Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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--Just in time for Earth Day: Check out the public art exhibit ‘Cool Globes:: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet’ at Exposition Park though July 23.

-- He says, she says: Lindsay Lohan reportedly tells ‘Peepshow’ director Jerry Mitchell that she wants to be in his Vegas strip show. Reed Johnson’s review suggests the production could use an injection.

-- A sorry situation: Cirque du Soleil apologizes to Perez Hilton for Criss Angel’s outburst during the latter’s Vegas show ‘Criss Angel: Believe.’ The magic guy remains mum.

-- ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ update: ‘Les Miserables’ lyricist Alain Boublil gives ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contestant Susan Boyle the thumbs up. Some grow tired of ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ but there’s new competition -- 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi -- and a new song to hear over and over again.

-- Placido to the rescue: Britain’s Royal Opera recruits Placido Domingo, left, to help ride out the recession.

-- Controversy over corpses: ‘The appropriate place for the corpse, according to the law, is the cemetery,’ a Paris judge says as he shuts down ‘Our Bodies’ exhibit of plasticized cadavers.

-- Dancing away: Oakland Ballet Company artistic director Ronn Guidi resigns.

-- Decession: Boston Public Library trims holdings, but not because of the economy, it says.

-- Neil Patrick Harris fans rejoice: A ‘Dr. Horrible’ sequel is taking shape -- is a theatrical version in the future?

-- Old bones: Field Museum researchers help discover two new dinosaur species in China’s Gobi Desert.

-- Tweet stuff: Twitter opera contest returns for a second round -- with prizes.

-- Lisa Fung

Top photo: Visitors to the Rose Garden at Exposition Park view one of 50 globes, part of a public art project, ‘Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet’