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In women's individual figure skating, the gold medal favorite — Russia's Kamila Valieva — has been cleared to keep competing despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Olympics.

On her new album, Asha's Awakening, the artist Raveena sends her protagonist on a thousand-year intergalactic journey of discovery, all in order to better understand her own place on Earth.

Four months after parliamentary elections Iraqi leaders are still struggling to form their leadership. Meanwhile Iraqis endure shortages and frustration.

Hear a summary of what the critics are saying about this week's new movies, from from online magazine Slate: Reign Over Me, Shooter and The Last Mimzy.

Dick Wolf, the man behind the Law & Order television franchise, has created a new legal drama that breaks his familiar formula: NBC's Conviction is about the characters -- young assistant district attorneys -- rather than the crimes. Hollywood Reporter writer Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new series.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Charlie Sexton burst out of Texas in 1985 with the hit, "Beat's so Lonely." He spent the next two decades working with veteran musicians such as the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and Ron Wood and Bob Dylan. Sexton's latest CD is titled "Cruel and Gentle Things."

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Lake House and Nacho Libre.

Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new Pixar animated film Cars. He says the movie will likely continue Pixar's run of hits.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's movie releases: The Da Vinci Code, Over the Fence and See No Evil.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new Bravo reality show about flamboyant real estate agents who help their clients buy and sell luxury homes in California.