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Keeping up with the Mandelas

JOHANNESBURG — Amid growing controversy over attempts by Nelson Mandela's children to capitalize off his legacy, two granddaughters launch Kardashian-style reality show.

Shakira sued by ex-boyfriend Antonio de la Rua for $250M

De la Rua, the son of a former Argentine president, claims he deserves compensation for helping build the 'Shakira brand.'
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Colombian singer Shakira performs during the 10th edition of the Mawazine international music festival "World Rhythms" in Rabat on May 28, 2011. (Abdelhak Senna /AFP/Getty Images)
De la Rua, who is the son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua, who ruled the South American country from 1999 to 2001, claims he is entitled to compensation for helping build the “Shakira brand."
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Boston Marathon bombing reveals the worst and best among us

Commentary: Can we prevent global destruction on a scale yet to be seen?
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A piece of debris rests against a police barricade near the scene of Monday's deadly bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. FBI investigators will try to rebuild the bombs used in the attack to determine their origin. (Spencer Platt/AFP/Getty Images)
OWLS HEAD, Maine — The Boston Marathon attack was not 9/11. But the awful shock, that kick-in-the-gut feeling it created, brought back memories of that first, terrifying run-in with international terrorism. The death rate in Boston was minuscule, 1/1,000th of those lost on 9/11, but that it happened at one of the nation's happiest, carefree athletic events made it particularly painful, and not just for the memories it evoked. Sure, we'll continue to have marathons, parades, mass celebrations of one sort or another, but like our trips through airports these days, they'll be less carefree, more burdensome, less the innocent experience of our youth.
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NBC signs extensive deal with English Premier League

NBC paid $250 million for the next three years for English Premier League broadcasting rights, and it looks like it's a huge win for American soccer fans.

Dennis Rodman is an FBI informant

And if you visit North Korea, you can become one too.
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Dennis Rodman speaks during the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on Aug. 12, 2011, in Springfield, Mass. Rodman's recent trip to North Korea makes him the latest in a long line of musicians, artists and athletes who have helped open Asian dictatorships to the world. (Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
And if you visit North Korea, you can become one too.
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German TV mini-series paints false picture of Nazi madness

Commentary: A reminder of how sensitive Germany struggles to confront its past.
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A protest against a neo-Nazis in Dresden, Germany, Feb. 13, 2013. (Robert Michael/AFP/Getty Images)
Next month in Munich, those associated with a long-unknown neo-Nazi terror cell go on trial for 10 murders allegedly committed over the last several years. The public and media outrage at the state for failing to uncover the group’s existence is another reminder of how sensitive Germany remains to its heinous past, and how serious it still is in confronting it.
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BBC vs. LSE: When it comes to covering North Korea, how far is too far?

LONDON — Last month, filmmaker John Sweeney traveled with a group of students from the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) on a government-sanctioned tour of North Korea. Sweeney’s resulting 30-minute documentary on the secretive, oppressive state aired Monday night on the BBC’s Panorama program. LSE staff and students, however, say that Sweeney and his colleagues misled the students about their intentions. They claim the filmmakers used them as “human shields” for otherwise prohibited journalism without their knowledge or consent — a claim the filmmakers protest — and that the BBC’s actions endangered the students, the school and the future of such visits for all institutions.

Innovation of the Day: Twitter #music

It's official. ‘The best new music in the world right now’ will be available ‘soon’, Twitter has confirmed.
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Twitter Music: Coming soon to Twitter users across the globe. (Twitter Music Screengrab/Screengrab)
Twitter's music app will be able to scan users’ Twitter feeds and use the listening habits of users’ friends and contacts to recommend music for them to listen to — essentially giving it's more than 200 million users even more to tweet about.
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Justin Bieber on Anne Frank: "Hopefully she would have been a belieber"

Justin Bieber visited Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and wrote a controversial message in the guest book.
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Fans of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber wait on the 20 de Noviembre Avenue ahead of Bieber's concert in Mexico City on June 11, 2012. On June 11 pop singer Justin Bibier will perform a free concert at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)
“Ironic that all of you are spewing hate. . . you are demonstrating the very behavior that took her life."
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