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AP - David Mills, a veteran television writer who worked on the award-winning series "ER" and "The Wire," has died. He was 48.

Reuters - David Mills, an Emmy Award-winning television writer who contributed to dramas "The Wire" and "ER," has died at age 48, the HBO cable television network said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Broadcast affiliates of CBS Corp, News Corp's FOX and Walt Disney Co's ABC are seeking some regulatory conditions from the deal between Comcast Corp and NBC Universal so that they are not put in a competitive disadvantage.

AP - Lindsey Vonn is going from Olympic star to "Law & Order" bit player and said she's delighted about it.

AP - The Bird and the Bee, "Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates" (Blue Note)

AP - An upcoming Fox News Channel special hosted by Sarah Palin is titled "Real American Stories."

AP - The winners of the 2009 Peabody Awards, announced Wednesday, include the ABC sitcom "Modern Family," Fox network's "Glee," CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and HBO's "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."

AP - Switzerland's decision on extraditing Roman Polanski will be made after a California court rules whether he can be sentenced in absentia in a 33-year-old sex case, a Swiss official said Wednesday.

AP - The cargo ship captain who spent five days as a hostage of Somali pirates says in a new book it was a high-seas double-cross that led to his brutal ordeal in a sweltering lifeboat.

AP - Jesse James reportedly is seeking professional help to deal with "personal issues" after a cheating scandal that has put his nearly five-year marriage to Sandra Bullock on the line.

Reuters - Australia's most expensive painting, a Sidney Nolan "Ned Kelly" work, was given away on Wednesday only days after setting the nation's art record.

Fashion Wire Daily - It was a family affair as "The Last Song" premiered at the Arclight Theaters on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on Thursday, March 25.

The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)