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HOBART, Australia, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The man who owns a house Errol Flynn almost burned down believes the film star should receive more honor in his native Tasmania.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Rock legend Roger Daltrey, the who behind The Who, has been honored in England for his long musical career and his work in the war on cancer.

Artie Shaw, Swing era icon, dies at 94 ... Court strips Anna Nicole of inheritance ... Feds say, 'Pay My Fine' to Pimp My Ride ... Paris Hilton misses opening of club ... News from United Press International.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Thieves have struck the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the third time in as many months, it was reported Friday.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Movie resource and database Web site IMDb.com named actor Johnny Depp as the top cinema star of 2004, the Hollywood Reported said Friday.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Federal authorities have fined a California car shop made famous by MTV's "Pimp My Ride" show for disabling or removing safety equipment.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An experimental reunion of the original lineup in the power pop band the Raspberries, who broke up in 1975, has sparked talk of a U.S. tour.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Patrons of an Orlando, Fla., club who had come expecting to see Paris Hilton got only regrets when it turned out she had missed her flight from Switzerland.

NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Artie Shaw, an innovative clarinetist and prominent Swing era bandleader, has died at the age of 94, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has overturned a lower court's decision to give Anna Nicole Smith $88.5 million of her late billionaire husband's fortune.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Artie Shaw, the legendary jazz band leader who enthralled audiences with his clarinet during the swing era, has died at the age of 94, the BBC reported.

GRAMPIAN, Scotland, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Thieves robbed a small hotel in Scotland's coastal village of Grampian that was made famous by the movie "Local Hero."

ORANGE PARK, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Guitarist Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, who played with Elvis Presley, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, has died at an Orange Park, Fla., hospital.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The death of star Jerry Orbach has not changed NBC's plans to introduce the new series "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," says the Hollywood Reporter.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. rap/rock quartet Linkin Park has donated $100,000 for the victims of the Asia tsunami and plans to raise more funds through concerts.