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Bebe Rexha performs at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Los Angeles. A man was arrested after throwing a cellphone that struck artist Rexha in the face on June 18. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

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From human ashes to cellphones, what's going on with concert fans lately?
By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press
Fri,06/30/23-3:02PM , 72 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — From flinging bras to tossing flowers, concertgoers have long been a bit extra in showing adoration for their beloved artists — but a recent spate of artists being hit by weightier projectiles raises concerns about extreme fan culture and security.
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Children dressed as angels march during an Easter parade in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9, 2023. A new law that went into effect Wednesday, June 28, formalizes the international age-counting method as standard in administrative and civil laws and encourages people to tally their own ages accordingly. The country's previous age-counting method made people a year or two older than they really are. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

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South Koreans grow younger overnight as the country changes how it counts people's ages
By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Thu,06/29/23-6:11AM , 56 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea campaigns to retire an old and odd age-counting method that makes people a year or two older than they really are, children are among the few who seem most eager to stick with the past.
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Paavo Arhinmaki, right, then leader of The Left Alliance and candidate for the Finnish Parliament, meets with voters during the party's election campaign in Helsinki, Finland, Saturday April 16, 2011. The current deputy mayor of Finland’s capital Arhinmaki is facing possible legal action, and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign, after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel on Friday, June 23, 2023. (Sari Gustafsson/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

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A Helsinki deputy mayor is under fire after being caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti
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Wed,06/28/23-8:52AM , 42 Reads
HELSINKI (AP) — The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action, and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign, after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel last weekend.
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CORRECTS LOCATION TO DENVER - Wedding guest Maggie Long, left, poses in a group photo with others including groom Travis Holquin, in green tux center left, and bride Hannah Holquin, silver gown in center, at a dive bar themed wedding in Denver on April 1, 2023. (Bre Holligan Photography via AP)

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Space Disco Cowboy? Couples ditch traditional wedding dress codes in favor of out-there themes
By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press
Wed,06/28/23-8:04AM , 88 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — “Space Disco Cowboy.” “Yacht Shabbat.” “Burning Man Formal”? More couples are tossing tradition when it comes to what wedding guests should wear, to some befuddlement among invitees.
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