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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - An eastern Ohio police chief was acquitted of burglary charges Monday but convicted of three other felonies in an alleged break-in at the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

The once-Broadway-bound Robin Williams' show Weapons of Self-Destruction begins its run at New York City's The Town Hall.

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles official says she's negotiating with the company that owns Staples Center about reimbursing at least some of the $3.2 million taxpayers spent on the Michael Jackson memorial.

HOUSTON - Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without reservation.

NEW YORK - Another interview coup for Oprah Winfrey: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. In her first interview since her husband's death, Vicki Kennedy will appear on Winfrey's television talk show Wednesday, along with her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr., and her two children from a previous marriage, Caroline and Curran.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he peeped into television sports reporter Erin Andrews' hotel room when she was nude, took video of her and tried to sell the footage.

LOS ANGELES - Oprah Winfrey's new partner on cable TV is a bit like her: It came from humble beginnings to become a big force in the media business.

Los Angeles - Bondage may be the new look for the holidays if the outfits onstage at the American Music Awards held Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles were any indicator.

NEWARK, N.J. - A former federal prosecutor and prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose past clients have included Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim has pleaded not guilty to bribery, drug and prostitution charges.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A casino in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau will open Asia's first Michael Jackson shrine after its owners bought the late King of Pop's iconic white rhinestone glove for $350,000 at a U.S. auction.

NEW YORK - Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..."

NEW YORK - It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade.

NEW YORK - Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime television.

LONDON (AFP) - Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher returned to her old offices in Downing Street on Monday for the unveiling of a new portrait of the "Iron Lady" at a reception hosted by Gordon Brown.

NEW YORK - Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death.

LONDON (Reuters) - Irish rock band U2 are to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival on the 40th anniversary of the world's biggest green field arts and music event.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.

LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

MADRID - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

MADRID (AFP) - Two women were slightly hurt when they were struck by bulls that escaped the set of a new film that stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, local police and officials said.

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Jon Gosselin offered his estranged wife a bouquet of red roses at their divorce arbitration hearing over the weekend. She evidently turned them down. Despite the snub, the marathon session went so well that the feuding stars of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" could be divorced by the end of the year, his attorney said Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.

LONDON (AFP) - British reality TV singing sensation Susan Boyle's debut album went on sale Monday, having already become the most pre-ordered CD in the history of online retailer Amazon.

NEW YORK - British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.

PARIS (AFP) - Carla Bruni, the supermodel wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, and US crooner Harry Connick Junior reunite Monday on French television for a duet of the Beatles' song "And I Love Her."

KHANDALA, India (AFP) - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India on Sunday.

OCALA, Fla. - John Travolta and his family have helped raise money for charities in their home state of Florida with a screening of his new comedy

NEW YORK (AFP) - The rhinestone-encrusted glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson for his first "moonwalk" dance in 1983 sold Saturday for 350,000 dollars at a frenzied auction in New York.

DETROIT - Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.