Labor Issues

DETROIT - Musicians dressed in tuxedos and black performance attire hit the picket line Monday after refusing to accept pay cuts of more than 30 percent demanded by the financially struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

DETROIT - Musicians have called a strike after refusing to accept steep pay cuts demanded by the financially struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

MILAN - La Scala has canceled Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" with tenor Placido Domingo on Tuesday night because of a strike called by unions protesting government emergency measures regarding the finances of Italy's 14 opera houses.

MILAN - Strikes by theater workers have canceled concerts at opera houses throughout Italy, including a Sunday performance in Rome.

NEW YORK - Will David Letterman's very public revelation of a new, very human flaw bring him closer to viewers, or will it cloud him in cliche showbiz debauchery? That was the question many were debating Friday, the day after the CBS "Late Show" host revealed to his audience that he had sexual relationships with female employees and had been the victim of an extortion attempt to keep that information private.