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Notre Dame women's basketball: Big East coaches study 18-team tourney for 2015
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterWhen the 2014-2015 Big East women's basketball season tips off, the league will boast 18 teams. Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia will be gone. Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, Southern Methodistand Temple will be on board. Planning ahead for an...Tags: Big 12 Conference, Louisville Cardinals, College Basketball, University of Connecticut, Women's National Basketball Association
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TV, radio personality DJ Megatron killed in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Urban radio and TV personality DJ Megatron has been shot to death in New York City. His manager says the occasional BET television segment host was killed while heading to a store near his Staten Island home around 2 a.m. Sunday....Tags: Radio, Crimes, Murder, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice
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Huffington Post to add African-American section
NEW YORK (AP) — The Huffington Post and BET co-founder Sheila Johnson are launching a HuffPost section devoted to African-Americans. The section, "HuffPost GlobalBlack," is expected to debut in early March. The Huffington Post is set to make an...Tags: Human Interest, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Politics, Arbitron Incorporated, Elections
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'Dancing With the Stars' goes out on top
Staff writerUPDATED: The season finale of "Dancing With the Stars" easily drew the biggest audience Tuesday nationally and locally. The ABC dance contest averaged 15.2 million viewers, according to updated ratings. Kellie Pickler, a former "American Idol"...Tags: Dance, The CW (tv network), Grimm (tv program), Television Industry, NCIS (tv program)
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2013 Billboard Music Awards: Swift dominates, Bieber deflates
LAS VEGAS -- On the Billboard stage, there’s not much room for surprises, at least not where the awards are concerned. This is a ceremony dictated by radio, sales, streaming and fan voting. So it should be expected that Taylor Swift and Justin...
Tags: Radio, Bruno Mars, American Music Awards, Awards and Prizes, Jennifer Lopez
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Ex-Compton fire official charged with arson, theft
Marcel Melanson was a hero in Compton. The fire battalion chief led teams that raced to help victims of car crashes and street violence. Three years ago, he got national exposure as a star of a BET reality TV program that followed Compton firefighters...
Tags: Radio, Politics, Embezzlement, Public Officials, Government
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Former Compton deputy fire chief due in court in arson case
A former Compton deputy fire chief is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face charges that he stole radio equipment, then lighted a fire to cover up the crime. Marcel Melanson was arrested at his home Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff&...
Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Theft, Crimes, AEG
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Former Compton firefighter arrested on suspicion of arson
A former Compton deputy fire chief -- who has also starred on a reality television series -- has been arrested on suspicion of arson and grand theft in connection with a fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of radio equipment in late...
Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Theft, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Drake, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz lead BET Award nominations
Drake leads the list of nominations for the upcoming 2013 BET Awards, which the network revealed Tuesday. The Young Money rapper-singer scored a leading 12 nominations, including an impressive five in the video of the year category. His singles "HYFR"...Tags: Staples Center, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Academy Awards, Chris Brown
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EFG International looks to increase dividend payouts
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss private bank EFG International plans to return more cash to shareholders having emerged from a two-year restructuring campaign to get back into profit, its chief executive told Reuters. "We will have to pay a bigger dividend,...Tags: Productivity, Banking, Swiss Confederation, Shareholders, Thomson Corporation
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Bieber vs. Beethoven; a new twist on battle rap
Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori...
Tags: Wu-Tang Clan (music group), Epic (movie), Media Industry, Taylor Swift, Maxwell
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Marvin Gaye tribute planned for BET's first season in its new space
Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theatre will stage a new musical about Marvin Gaye in February, as written by the late singer’s family members, along with their manager Barbara Cole. Entitled "The Prophet: A Marvin Gaye Tribute," the new show (not...Tags: James Brown
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