Frederic Franklin, British-born dancer, dies at 98
NEW YORK -- A British-born dancer who helped to popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed into his 90s has died. Frederic Franklin was 98.

NEW ORLEANS -- For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers.
NEW YORK -- A British-born dancer who helped to popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed into his 90s has died. Frederic Franklin was 98.
LOS ANGELES -- Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater to cast their ballots.
ATLANTA -- Funeral services are planned next week in Atlanta for former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly, who was found dead in his home from a possible drug overdose.
LOS ANGELES -- E! Online says hackers compromised its Twitter and text messaging accounts, sending out erroneous news alerts about Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie.
SCRANTON, Pa. -- The actors who play Pam, Jim, Dwight and other beloved characters from the popular NBC show "The Office" bade farewell on Saturday to the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton that served as the TV setting for their fictional paper company.
BOSTON -- An emotional Donnie Wahlberg was in Boston Friday to announce the historic benefit concert for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen's spokesman says the actor supports a decision to remove his twin sons from the care of his ex-wife and have them live temporarily with another ex-wife, actress Denise Richards.
BOSTON -- The New Kids on the Block are banding together to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
NEW YORK -- PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties to Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.
UNDATED -- Dennis Quaid is headed back to the big screen with his new movie "At Any Price".
NEW YORK -- The revival of "Jekyll & Hyde" won't last nearly as long as the original on Broadway.
ATLANTA -- A lawyer for Reese Witherspoon says the actress has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge resulting from a heated confrontation with a state trooper in Atlanta.
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan has checked into a rehab and will not face a probation violation for leaving another treatment facility after a few minutes, a prosecutor said Friday.
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LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan's attorney said Thursday the actress checked into a California rehab facility.
ATLANTA -- Actress Reese Witherspoon recalled that she panicked, said some "crazy things" and even claimed to be pregnant the night she was arrested in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge.
LOS ANGELES -- Five days before Michael Jackson died, his manager called the singer's doctor, told him Jackson was sick, and implored him to have blood tests done, according to a voicemail played Thursday in court.
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Jay-Z is part of a group trying to renovate Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum outside New York City.
NEW YORK -- Nicki Minaj and her mentor, Lil Wayne, will join forces for a performance at the Billboard Music Awards, to be presented May 19 in Las Vegas.