AP - A hometown celebration of Kurt Vonnegut’s life and literary prowess was highlighted Friday night with the last thing the author wrote — a speech he had planned to deliver himself at Butler University.
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AFP - Russia on Saturday paid tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich, the master Russian cellist and dissident, at an emotional lying in state in Moscow's music conservatory.
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Reuters - In death as in life, Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was steeped in music when his coffin was placed in the Moscow Conservatory on Saturday.
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AP - New shipments of a Beyonce album released earlier this month will not include a remake of the song “I’m Kissing You” until a dispute about legal clearances are resolved, the pop star’s management company said Friday.
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AP - Buying an antenna for a high-definition television seems as out of place as using a rotary phone to make a call.
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AP - When Nigerian Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka contemplates the role of a writer in society, he defines it in terms of political and social action.
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Reuters - Edward Albee, best known for his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," launched a new drama award on Thursday, presenting the prize for aspiring playwrights to an Irish author for a play about Siamese twins.
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