'SNL' Scorecard: Kristen Wiig Says Goodbye With Mick Jagger's Help

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Along with saying goodbye to Kristen Wiig on this weekend's 37th "Saturday Night Live" finale, fans bore witness to another touchstone moment in the show's history: the return of "Lazy Sunday." The very first digital short (OK, it's technically the

NEW YORK — Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years. In the show's final sketch, guest host Mick Jagger

NEW YORK — Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years. In the show's final sketch, guest host Mick Jagger

Sir Mick Jagger brought the poise expected of a British knight and the flash expected of a rock legend as host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live's season finale. Jagger performed four times—with Foo Fighters, Jeff

The season finale's breakneck pace meant that the Digital Short (Lazy Sunday 2) segued directly into a sketch with Kenan Thompson playing Al Sharpton on Politics Nation, and it suffered in comparison. Sharpton interviewed

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Fired 'Community' creator Dan Harmon attacks NBC chief

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It's not the darkest timeline for "Community" fans, but it's close — creator Dan Harmon is out as showrunner after Sony Pictures Television opted not to…

I will stipulate that Harmon can be a hard guy to get along with. But I don't require him to be my friend, nor should the executives at Sony and NBC.

Well, we've all probably already heard the news about Dan Harmon's ousting as showrunner for next season. At risk of over-editorializing, I'll save any sentiments about that for “Introduction to Finality,” as it's effectively Harmon's swan song.

Dan Harmon has a message for his ex-boss at NBC: You never wrote, you never called. Harmon, who was sacked late Friday as the showrunner of NBC's sitcom "Community," wrote on his blog that he didn't learn he'd been fired until he received a message on

Among the younger-skewing net's development projects: an animated Harold & Kumar project and an animated effort from Community's Dan Harmon. A Lionsgate-produced animated version of the eponymous stoner comedy series. As The Hollywood Reporter first

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Triple Crown dreams often dashed at Belmont

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BALTIMORE (AP) — I'll Have Another overtook Bodemeister, blazing down the stretch to win the Preakness in the final strides Saturday and keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. In a race that was a virtual repeat of the Kentucky Derby finish

With two legs of the Triple Crown down, I'll Have Another has energized fans of horse racing, as well as casual observers. First it was the Kentucky Derby, which I'll Have Another captured to begin the 2012 Triple Crown

Since Affirmed last won horse racing's Triple Crown in 1978, 11 3-year-olds have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness — but fallen short in the Belmont Stakes. I'll Have Another will try to snap that streak on June 9.

With two legs of the Triple Crown down, I'll Have Another has energized fans of horse racing, as well as casual observers. First it was the Kentucky Derby, which I'll Have Another captured to begin the 2012 Triple Crown

Since Affirmed last won horse racing's Triple Crown in 1978, 11 3-year-olds have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness — but fallen short in the Belmont Stakes. I'll Have Another will try to snap that streak on June 9.

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Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition

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In the second case of necrotizing fasciitis to surface this month, a Georgia woman is hospitalized after doctors discovered the bacteria spreading through her leg.

The Hilton Head Island man was being attacked by a rare flesh-eating bacteria. Ginn shows where doctors took a skin graft on his leg to use on his left shoulder.

Another woman has contracted an infection from flesh-eating bacteria, according to news reports. Lana Kuykendall, of Upstate, S.C., had just given birth to twins, when she started experiencing pain and noticed that there was

A 65-year-old man who underwent penile implant surgery at a Florida hospital in 2007 is suing the anesthesiologist who assisted in performing the operation for malpractice, claiming that his negligence led to an infection that

A woman whose extremities have been stricken with a case of flesh-eating bacteria is seeing improvement, her father wrote Friday on Facebook. AP Graduate student Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection.

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The annular eclipse will be visible in parts of Asia and western United States

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By Laura Bly, USA TODAY UPDATE: Can't make it out West to view Sunday's annular eclipse in person? The National Park Service will broadcast the eclipse live by webcast from 7 pm to 8 pm from New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument.

In the first solar eclipse visible in the U.S. in 18 years, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun before sunset on Sunday, casting a giant shadow across the land.

By Angela Hill Welcome to my annual Halloween update and inaugural annular eclipse report. That's right, heavenly bodies and hellish haunts, all in one convenient location! Let's start on the high road. You've probably heard by now that, in the annuls

Is finished! (Thank you Jane and Carmen for helping me name it!) These blocks are all from a year of the 3X6 bee. I put a flea market fancy gray bouquet border on it and then bound it with the same. Thank you to Rita for this

By Laura Bly, USA TODAY UPDATE: Can't make it out West to view Sunday's annular eclipse in person? The National Park Service will broadcast the eclipse live by webcast from 7 pm to 8 pm from New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument.

