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NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Two rare letters from first-class passengers aboard the doomed British ocean liner Titanic will hit the auction block next month, an auction house said Tuesday.

OTTAWA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the National Hockey League, was honored Tuesday with admission to the Order of Canada.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Actor Blair Underwood says that, although there has been no official announcement, his U.S. television show "Dirty Sexy Money" has been canceled.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- British actor Robert Pattinson booed and yelled at a comedian who poked fun of Australian actor Heath Ledger's death, a source told Usmagazine.com.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Vanessa Minnillo is the host of the new U.S. competition show "True Beauty," which secretly scrutinizes the behavior of its gorgeous contestants, ABC said.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Hip-hop icon Sean "Diddy" Combs says he is helping arrange free taxi rides home for New Year's Eve revelers in New York City.

SIOUX FALLS , S.D., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- British actor and former professional soccer player Vinnie Jones has pleaded not guilty to assault charges stemming from a bar brawl in South Dakota, TMZ said.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- William Balfour was formally indicted Tuesday for the slayings of three members of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson's family in Chicago.

SEATTLE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the celebrity the largest percentage of respondents to a poll said they would like to have as a neighbor.

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DETROIT, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The North American International Auto Show Tuesday announced it has booked the iconic rock band The Doobie Brothers to perform at an upcoming fundraiser.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The country music act Rascal Flatts has signed up to perform at the "35th annual People's Choice Awards" show in Los Angeles, CBS said Tuesday.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Swedish Film Institute has nominated "Involuntary," "Let the Right One In" and "Everlasting Moments" for its best film Golden Beetle award.

LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The copyright on the iconic character Popeye the Sailor is set to expire in Europe this week, 70 years after the death of its U.S. creator, Elzie Segar.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- "Deliverance," "The Invisible Man," "Sergeant York" and "The Terminator" have been added to the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.