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Randy Quaid, wife miss court hearing

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

Randy Quaid and his wife remain fugitives from a California court after the couple failed to appear for their arraignment on felony vandalism charges for the fourth time. A judge refused to schedule a new date for the couple, instead leaving their arrest warrants active. The actor’s attorney, Robert Sanger, said Quaid’s passport had been confiscated by Canadian authorities, where the pair are seeking asylum.

Randy and Evi Quaid are charged with felony vandalism stemming from a September arrest after they were accused of damaging the guest house of a hillside Santa Barbara home they used to own.

Flamenco declared a world treasure

MADRID

Spain’s flamenco world is stomping its heels with joy now that UNESCO has declared the quintessential Spanish genre of music and dance an art form the world should treasure. Performers of the booming style of song and guitar-strumming accompanied by rapid-fire clapping and heel-clicking called the honor long overdue. Flamenco got the nod as an intangible piece of cultural heritage at a UNESCO meeting Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya.

Flamenco historians say the genre, with roots in centuries of Moorish presence in Spain, first emerged in the 18th century.

Associated Press