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  Microsoft Touts Xbox One as All-in-1 Entertainment

  Posted 5:03 PM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed (More)

  
  

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  Steel Magnolias at Aurora Arts Theatre

  

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  Posted 12:37 PM 5/14/2013 by Dave Froehlich

  CORPUS CHRISTI- 'Steel Magnolias' is the latest production from the Aurora Arts Theatre.

  The play will be familiar to many people because of the popular film that's based on the play.

  Performances continue on Friday-Sunday through May 26th.

  For more information, go to auroraartstheatre.com.

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  Popular Psychologist Joyce Brothers Dead at 85

  

  Posted 5:31 PM 5/13/2013 by Associated Press

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85. Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New York City. She was a pioneer of the television advice show. Her (More)

  
  

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  Astronaut Exits Space Station to Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

  

  Posted 3:55 PM 5/13/2013 by Associated Press

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." It's believed to be the first music video made in space (More)

  
  

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  Lauryn Hill Gets 3 Months for Failing to Pay Taxes

  

  Posted 5:33 PM 5/6/2013 by Associated Press

  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes. She was also sentenced Monday in Newark to three additional months of home confinement. The 37-year-old South Orange resident (More)

  
  

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  Disney on Ice this Weekend at American Bank Center

  

  Posted 11:41 AM 4/26/2013 by Dave Froehlich

  CORPUS CHRISTI - Disney On Ice is back at the American Bank Center this weekend with their new show Rockin' Ever After.

  The show even features characters from the new Disney films Brave and Tangled.

  Performances run through Sunday.

  For ticket information, call 1-800-745-3000.

  
  

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  Groundbreaking Improv Comic Jonathan Winters Dies

  

  Posted 11:58 AM 4/12/2013 by Associated Press

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Comedian Jonathan Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, has died at age 87. Longtime family friend Joe Petro III says the Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes. (More)

  
  

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  Beloved Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello Dies

  

  Posted 12:19 PM 4/8/2013

  NEW YORK (AP) - Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of '60s fun-in-the-sun movies with names like "Beach Party Bingo" and "Bikini Beach," died Monday. She was 70. (More)

  
  

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  Luke Bryan Wins Country Music Award

  Posted 7:49 AM 4/8/2013

  LAS VEGAS - Luke Bryan heard his name called at the end of the Academy of Country Music Awards, accepted the entertainer of the year trophy and then things became a blur."It was like I was on the tilt-a-whirl," Bryan said.Bryan pulled off a dizzying upset, all right (More)

  
  

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  Sun-Times: Famed Movie Critic Roger Ebert Dies

  

  Posted 2:50 PM 4/4/2013 by Associated Press

  CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that its film critic Roger Ebert has died. He was 70. The paper says on its website the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic died Thursday. Ebert was known for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down TV reviews that influenced moviegoers (More)

  
  

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  American Bank Center Events Next Week

  

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  Posted 12:37 PM 4/4/2013 by Dave Froehlich - dfroehlich@kristv.com

  CORPUS CHRISTI - The American Bank Center is gearing up to host televised wrestling and boxing events later this month.

  On April 11th, Impact Wrestling will hold an event at the American Bank Center that will be broadcast live on Spike TV.

  Then on Saturday April 13th, the ABC plays host to Fox Sports Boxing.

  For tickets to either of the events, call 1-800-745-300 or go to ticketmaster.com.

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  Facebook Unveils New Experience for Android Phones

  

  Posted 12:24 PM 4/4/2013 by Associated Press

  MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook aims to put its social network at the center of people's mobile experiences. Facebook has introduced software called Home that makes the social network the hub of any smartphone running Google's Android (More)