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 Court tosses FCC 'wardrobe malfunction' fineAmong the most notorious on-screen gaffes ever, Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction" on CBS during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show drew a $550,000 indecency fine from the Federal Communications Commission. Now a federal appeals court has thrown it out.  U2's Bono, Edge win hotel legal battleU2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark - a decision that appeared to fly in the face of Ireland's conservative planning laws.  G-8 summit opens with spotlight on aid for AfricaAid for Africa - and whether enough was coming from the world's major economic powers - was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations met with seven African leaders at its annual summit.  Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.  Stars gather for Nelson Mandela birthday showQueen, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse and a host of African stars joined tens of thousands of music fans Friday to salute Nelson Mandela at a concert honoring the South African statesman's 90th birthday.
Indiana couple's Monet painting sells for $80M
A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet owned by the estate of an Indiana couple has sold for more than $80 million at auction, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the global economic downturn. |
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