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Six months after back surgery, conductor James Levine has played a rare doubleheader.

Beatles fans worldwide are coming together to celebrate John Lennon's 70th birthday.

It's hard to imagine which event sounds more implausible: John Lennon's 70th birthday or the 30th anniversary of his murder.
Albertina Walker's singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the "Queen of Gospel." At home in Chicago, she babied her beloved French poodles, wore rhinestone sunglasses and was a fixture at the city's gospel music festival.

Actress Juliette Lewis has been injured in a hit-and-run crash in Burbank, police said.
I attended the recent Glenn Beck rally and the One Nation Rally mentioned in Robert Knight's column "More than a litter bit of difference" (Commentary, Wednesday). At the second one, I thought I was back in the 1960s again.
Jordan Eberle scored a pair of goals in his NHL debut and the Edmonton Oilers got the regular season off to a good start with a 4-0 victory over the rival Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said it has begun seeking its creditors' approval on a prepackaged bankruptcy plan in which they will exchange more than $4 billion in debt for equity in a new company that has rights to the James Bond franchise and the upcoming two-part movie series "The Hobbit."