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Fighting For ‘Downton Abbey’: PBS Prez Blasts Proposed Funding Cuts

PBS receives about 15 percent of its total funding from the federal government, but that percentage is higher in rural areas where viewer support is lower. On July 17, House Republicans unveiled a spending bill that would eliminate funding for public television and its radio companion, NPR.

Chief Joseph War Shirt Sold For $877,500 In Auction

Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph has never been much of a fashion icon, but that didn’t stop one Native American artifact collector from shelling out $877,500 for a war shirt worn by the Nez Perce tribe leader. The buyer is a private collector whose identity was not revealed.
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Will Amy Winehouse Biopic Ever Happen?

One surefire way to solidify Winehouse's legacy would be through an old-fashioned rock 'n' roll biopic -- Hollywood's time-honored method of immortalizing celebrated music figures with dramatized accounts of their lives and works.
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Thailand - Land Of Smiles Or Tourist Trap?

Two Canadian sisters die mysteriously in their rented island bungalow, believed poisoned. Less than a week later, an Australian woman is stabbed to death in Phuket. Their deaths are the latest in a tumult of violence to shake tourism in postcard-perfect Thailand.
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‘Downton Abbey’ Season 3 Spoilers: 4 Things To Know About The New Season [SPOILERS]

Downton Abbey fans have awhile until the PBS show kicks off its third season on Jan. 6, but we have some exciting new scoop on what's to come! The cast and crew of the hit series revealed a new trailer and dished out some new gossip at the PBS Television Critics press tour. Take a look at five of the hottest spoilers revealed about season three of Downton Abbey.

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