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NEW YORK — The venerable court-police drama “Law & Order” has been axed. NBC announced Friday that the show would end its historic 20-year run on May 24.
NEW YORK — For wireless subscribers, commitment is out and short-term relationships are in. Customers have been shifting away from two-year contracts toward “prepaid” cell phone service, which often costs less and does not require contracts.
WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says “mama grizzles” will punish Washington in November’s midterm elections. Palin on Friday told an anti-abortion rights group that women will lead a Republican wave and stop the Democratic agenda. Palin said female activists – “mama grizzlies” – will help the party “take this country back.” Palin said Barack Obama is “the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the White House.”
CANNES, France — Gordon Gekko is out of prison and out of money. He’s not quite through with Wall Street, though. Reuniting with director Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas reprises his Academy Award-winning role as financial viper Gekko in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” whose premiere Friday at the Cannes Film Festival could not be more timely as frenzied gyrations continue to rock the stock market.