No Sharona -- Actress Exits USA's 'Monk'
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NEW YORK  - The hit USA Network series  "Monk" is losing Bitty Schram, the Golden Globe-nominated  sidekick to series star Tony Shalhoub.
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NBC has officially grounded its low-rated freshman drama "LAX" by opting not to pick up additional episodes of the show, which stars Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood as airport executives.
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SADO ISLAND, Japan  - A former U.S. army sergeant  who deserted to North Korea four decades ago left a U.S.  military base near Tokyo on Tuesday to head for a new life with  his family in his Japanese wife's home town.
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There will be no more "Desperate Housewives" for residents of Indian Kashmir. They will have to do without "Friends" reruns, too.
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The hit USA Network series "Monk" is losing Bitty Schram, the Golden Globe-nominated sidekick to series star Tony Shalhoub.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 -- A federal judge Thursday dismissed all charges against a Chinese American woman accused of using a sexual affair with an FBI agent to gain unauthorized access to classified documents.
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Traylor Howard is joining the cast of "Monk." She will play a former bartender and single mother who becomes Monk's assistant, the USA Network said this week. Tony Shalhoub stars as Adrian Monk, an obsessive-compulsive private eye.
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LOS ANGELES  - NBC has officially  grounded its low-rated freshman drama "LAX" by opting not to  pick up additional episodes of the show, which stars Heather  Locklear and Blair Underwood as airport executives.
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Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, who rose to national prominence in the reality TV series "The Restaurant" only to see the venture dissolve in legal acrimony with his partners, is leaving his other restaurant.
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Colombo: Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka today called off their agitation against a concert featuring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan here after organisers gave a written apology for holding the event on the death anniversary of a popular priest.
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MAE SOT, Thailand, Oct. 25 -- The young Buddhist monk arrived here by boat last week from Burma, exhausted and disheveled, with no passport, the stubble of his hair dyed blond for a disguise, and wearing a traditional Burmese longyi wrap instead of his saffron-colored robe. He had to elude capture...
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HONOLULU - An endangered monk seal drowned over the weekend after becoming trapped in an unattended fishing net off Oahu's Makua Beach. Another monk seal found partially entangled in the gill net on Sunday survived.
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Damian Woetzel, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, said Monday he would retire at seasonâs end, making official what he had predicted a year ago. Mr. Woetzelâs final performance will be on June 18 after 23 years with the company. He earned a masterâs degree in public administration from Harvard University last year and is artistic director of the summer Vail International Dance Festival. Mr. Woetzel said it was fitting to leave as the company commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of Jerome Robbins by featuring his choreography. âHis presence was the reason I joinedâ the company, Mr. Woetzel said. He said he will focus his energy âbeyond the limited space of performingâ in âareas where I hope to make an impact in the second part of my life.â.
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Vincent Pastore, who played a tough-guy mobster in the early years of "The Sopranos,' has dropped out of "Dancing With the Stars" after a week of training. At least this time he wasn't sent off to sleep with the fishes, the fate that befell his "Sopranos" character.
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Vincent Pastore, who played a tough-guy mobster in the early years of "The Sopranos,' has dropped out of "Dancing With the Stars" after a week of training.
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MANO, SADO ISLAND, Japan  - A former U.S. army  sergeant who deserted to North Korea four decades ago left a  U.S. military base near Tokyo on Tuesday to head for a new life  with his family in his Japanese wife's hometown.
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Steve O&#39;Grady of research firm Red Monk said he is not surprised that Novell would take a jab at Microsoft and its anti-open-source rhetoric, but he is shocked that Novel Vice Chairman Chris Stone has left the company.