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Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct (AP)

Director Roman Polanski at the opening ceremony of the 8th Marrakesh film festival in 2008. Polanski has launched a fresh appeal to drop child sex charges from the 1970s, offering details of what his lawyers called improper dealings by prosecutors and the judge, court documents showed Friday.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AP - Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the director's 32-year-old sex case.



Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:02 GMT


Universal betting on lower prices to boost CD sales (Reuters)

Reuters - Universal Music Group (UMG) is embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts yet to boost U.S. CD sales, with the test of a new pricing structure designed to sell most new releases by current artists at $10 or less at retail.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:37:39 GMT


Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace (AP)

Undated picture released by Geneva, Switzerland, opera house on Friday, March 19, 2010 shows Klaus Florian Vogt as Parsifal during a dress rehearsal for the new 'Parsifal' production in Geneva. Geneva's new 'Parsifal' production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace. (AP Photo/GTG, Vincent Lepresle, HO) ** MANDATORY CREDIT ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation seemed destined to end in embrace.



Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:28:04 GMT


Barenaked Ladies bounce back after split with singer (Reuters)

Reuters - There were double takes aplenty from sports fans attending the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Was that really Canada's favorite quirky pop-rockers, the Barenaked Ladies, busking on Robson Street? There's been plenty of upheaval for the band in the past couple of years, but surely things weren't that bad.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:22:10 GMT


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