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3 hrs ago | CBS Atlanta

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise

As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the... The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' murder trial says the 18 days she spent on the witness stand didn't do her any good.

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8 hrs ago | Mirror.co.uk

My husband murdered our two sons eleven years ago but I'm finally rebuilding my life

He drove them to a secluded spot and stabbed them to death. Earlier Denise had told the wife-beater she was leaving him The anguish of Stephanie Stevenson is unimaginable.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Channelnewsasia.com

IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal

IMF chief Christine Lagarde faces another day of questioning after being grilled for hours Thursday by French prosecutors who are deciding if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister.

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WOZZ-FM Appleton

Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises ...

A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday.

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Reuters

Cannes film festival hit by second jewelry theft

The Cannes film festival was hit by a second jewelry heist on Thursday after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweler De Grisogono.

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Cash Money boss 'excited' about signing Paris

The heiress and reality star has signed with Cash Money Records, which is home to hitmakers Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake.

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The Guardian

French singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki dies following illness

Georges Moustaki was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star.

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WTEN-TV Albany

Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes

CANNES, France - Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food - appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty." The Italian auteur's Cannes Film Festival entry is a journey through Rome in the company of observant but aimless writer Jep Gambardella .

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Sunderland Echo

Sunderland to celebrate links with French twin

ORGANISERS of an exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the twinning of Sunderland and Saint-Nazaire are appealing to the public to help bring it to life.

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Salon

Cannes: Ryan Gosling's new movie draws the boo-birds

CANNES, France - Remember when someone tried to sue the makers and distributors of "Drive" for, I guess, not putting enough driving in the movie? Well, Ryan Gosling and writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn are back with another ultraviolent, ultra-stylized, music-throbbing, male-angsty viewing experience, this time set in the underworld of Bangkok, ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Miami Herald

Channel the south of France at South Beach's WD 555

This salad, adapted from "Saveur Cooks Authentic French" , calls for the tiny gray-green legumes from Le Puy in the Haute-Loire region, but any small lentil can be used.

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WETM-TV Elmira

Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

A member of the press looks at Picasso's painting 'Mousquetaire a l'epee assis' which is displayed next to Edouard Manet's 'Matador saluant' on October 6, 2008 in Paris, France.

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News24

France ups Africa, ME embassy security

Paris - France will invest about a 20m to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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BroadwayWorld.com

Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival Expands to France

The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival is taking its mission internationally as it honors one of the literary world's most acclaimed geniuses.

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Myrtle Beach Online

Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'

At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language feature "Blood Ties." "Every day," the director laughed during an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, where his movie is screening out of competition.

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Christian Science Monitor

Lesbian couple can't cohabitate: Why not?

Plastic figurines depicting a female couple and a male couple are displayed for sale in Paris, France, April 27, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized there.

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Tue May 21, 2013

NEWS.com.au

Cathedral suicide a 'gay marriage protest'

A man has shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, apparently in protest against France allowing gay marriage.

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Mi2n

Amadeus Launches New UDX Series Speakers

Website: http://www.amadeusaudio.fr Paris, France - May 21, 2013 - Amadeus , based in France, one of the premiere manufacturers of high-end sound reinforcement systems and custom studio speakers, has announced the re-launch of its famed UDX Series passive speakers - 30 years after originally releasing their first edition.

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The Argus

Plant could be fighting germs

Researchers have found that fibres from the common flax plant can kill bacteria efficiently when treated with special light-sensitive dyes and exposed to red light.

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Daily Yomiuri

French MotoGP win gives Pedrosa leadMay 21, 2013 Le Mans, France...

Dani Pedrosa won the French Grand Prix on Sunday for his second win of the season, taking the MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez.

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