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The union includes more than just the men and women who move the scenery and props; it also represents a show’s electricians, carpenters and sound people

No one, not the union nor the producers, is talking on the record about what might be the next step in Local 1’s battle with the League of American Theatres and Producers. Such a move would need the endorsement of…

A video showed dozens of gunmen outside a building where smoke is billowing

ANKARA, Turkey Turkish troops fired at Syria again Friday, responding to another mortar shell from Syria that struck Turkish territory, the country’s state-run news agency said. The shelling came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Syria not…

It is becoming really dangerous

Paris Hilton may love animals, but a widespread report that she spoke out recently about the plight of drunken elephants is false. “We have no idea where this story came from,” the socialite’s publicist Lori Berk tells The ShowBuzz. “The…

Experts have said the attacks are possible copycat rampages triggered by similar incidents Wednesday and last month

A farmer attacked and injured five kindergarten students with a hammer in eastern China before burning himself to death Friday in the latest in a string of horrific assaults on children at Chinese schools, state media reported. The attacker used…

But other studies have suggested that disease-causing strains of bacteria or virus could be passed along with our currency

Johanna Ohm is a graduate student in biology at Pennsylvania State University We live in a dirty world. Wherever we go, we are among microbes. Bacteria, fungi and viruses live on our phones, bus seats, door handles and park benches. We…

The judge’s “right arm sweeps over his left shoulder and I know he’s about to let loose with an extremely clever or pained metaphor,” Bergeron said, comparing himself to a batter “waiting for a good pitch.” Contestants provide inspiration as well, such as sexy soap star Cameron Mathison’s tongue-in-cheek vow to dance in a thong if he makes it to the Nov

Quote A: “That’s what I like to see! The boy from Brazil is going bananas!” Quote B: “That was a cliffhanger, riding the fine line between love and hate!” If you picked the alliterative “bananas” line as writer-scripted, well, sorry,…

Ruben, however, said the attacks go much deeper than a sense of disrespect

While authorities in Afghanistan investigate whether last weekend’s firefight that killed two Americans and three Afghan soldiers was another insider attack, observers fear the threat of Afghans turning their guns on their allies may have already become ingrained in the…

Nelly Furtado donates $1 million from Qaddafi performance to charity

(CBS) Nelly Furtado announced on Tuesday that she will be donating the $1 million she earned to perform for members of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s family to Free The Children, an international charity that works with educating girls around…

But Lord & Taylor is also beefing up its own store brands by signing up designers to create the fashions

The 37-year-old publicist has never been a big style risk taker, but the mainstream brands that she had once been loyal to, like Jones New York and AnnTaylor, are becoming too staid for her. “Their stuff is pretty run of…

Shows have been canceled through the Wednesday matinees, according to Alan Cohen, a league spokesman

No one, not the union nor the producers, is talking on the record about what might be the next step in Local 1’s battle with the League of American Theatres and Producers. Such a move would need the endorsement of…