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By Alasdair Fotheringham POLSA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali took a major step towards overall victory in the Giro d'Italia on Thursday after powering to his first stage win during this year's race in an individual uphill time tr ...more
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.CANNES GIVES EBERT THUMBS UPFilm critics and festival-goers congregated on the Cannes beach to raise their thumbs to the late critic ...more
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn't pass on "the ultimate honor" of representing his country again as the U.S. men's national team coach.Krzyzewski is returning for another 4-year stint, extending a run that included lea ...more
NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book.The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept. 24 via Bird Street Books. The 33-year-old is the first in the g ...more
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One tire supplier Pirelli warned teams on Thursday that they will quit the sport at the end of the season if a new contract from 2014 is not agreed soon. Motorsport director Paul Hembery di ...more
NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele has stories to share about the many auditions she has passed.The "Glee" actress has a deal with Harmony Books, a Random House Inc. imprint. Harmony Books announced Thursday that "Brunette Ambition" will come out in th ...more
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's opera house La Scala will scale back on productions in the 2013-2014 season because of the economic crisis and lower state support, its general manager said on Thursday. Stephane Lissner told reporters the Milan thea ...more
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talen ...more
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - European Tour chief executive George O'Grady has apologized for giving an inappropriate reaction to this week's Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia racism row. "I deeply regret using an inap ...more
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship ...more
