'Forever Marilyn' Monroe statue in Palm Springs to be dismantled

After a two-year stay, Marilyn Monroe is saying farewell to Palm Springs. "Forever Marilyn," the three-story-tall sculpture by artist Seward Johnson, will be dismantled this week so that the leggy tourist attraction can be shipped to its next location,...

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Stocks rise sharply as quarter ends

Stocks rose broadly in late-morning trading Monday as the market headed for its fifth straight quarterly gain. Dow member Johnson & Johnson rose on news that it was selling a diagnostics business.  KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's...

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India: Pre-election poll shows support for opposition leader Modi

MUMBAI, India – One week before elections that will determine a new prime minister, Indians are deeply dissatisfied with the direction of their country and overwhelmingly want a change in leadership in New Delhi, according to a survey released Monday....

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Malaysia plane: Search goes on in ocean's stirred 'teacup' of garbage

BEIJING — The search and rescue teams working off the west coast of Australia seeking the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 discovered what oceanographers have been warning: Even the most far-flung stretches of ocean are full of garbage. For the...

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Michael Jackson album 'Xscape' to feature unreleased recordings

A new album will once again offer fans a glimpse as to what music lies inside the Michael Jackson vaults. On May 13, Sony's Epic Records will release "Xscape," a collection of eight, previously unreleased Jackson songs.  The album was executive...

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Controversy marks start to Myanmar's first census in three decades

TAUNGGYI, Myanmar — Wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the national census logo, Tin Naing counted off the ethnic groups living in just one section of this regional capital in eastern Myanmar. "Bamar, Shan, Pa'o, Intha — maybe 10 altogether," said...

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A treasure trove of silent American movies found in Amsterdam

Long-missing comedy shorts such as 1927's "Mickey's Circus," featuring a 6-year-old Mickey Rooney in his first starring role, 1917's "Neptune's Naughty Daughter"; 1925's "Fifty Million Years Ago," an animated introduction to the theory of evolution;...

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Ukraine is big deal, but not the biggest deal for the U.S.

WASHINGTON — In speeches and remarks last week in Europe, President Obama made it clear that he considers Russia's annexation of Crimea a very big deal. But he also defined what it's not: an overwhelming national security threat, such as the U.S.-Soviet...

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Spanish journalists freed after six months in captivity in Syria

AMMAN, Jordan -- Two Spanish journalists taken hostage in Syria more than six months ago have been freed, their newspaper said. Javier Espinoza, a staff writer at Spain's El Mundo daily newspaper, and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, a photographer, were handed...

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Egypt schedules presidential election for late May

CAIRO — Egypt's election commission said Sunday that the first round of voting for a new president would be held May 26 and 27 and that any runoff would conclude within a month of that. Originally, the polling was to have taken place by mid-April....

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Tesla to install high-strength battery shields to reduce fire risk

Though Tesla Motors Inc. is carefully refusing to use the word "recall," it has announced plans to reinforce the undercarriage of about 16,000 cars with high-strength shields to reduce the risk of damage from a crash starting a fire. Elon Musk, the...

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Debris spotted from aircraft could be from missing Malaysian plane

BEIJING – Aircraft flying off the coast of Australia on Friday reported their first sightings of debris that could have come from the long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Although satellite imagery has captured possible debris, it was the first...

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'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' exclusive video spotlights Deathlok

Tuesday's episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." finds Agent Phil Coulson's team on the hunt for the Clairvoyant, their nefarious enemy of several episodes now, and Hero Complex readers get an exclusive sneak peek at the episode. Titled "End of...

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Obama hopes to bridge gaps on visit to Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Obama jetted across the Mediterranean Sea on Friday on a diplomatic mission to try to bridge the gaps between the U.S. and its longtime ally, Saudi Arabia. Obama landed in the capital, arriving from Rome where he...

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CinemaCon 2014: MediaMation also bringing '4-D' cinemas to Southern California

The market for "4-D" cinema is heating up in Southern California. Torrance-based MediaMation Inc., known for its motion-effects technology used in theme parks such as Legoland, is venturing into the local exhibition business, with plans to open "4-D"...

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Solid, unspectacular 'Divergent' may be what young-adult genre needs

When it comes to young-adult films properties, it's been a case of haves and have-nots. Billion-dollar juggernauts rise above the penny-eking whimperers, phenomena that take over the world match with one-and-done entries that fade faster than Syracuse...

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‘X-Men’: Days of Future Past’: New trailer for Bryan Singer’s mutant epic

The new trailer for "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is out, showcasing the epic scale of Bryan Singer's mutant saga that's set to arrive in theaters May 23. A familiar sonorous voice-over opens the clip, pondering what events have led the mutants to...

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'The Simpsons': A lesson in art forgery, with Max von Sydow

"The Simpsons" on Fox took a trip into the art market on Sunday's new episode titled "The War of Art," which included a lesson in forgery delivered by actor Max von Sydow. Sunday's episode echoed a number of real-life art stories, including the case...

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Yemeni militants attack elite paratroopers, killing 20

SANA, Yemen -- Militants believed linked to Al Qaeda staged a deadly dawn strike Monday on a remote checkpoint in eastern Yemen, killing 20 elite paramilitary troops and wounding eight others in the latest blow to government forces at the hands of Islamist...

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GWAR front man Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus, found dead at 50

Dave Brockie, the founder and lead singer of darkly satirical heavy metal band GWAR, was found dead Sunday in his Richmond, Va., home. A police spokeswoman said that foul play is not suspected and that an autopsy will be performed to determine the...

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Drying up the delta: 19th century policies underlie today's crises

HAMILTON CITY, Calif. — A shallow inland sea spreads across more than 160 square miles, speckled with egrets poking for crayfish among jewel-green rice shoots. The flooded fields could be mistaken for the rice paddies of Vietnam or southern China, but...

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Drying up the delta: 19th century policies underlie today's crises

HAMILTON CITY, Calif. — A shallow inland sea spreads across more than 160 square miles, speckled with egrets poking for crayfish among jewel-green rice shoots. The flooded fields could be mistaken for the rice paddies of Vietnam or southern China, but...

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Artists Drew Struzan and Bob Peak: Hollywood's poster boys

Artists Drew Struzan and the late Bob Peak may not be household names, but their movie posters have graced the walls of museums and galleries as well as countless homes and college dorm rooms. Struzan's more than 150 posters include ones for "Blade...

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'Infamous: Second Son' review: Art is a weapon

Sony's new superhero fantasy "Infamous: Second Son" opens not with a bang, but with the hissing sound of a spray paint can. As a work of comic-book-inspired fiction, this PlayStation 4 video game aims high, asking right from the start if art can be weaponized....

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China satellite image gives new focus to Malaysia jetliner search

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — China said Saturday that its satellite spotted a large object floating in the same south Indian Ocean area that has become a focal point in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. A Chinese defense agency said on...

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Ukraine signs deal with European Union

, firmly looking to the West for guidance and support even as Russia pulled the contested eastward. The pact revives an agreement that Brussels offered the government in Kiev several months ago but that the then-president of Ukraine jettisoned at...

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Stocks head for solid weekly gains

The stock market looked ready to finish off a turbulent week with solid gains, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index was on track to close Friday at an all-time high.  KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 10 points, or 0.5 percent,...

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