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George Harrison’s sitar sells for more than $66,000 at auction

Ann Limongello/ABC George Harrison’s first sitar sold for more than expected at a recent auction. The instrument, which The Beatles member used during the recording sessions for “Norwegian Wood,” sold for $66,993 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, well above the minimum bid of $25,000.  Harrison purchased the sitar in 1965 at Indiacraft on Oxford Street in London. It would go on …

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Sting to play October’s United States Grand Prix

Bruce Glikas/Getty Images Sting is set to headline the Germania Insurance Super Stage during the Formula One Pirelli United States Grand Prix, happening October 18-20 in Austin, Texas. Sting is set to perform on Friday, October 18, with Eminem booked for Saturday, October 19. Tickets to the Grand Prix include entry to the shows. Single-day tickets are on sale now. …

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Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing ‘revenge porn’

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys representing President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden are threatening to sue Fox News for violating “revenge porn” laws and publishing since-discredited bribery allegations as part of a scheme to “paint him in a false light,” according to a letter obtained by ABC News. The letter, which Hunter Biden’s counsel transmitted to attorneys at Fox …

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State prosecutors won’t retry 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting unarmed migrant

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SANTA COUNTY, Ariz.) — State prosecutors said Monday they will not seek to retry 75-year-old George Alan Kelly, the Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. “Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa County Attorney’s office has decided not to seek a retrial,” …

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Bill Wyman says it took two years for The Rolling Stones to accept his departure

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman reveals that almost two years passed before his bandmates accepted that he had actually quit the band. In a new interview with The Mirror, Wyman says that while he left the group in 1991, “they wouldn’t believe me.”   “They refused to accept I had left. It was not until 1993, when …

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‘Numerous’ law enforcement officers struck by gunfire in Charlotte: Police

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — “Numerous” law enforcement officers were struck by gunfire in an incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon, police said. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department described the incident as an “active situation” and said a SWAT team was on scene. The number of people shot and the nature of their injuries was not immediately known. …

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Bon Jovi calls Shania Twain his “spirit sister” in vocal troubles

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Medical problems make strange bedfellows. Jon Bon Jovi tells People that none other than Shania Twain has been a huge support system for him amid his vocal issues, for which he had surgery in 2022. It turns out Shania not only had the same surgery to correct her vocal issues, but even used the same …

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