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Reuters - Bob Clark, best known as the director of the seasonal favorite "A Christmas Story," was killed along with his son Ariel early Wednesday, when their car was struck by a vehicle whose driver was suspected of being intoxicated. More Info...  

Reuters - Defense lawyers at the criminal fraud trial of Conrad Black sought to show on Wednesday that millions in payments received by the fallen media baron and co-defendants were approved by the board of his former company, not stolen.

AP - A slimmed-down Deborah Voigt will make it into Covent Garden's little black dress in June 2008.

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AP - Film director Robert Clark, best known for the holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed with his son Wednesday in a head-on crash with a vehicle steered into the wrong lane by a drunken driver, police and the filmmaker's assistant said.

AP - Baseball struck a deal to keep its "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games on cable television, an agreement that likely will allow the sport's new TV network to be available in at least 40 million homes when it launches in 2009.

AP - First-year sitcom "30 Rock," which earns rave reviews but low ratings, will get a second chance to prove it can win over viewers. The comedy created by and starring Tina Fey of "Saturday Night Live" fame has been renewed for the 2007-08 season, NBC announced Wednesday.

AP - When Haley Scarnato blanked on the lyrics to "Missing You" on "American Idol," Sy Smith did everything she could to help. When Chris Sligh lost the rhythm on more than one song, Sharlotte Gibson was there for him.

Playbill - Tireless Christine Ebersole, the star of Grey Gardens is on a week's vacation from the show she helped make a cult hit. More Info...  

AP - One doctor authorized all 11 prescription medications found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room the day the Playboy Playmate died of a drug overdose, according to documents released by the medical examiner's office Wednesday.

Reuters - A celebrity fashion designer accused of luring young women and girls with promises of modeling work and then raping or sexually assaulting them was charged on Wednesday with attacks on four more victims.

AP - Yet another chapter will be written about Dewey Readmore Books. More Info...  

AP - One of the late Ed Bradley's final "60 Minutes" stories was among 35 Peabody Award winners announced Wednesday.

Reuters - "Sunshine" is an extraordinary film, operating simultaneously at visceral, psychological and spiritual levels as it takes us on a voyage into space with the fate of mankind at stake.

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AP - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

AP - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

Reuters - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said in an interview published on Tuesday that he once snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

AP - The lawyer for Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend said Tuesday that despite no court decision on paternity of the late model's infant, his client's custody challenge appeared to be progressing well.

Reuters - Two Los Angeles billionaires could launch a counterbid for Tribune Co. after the media giant spurned their earlier offer in favor of a rival bid from Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

AP - Jennifer Lopez says she's found a perfect match in her husband, singer Marc Anthony. "Marc and I are good partners," Lopez tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its April 6 issue. "We love each other. We want to be the best person we can be for each other. And we work on that. That's what a real relationship is about to me."

AP - Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has given birth to a daughter in California, her publicist said Tuesday. The baby, who weighs 5 pounds, 4 ounces, was born just after midnight Tuesday at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, said Nadine Bibi in an e-mail.