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Katy Perry and husband Russell Brand have shared their thoughts on Amy Winehouse's death. Perry told ABC News over the weekend, "I hope she finds peace."

Brand blogged, "She wasn’t just some hapless wannabe, yet another pissed up nit who was never gonna make it, nor was she even a ten-a-penny-chanteuse enjoying her fifteen minutes. She was a f—ing genius.”

Hit the jump to see Perry's interview, and read more of Brand's thoughts on the loss of his friend here.

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When the popular PBS program ‘Antiques Roadshow’ rolled through Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend, a local man got some truly life-changing news.

His five Chinese carved cups, made from rhinoceros horns, are worth between $1-1.5 million — a ‘Roadshow’ record.

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Sir Paul McCartney's "On The Run" tour only includes eight shows in five North American cities, so if you're seeing him at Detroit's Comerica Park on Sunday, consider it a rare opportunity.
If you want to get primed for the concert, check out this promo video from last week's tour opener at Yankee Stadium.
And if you want an advance look at what Paul and his band could be playing Sunday night, we have it after the jump.

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Perhaps some of you know that the song "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green that you hear on Cars 108 is not the version as originally written!
But now that the song has hit #1, Cee Lo has even re-recorded a special take in honor of a group of volunteers that are near and dear to him.

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Cher’s musical career has been fairly low profile since she scored a massive late ’90s hit with ‘Believe,’ but her influence continues to be felt in the larger-than-life style of many younger artists — including Lady Gaga, who’s planning to acknowledge that debt with a duet that just might melt the dance floor.

They’re teaming up to record ‘The Greatest Thing,’ a song Gaga offered Cher for her upcoming album.

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Alzheimer’s disease has long been a medical mystery, but new research may point to at least one cause for the debilitating condition.

After a study involving 300,000 veterans aged 55 and up, scientists at the University of California-San Francisco learned that older people who’ve experienced a traumatic brain injury — or TBI — during their lives have more than twice the risk of developing dementia.

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Now we have just one more reason to love  Richard Branson.

The environmentalist and founder of Virgin America airlines has installed “hydration stations” at San Francisco International Airport.

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

64 – A great begins that ultimately destroys most of Rome (More info)

1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’ (More info)

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Casey Anthony, the young mother who was recently acquitted of killing her young daughter, was released from the Orange County Jail in Florida late last night as news cameras and a crowd of about 1,000 people looked on. Two armed officers escorted Anthony and her attorneys as they left the building.

Dressed in a pink shirt and jeans, she got into a waiting SUV and was followed by news helicopters to the parking garage of one of her lawyers. She was not seen again, but some news sources speculate she was later whisked to a private jet.

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In news that will surprise exactly no one, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2′ completely dominated this weekend’s box office. The final film in the Potter franchise banked a record-breaking $168.6 million opening weekend, with $92 million on Friday alone.

That number surpasses the previous record holder, ‘The Dark Knight,’ which opened to $158.4 million in 2008.

“I’m too old for cartwheels, but it’s close,” said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.’ president for domestic distribution. “At the same time it’s bittersweet. It’s also the end of a great franchise, and we’ve watched these talented kids grow up.”

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A man died at the Oakland A’s-Texas Rangers game Thursday night in Arlington, Texas when he fell 20 feet over the left field wall while trying to catch a ball.

The victim, identified as Shannon Stone, had reached over a rail to grab a foul ball thrown into the stands by Rangers’ star Josh Hamilton in the second inning. Stone, who was in the lower level with his son, tumbled into an area behind a wall near a scoreboard.

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Bruce Springsteen has posted a variation of the emotional eulogy he gave at his friend Clarence Clemons' funeral.

Clemons passed away earlier this month at the age of 69, after suffering a stroke. 

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