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Fans queue to snag tickets to see Oprah, Olympians

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:00:33 +0000

Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to “The Oprah Winfrey Show” season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes.

Fans line up for Oprah Olympian show tickets

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:08:22 +0000

Hundreds of Oprah Winfrey fans are lining up in Chicago’s Millennium Park for a chance at free tickets to the talk show host’s season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic team...

Olympic events in Beijing all sold out

AP — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:59:45 +0000

All tickets to Olympic events in Beijing have been sold, organizers said Monday, putting the games on course to be the first to ever sell out.

Hot, impatient crowd vies for Olympics tickets

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:19:23 +0000

A crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede.The...

Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:54:28 +0000

Eager fans swarmed and in some cases scuffled as they lined up at sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month’s Olympics.Scuffles broke out at one ticket site as officials opened additional sales windows, causing...

Ruling reveals ID of online Oscar ticket seller

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:47:34 +0000

A judge’s ruling has brought the organization that hosts the Academy Awards a step closer to discovering how tickets to this year’s show got online.An attorney for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that the...

Pirates of the movie world

Abirami — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:23:06 +0000

The number of pirate CDs sold around the world rises to 1.1bn says a news report. In India we have a huge market for the pirated cds - both movies and music cds. One main reason for the success of this illegal business is the high cost of...

15,000 London game tickets sell quickly

AP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:39:33 +0000

The 15,000 tickets available in the second general admission sale for the NFL regular-season game at Wembley Stadium sold out Friday in 30 minutes.Last month, the first 40,000 tickets for the Oct. 26 game between the San Diego Chargers and New...

Colorado lottery to offer scratch-n-sniff games

AP — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:19:22 +0000

When is a lottery scratch ticket not just a scratch ticket? When it’s a scratch, and sniff, ticket. Starting Monday, the Colorado Lottery will begin selling $3 Scented Crossword tickets through lottery retailers statewide. They’re...

Ticketmaster exec: Olympics to sell out

AP — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:45:06 +0000

Olympics athletes in Beijing this August will compete in packed stadiums, with tickets selling out for all events _ even those that are not traditionally as popular, Ticketmaster’s president for China predicted Friday.Jonathan Krane, whose...