Rare Faberge egg sells for $18.5 million

Lessing won't attend Nobel ceremony (AP)

AP - British writer Doris Lessing will be unable to travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in literature on Dec. 10 due to back problems, the Nobel Foundation said Wednesday.

Rare Faberge egg sells for $18.5 million (AP)

AP - A rare enamel-and-gold Faberge egg that had been in the Rothschild banking family for more than a century sold for record-setting $18.5 million at auction Wednesday.

Helio Castroneves voted `Dancing' champ (AP)

AP - Fan support is just as critical as fancy footwork when it comes to winning "Dancing With the Stars."

Rapper 'Birdman' arrested in Tenn. (AP)

AP - Rapper Bryan "Birdman" Williams was among 16 people charged with possession of marijuana Tuesday after the RV they were riding in was pulled over by police for making an improper lane change.

Wife of Bayreuth festival director dies (AP)

AP - Gudrun Wagner, wife of Bayreuth Opera Festival director Wolfgang Wagner and a key partner in helping him stage the annual event, died Wednesday, officials said. She was 63.

Dutch lawmaker warned over planned film on Koran (Reuters)

Reuters - A Dutch far-right politician whose anti-Islam comments have led to death threats says he is making a film for television about the Koran, despite warnings from the Dutch government about making such a film.

EMI seen cutting funding to trade groups (Reuters)

Reuters - British music industry major EMI wants to cut its funding to the industry's trade bodies, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday, which could deal a blow to the fight against music piracy.

"30 Rock" rolls ads into story lines (Reuters)

Reuters - In the November 15 episode of NBC's "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, in their roles as Jack Donaghy and Liz Lemon, sang the praises of Verizon Wireless before Fey looked right into the camera and asked, "Can we have our money now?"

"30 Rock" rolls ads into story lines (Reuters)

Reuters - In the November 15 episode of NBC's "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, in their roles as Jack Donaghy and Liz Lemon, sang the praises of Verizon Wireless before Fey looked right into the camera and asked, "Can we have our money now?"

Broadway strike continues but new talks set (Reuters)

Reuters - Striking Broadway stagehands and representatives of the producers and theaters negotiated through a second straight night without a settlement but agreed to meet for new talks, producers said on Tuesday.

Nobel winner Lessing to miss ceremony (Reuters)

Reuters - British novelist Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature, will not attend the prize ceremony in Stockholm in December, the Nobel Foundation said on Wednesday.

Designer to the stars faces rape charges in NY (Reuters)

Reuters - An award-winning fashion designer to the stars who is accused of sexually assaulting 18 young models in California has been charged with assaulting nine more women in New York, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Lessing won't attend Nobel ceremony (AP)

AP - British writer Doris Lessing will be unable to travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in literature on Dec. 10 due to back problems, the Nobel Foundation said Wednesday.