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Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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--Los Angeles Opera’s ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ wins Grammy Awards for best classical and best opera recordings, and L.A. pianist Gloria Cheng wins instrumental soloist.

--Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles to star in a revival of David Mamet’s ‘Oleanna’ at the Mark Taper Forum.

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--Another appeal for Congress to support the arts, following Senate votes to eliminate arts funding from economic stimulus bill.

--Why a White House-based arts czar is a good idea.

--Neighbors protest Museum of Tolerance‘s plans for a 28,000-square-foot expansion.

--Broadway cast recording of ‘In the Heights’ wins a Grammy Award.

--Westminster Abbey plans to open up secret attic -- but how will visitors get there?

--Broadway audience gives Capt. Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger a standing ovation at ‘South Pacific.’

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--Cyprus authorities believe they have found an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus.

--Insurance concerns may mean loss of five portraits from Tate Museum’s Van Dyck exhibition.

--Director Werner Herzog discussing his short film of Puccini’s ‘La Bohème,’ set in Ethiopia.

--Lisa Fung

Caption: Patti LuPone, Anthony Dean Griffey and Audra McDonald in the Los Angeles Opera’s ‘The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.’

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