quarters in Chinatown, staff at the Museum of Chinese in America had to be careful not to step on any schoolchildren as they taught a class about the role Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad. 50 Cent cancels street fair planned for his old NYC Queens neighborhood amid security concernsNEW YORK — The rapper 50 Cent has canceled a “Family Day” fair he had planned in his old Queens neighborhood amid police concerns about security for the event. Spike Lee throws Michael Jackson a birthday bash in BrooklynNEW YORK — Thousands of Michael Jackson fans are dancing the rain away in a Brooklyn park at a celebration hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee. AP source: Celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM found dead in NYC apartmentNEW YORK — A law enforcement official says the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM has been found dead in his New York City apartment, which had drug paraphernalia in it. Well-traveled rare American goose decoy to be auctioned in NYC after time in Pa., ArgentinaNEW YORK — A rare, 19th century hand-carved goose decoy that once plied Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River before being sold in Argentina, and considered by some to be a floating sculpture, is going on the auction block. It could bring in as much as $400,000. Nielsen: Total TV households in US up to nearly 115 million at start of new seasonNEW YORK — The Nielsen Media Research company estimates the number of television households in the United States is up to 114.9 million as the new TV season begins. Blockbuster shares jump after rental chain sells Irish retailer Xtra-visionNEW YORK — Shares of Blockbuster Inc. jumped Friday after the chain said it sold Irish entertainment retailer Xtra-vision Ltd. in a deal valued at up to $45 million. Mary Mary always dominated gospel charts, now they’re ready for the rest of the worldNEW YORK — Many female groups have topped the charts, but at the same time, many have not lasted. Gospel duo Mary Mary almost fell in the category of casualties. Graffiti charges vs Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara are dropped in NYCNEW YORK — Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara has something to smile about. Britney’s ‘too provocative’ fans kicked out of concert venue
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