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Kevin Durant slows Kobe Bryant before stopping the Lakers

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Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant beforeMore >> Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line

Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer.

Kevin Durant had 31 points and 13 rebounds in Saturday's improbable victory, including a 3-pointer that gave OKC the lead with 14 seconds remaining. TNT announcer Kevin Harlan described Durant's end-of-the-shot-clock

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During Oklahoma City's final possession Saturday night, Kevin Durant went one-on-one against Metta World Peace, spotting up right over the Lakers' enforcer and draining what turned out to be the game-winning trey.

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Down by 24, Spurs Rally to Win 17th in Row

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Manu Ginobili admitted things looked grim for the Spurs when the Clippers built a 24-point lead. Jerry Lara/Express-News By Mike Monroe LOS ANGELES — No team in NBA playoff history had recovered from a deficit as large as the Spurs faced at the end of

By Mark Nugent Game 4 of the Western Conference playoff series between the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs, scheduled for 7:30 pm Sunday at Staples Center, would be moved to Monday if the hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix

Down 0-3 in their West Semifinal with the Spurs, the Clippers look to save face and avoid a sweep in Game 4.

It was kind of memory that will go down as one of the most enduring glimpses of the season and maybe even of the Spurs' recent history. The Los Angeles Clippers had made the Spurs look slow and tired in the first half,

Initially, I couldn't help but think that the Spurs were due for this kind of game. Teams never dominate the playoffs as the Spurs have thus far. Keeping up our current pace is historically impossible. The Spurs had to come back

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Book lovers get their fix at the Beloit Public Library

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Author Alice Walker, actress Ruby Dee, and poet Sonia Sanchez discuss Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, to mark the 75th anniversary of the book's publication. The panelists present their thoughts

muscles in "Think Like a Man," Ealy has spent much of his career playing, as he puts it, "brooding, dramatic, heavy, cunning, conniving" characters in such projects as "Sleeper Cell," "Seven Pounds," "Takers" and "Their Eyes Were Watching God.

by Abby Brownback, Staff Writer A former Prince George's County elementary school teacher is releasing an album of songs inspired by the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Tamara Wellons, a 1999 graduate of Bowie State University and now a full-time

If you do not know the horrors of leptospirosis, read Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God for her description of the suffering associated with the often fatal disease carried by rats. But resilient Jamaicans are not ready to give up

Ratings Explanation Language: Nigger used over 20 times. A handful of common swear words and over 20 religious exclamations. Violence: Grandma.

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Runnerup Bodemeister to skip Belmont Stakes

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BALTIMORE — Jockey Kent Desormeaux will not ride Tiger Walk in Saturday's Preakness Stakes after he failed a Breathalyzer test at Belmont Park Friday. Des.

AP NEW YORK — Saginaw, the 3-5 favorite, stretched his winning streak to five on Saturday, beating Uncle T Seven by 7½ lengths in the $100000 Affirmed Success Stakes for New York breds at Belmont Park. David Cohen was aboard for trainer David

Louisville, KY (Sports Network) – Dullahan, third in the Kentucky Derby, is skipping Saturday's Preakness Stakes to prepare for the Belmont Stakes on June 9. The colt posted a workout Saturday morning at Churchill Downs for the upcoming 1 1/2 mile Test

After the horse was caught by I'll Have Another in the stretch of both the Kentucky Derby and Saturday's Preakness Stakes, trainer Bob Baffert revealed that not only had he decided to give Bodemeister a break and pass on the June 9 Belmont Stakes,

BALTIMORE — Jockey Kent Desormeaux will not ride Tiger Walk in Saturday's Preakness Stakes after he failed a Breathalyzer test at Belmont Park Friday. Desormeaux will be replaced aboard Tiger Walk by Ramon Dominguez, trainer Ignacio Correas said.

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Missing 'Terminator 3' Star Nick Stahl Reportedly Contacts Friends

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In a positive twist to the bizarre story of Nick Stahl's disappearance, it seems the "Terminator 3" actor has reached out to friends, according to TMZ. Sources tell the website the 32-year-old actor — who was reported missing by

Nick Stahl is STILL missing and nobody really seems too worried about it. His wife filed a missing person report with the LAPD on Monday, but they don't seem to think it's that serious of an issue. The detective overseeing the investigation told

The LAPD has received multiple tips in the Nick Stahl missing person case from people who claim they have spotted the "Terminator 3" actor since he…

TMZ reports that the LAPD is pursuing several leads in the Nick Stahl missing person case. Various people claim to have spotted the Terminator 3 and Carnivale actor since he was reported missing last week. Stahl's wife filed a missing persons report

The Terminator 3 actor's wife Rose reported him missing Monday.

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