Singer Amy Winehouse cleared of assault
Singer Amy Winehouse was found not guilty of assaulting a dancer at a charity ball last year. Winehouse, 25, had been accused of deliberately punching dancer Sherene Flash in the face backstage at the Prince’s Trust Ball in Berkeley Square, central London, in September. “Having heard the evidence from...

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Panel for ‘The Box’ San Diego: (L-R) Director Richard Kelly, actress Cameron Diaz and actor James Marsden speak during a panel for ‘The Box’ at Comic-Con 2009 at the San Diego Convention Centre. AFP

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Sri Lanka court blocks porn websites
A Sri Lankan court has ordered a dozen websites to be blocked for allegedly containing pornographic material involving local women and children, a press report said.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) was asked to block access to the 12 websites, including redtube.com, an adult-content...

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Two new Mozart pieces discovered
The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg announced Thursday that it had discovered two previously unknown compositions written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “The Department of Research at the International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg has identified two works, which have long been in the possession...

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Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore: A model presents a creation by Koushik Ghosh and Priti Bansal at the Bangalore Fashion Week. ap

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Free music, sports events popular amid recession
People are flocking to free outdoor cultural events from opera to rappers to Shakespeare, entertaining themselves on a budget amid the worst recession in some 70 years. As more people opt to spend vacations at home, some US parks groups are seeing audiences double, while donations and sponsorships of...

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