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An Apple iPad in the kitchen Upping your cooking game

Congratulations on that iPad purchase. Now that you’ve finished playing Angry Birds, it’s time to take that thing into the kitchen and let it do something useful for you.


Bon Jovi lends star power to shelter

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi may no longer own a sports team in Philadelphia, but he still keeps the city close to his soul.


iTunes’ top-5 selling singles and albums of the week ending April 18

iTunes’ top-5 selling singles and albums of the week ending April 18 are: v“E.T. (feat. Kanye


ENTERTAINMENT NEWS | Tribute canceled

The Thursday show for Testify — Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute at McMenamy’s, 325 Youngstown-Warren Road, has been canceled.


Multiple groups set to play Dana concert

The Dana School of Music will present a Gala Dana Festival Orchestra Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday in Stambaugh Auditorium.


The top-5 grossing movies in theaters in North America for the weekend of April 15-17

The top-5 grossing movies in theaters in North America for the weekend of April 15-17, as reported by boxofficemojo.com. Includes weekend and total box-office revenues.


NEWSMAKERS | Pulitzers announced

Jennifer Egan’s novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Monday, honored for its “big- hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.”


ENTERTAINMENT NEWS | Rust Belt Theater to present “When I Knew ... and How it Saved Me”

The Rust Belt Theater Company, located in the Calvin Center, 755 Mahoning Ave., will host the third annual production of “When I Knew ... and How it Saved Me” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and April 29 and 30.


Vandals damage photo at exhibit

A French modern-art museum says assailants used a hammer to destroy a controversial photograph of a crucifix bathed in urine.


Wiz Khalifa Pittsburgh rapper still chillin’

With a blond streak running up his uncombed Afro, rapper Wiz Khalifa leans back in his chair seemingly without a care in the world, as the aroma of marijuana rises from his gray sweater.


Concert to honor 2011 Leonardi Legacy Award winner

Local musician Shedrick Hobbs will be honored with the 2011 Leonardi Legacy Award at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University during the Jazz Combos concert.

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NEWSMAKERS | Fans head to ‘Rio,’ shrug over ‘Scream’

Movie fans are going to “Rio” in big numbers, but they’re not quite screaming over the latest installment of a horror-comedy franchise.


Five must-see films by director Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet, who died this month at age 86, was known as a director who crafted smart, solid films, full of substantive topics and strong performances. Here are five of his best.


VIDEO GAME REVIEW | 'TORCHLIGHT'

The name “Torchlight” refers to the mining town at the entrance to a network of tunnels from which the mysterious magical ore Ember is dug.


PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS For the week ending April 9

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Fifth Witness” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “The Land of