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PARIS – Paris is formalizing its fascination with "Mad Men" by giving a medal to the hit series' creator and executive producer, Matthew Weiner. Two of the series' stars, Christina Hendricks, who plays office manager Joan Harris, and John Slattery, who plays ad agency partner Roger Sterling...

A French court has found Continental Airlines, Inc. and one of its mechanics guilty of criminal wrongdoing in the crash of a supersonic Concorde jet outside Paris a decade ago that killed 113 people. The court in the Paris suburb of Pontoise ruled Monday that the U.S.-based airline and...

Monfils bests Federer in Paris semifinal PARIS, -- Gael Monfils ousted top-seeded Roger Federer Saturday, advancing to face Robin Soderling for the BNP Paribas Masters title in Paris. The 12th-seeded Frenchman struggled mightily to dispose of the Swiss superstar, eventually notching an...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/11/08/exp.sbt.michael.jackson.news.cnn Los Angeles, California -- Michael Jackson's son Prince wants to produce and direct movies, while daughter Paris hopes to be an actress when she grows up, the late pop star's children told Oprah Winfrey in an...

By Vicky Buffery PARIS (Reuters) - A 15-month-old baby girl survived a fall from a seventh-floor apartment in Paris almost unscathed after bouncing off a cafe awning and into the arms of a passer-by, police said Tuesday. The infant had been playing unsupervised with her four-year-old sister...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/22/bittermann.france.retirement.cnn Paris, France -- French unions are calling for nationwide strikes Thursday and again next week in a last-ditch effort to derail a pension bill that raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. The lower house of the...

Lady Gaga postpones Paris concerts LOS ANGELES, -- U.S. pop star Lady Gaga has rescheduled two planned Paris concerts due to the labor strikes taking place in the French city. The performances in Paris at Bercy scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been postponed until Dec. 19-20, a...

Paris, France -- Some 200 demonstrators blocked France's Marseille-Provence airport for more than three hours Thursday as strikes and protests continued across the country, trade unions said. A large rally was scheduled for central Paris in the afternoon as demonstrators stepped up protests...

Striking workers burn tires at an oil refinery in Saint-Nazaire, France. Paris, France -- Ten of France's 12 oil refineries were stopping production Friday, an oil industry spokesman said, as the country went through a fourth straight day of strikes over pension reforms. Unions said workers...

Noriega money-laundering trial under way PARIS, (UPI) -- Former Panamanian strongman Gen. Manuel Noriega went on trial in Paris Monday, accused of laundering drug money in France. The 76-year-old former dictator, who spent 20 years in U.S. prisons before being extradited to France in April...

Paris mayor presents Fonda with medal PARIS, (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Jane Fonda was presented with the Great Medal of Paris this week for her contributions to the French capital's art and culture. Paris Mayor Bertand Delanoe honored the 72-year-old two-time Oscar winner with the award at...

PARIS – An Air France spokesman says the airline received a bomb threat for a flight from Buenos Aires to Paris on May 27, but that warning proved to be false. Spokesman Nicolas Petteau said Wednesday that an Air France agency in Buenos Aires received an anonymous phone call threatening Flight...

PARIS – British actress Lucy Gordon, who appeared in "Spider-Man 3," was found dead in her Paris apartment after apparently committing suicide, French police said Thursday. She was 28. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death, though it appeared to be a suicide, said an...

Paris Hilton Paris Hilton’s mother is angry that John McCain put Paris in his campaign video. Isn’t that amazing? Of all the videos Paris has been in, this is the one Mom’s upset about? It’s getting ugly on the campaign trail. The John McCain campaign has accused Barack Obama of playing the...

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