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Austria's nonsense museum spreads comic relief

From a transparent suitcase for nudists to automatic nose pickers — Austria’s museum of nonsense and its vast collection of silly yet brilliant inventions are proof that bad ideas, if carried out well, can turn into genius creations. Every year, thousands of people from around the world flock to the small village of Herrnbaumgarten, tucked away in the northern wine region close to the Czech border, to find comic relief

How Donald Trump was present at the TV Critics meetings

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As a TV star turned presidential hopeful, billionaire developer Donald Trump was a regular topic of discussion at the just-concluded Television Critics Association gathering. NBC also took the opportunity to officially fire him from “The Celebrity Apprentice” after cutting ties with him earlier this summer when the network refused to air the Miss USA pageant because of Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants.

Showtime president: 'There may be too much good TV'

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The theme song for the annual rollout of fall and winter television shows could have been that cowboy classic “Home on the Range,” where “seldom is heard a discouraging word” (seldom, anyway, from the throngs of producers and stars pitching their shows), “and the skies are not cloudy all day” (and even if they were, who would know, since the 17 days of sessions hosted

Canadian existing home sales post second monthly drop: CREA

TORONTO (Reuters) – Sales of existing homes in Canada fell in July from June, the second consecutive monthly decline, as strength in the two big markets of Vancouver and Toronto could not offset weakness elsewhere, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Friday. The industry group for Canadian real estate agents said sales activity was down 0.4 percent last month from June. Actual sales for July, not seasonally adjusted, rose