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NEW YORK (AP) — The pop culture juggernaut of J.K. Rowling's Potter-mania appeared to be breathing its last gasp when the eighth film in the series, part two of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," made its premiere amid teeming throngs of bittersweet Potter fans in London's Leicester Square in 2011.

The government is preparing for a possible reprisal from the Abu Sayyaf Group in the wake of the intensified campaign against them.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre told a congressman opposed to the plea bargaining agreement involving 138 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels that the agency has no choice but to follow the government's thrust for "comprehensive" peace.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Selena Quintanilla's sister says she was shocked by the likeness of the wax figure honoring the slain Mexican singer, unveiled Tuesday at Madame Tussauds Hollywood.

It’s the craziest thing we’ve ever seen

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Composer Hans Zimmer, crooner R. Kelly and members of such bands as the Go-Go's, the Black Crowes, Linkin Park and Three 6 Mafia are supporting Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and T.I. in their appeal in the ongoing legal dispute over the hit song "Blurred Lines."

President Duterte is inclined to approve the creation of a constitutional commission that will help Congress in amending the 1987 Constitution.

Vice President Ma. Leonor "Leni" Robredo has no intention to ask for an increase in next year's budget for housing from President Rodrigo Duterte.

Kickstarter made its Asia debut in Singapore and Hong Kong, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise funding from global investors.

A European lobby group in China on Thursday slammed the country's unequal investment landscape.

Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Hartsville, chose not to listen to common sense in June when they effectively killed a bill that would have put reasonable restrictions on moped users.

During the past week Turkish forces have invaded Syria to engage Syrian Kurds supported by the United States. That intensified tensions between the U.S. and its NATO ally — another consequence of the protracted Syrian civil war.

WASHINGTON — Because truth in labeling laws are among the laws from which Washington feels exempt, the titles of congressional legislation often take liberties with the facts (e.g., the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act, however, precisely names the ailment for which it is the remedy.

BY CHRIS CILLIZZA

In response to the Aug. 23 letter titled "Move comic strip":

Mark Bloom’s Aug. 24 column hit the nail on the head. I, too, was at that City Council meeting and spoke to encourage the council to follow the Planning Commission’s recommendation to not change the number of votes needed to overturn Planning Commission decisions. It sure appeared to me that a vote had been taken and the...

Thank you to former Post and Courier executive editor Dick Schreadley for his Aug. 15 column noting the ebbing of the daily newspaper in our lives.

I think it is ridiculous to close a lane of the Ashley River Bridge to make a bike lane in an over-congested area.