Obama at the W Hotel in Washington.

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Wednesday Fundraisers to Bring in $2 Million

The flat-screen television embedded in the mahogany partition in the lobby of the Courtyard Washington Dupont Circle was not always there. Neither was the granite communal table surrounded by red leather bar stools — a staple of the hotel’s dining area. Read full article > >

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Force India will not run their cars in the second practice session at the Bahrain GP so they can return to their hotel before dark.

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Force India miss practice session

Richard Descoings, the leader of a university in Paris, was found dead in his hotel room in Midtown, and his cellphone and laptop computer were found thrown outside.

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In Death of Richard Descoings, French Scholar, Few Answers

White powder, later determined to be cocaine, was found in the hotel bathroom where singer Whitney Houston drowned accidentall, according to the full coroner’s report released on Wednesday.

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Cocaine Found in Whitney Houston’s Bathroom

BOSTON — Nene had been experiencing discomfort in his back for a few days, but when he woke up in his hotel room on Sunday morning, the Brazilian big man said his back had “shut down.” He tried some physical therapy, had a massage, and worked on the training table about 90 minutes before the Washington Wizards were set to play the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. Read full article > >

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Wizards vs. Celtics: Minus Nene, Washington falls flat, loses third straight, 88-76

JACMEL, HAITI — A couple of rumpled aid workers were sucking down a Sunday morning beer at the Hotel Florita here when the minister of tourism rolled to the curb, followed by the interior minister with body guards toting AR-15s, and then the star of the show, New York fashion designer Donna Karan of DKNY. Read full article > >

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Haiti dreams of tourism revival

Gunmen have abducted two French citizens from their hotel in the central Mali town of Hombori, in the first kidnapping south of the Niger river.

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French citizens abducted in Mali

From the moment he opened the Bazaar in Los Angeles, Jose Andres gave Tinseltown something to gaze upon other than its own navel — or Katherine Heigl ’s. In her four-star review for the Los Angeles Times, critic S. Irene Virbila wrote: How to describe the experience at the Bazaar by José Andrés in the new SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills? Fellini-esque, a gastronomical circus, a flirtation with the flavors and soul of Spain? Los Angeles has never seen anything remotely like this exciting restaurant from Spanish chef Jose Andres. Read full article > >

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Could Jose Andres open a Bazaar in Washington?

From the moment he opened the Bazaar in Los Angeles, Jose Andres gave Tinseltown something to gaze upon other than its own navel — or Katherine Heigl ’s. In her four-star review for the Los Angeles Times, critic S. Irene Virbila wrote: How to describe the experience at the Bazaar by José Andrés in the new SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills? Fellini-esque, a gastronomical circus, a flirtation with the flavors and soul of Spain? Los Angeles has never seen anything remotely like this exciting restaurant from Spanish chef Jose Andres. Read full article > >

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Could Jose Andres open a Bazaar in Washington?

You knew the moment would come; it always does. The transaction’s over, and you have a crucial decision to make: Do you tip the hotel doorman who swung the portal open for you? What about the pool guy who brought you a towel? Or the room-service waiter who handed you a bill that includes a service fee? Or anyone who assisted you in Japan? Read full article > >

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Brother, can you spare a tip?

The Cuban government has rebuffed a mission by former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson to free a U.S. government contractor jailed in Havana, even ruling out a visit with the man, Richardson said Sunday. Richardson vowed to remain in Cuba until he was allowed to see jailed American Alan P. Gross. “We were supposed to leave yesterday. We’ve extended our stay in the hotel. My position is, I’m not planning to leave until I get a chance to visit Alan Gross,” Richardson said in a telephone interview from Havana. Read full article > >

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Richardson rebuffed in effort to free Alan Gross

In 2009, when Ryan Gosling reached out to Nicolas Winding Refn to direct “Drive,” a taut, quietly mesmerizing thriller about a getaway car driver, he found the Danish director in one of Hollywood’s most notorious neighborhoods: Development Hell. Refn had been trying to convince Harrison Ford that his character should die in the CIA thriller they were doing. To make matters worse, the 40-year-old filmmaker, who lives in Copenhagen with his wife and two daughters, was suffering from a vicious case of flu, and first met Gosling while “completely stoned” on medication, finally asking the actor — after an awkwardly quiet dinner — to drive him back to his hotel in Santa Monica. Read full article > >

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Director Nicolas Winding Refn talks about ‘Drive’

Matthew Fox — the actor best known as Jack Shephard, the man who saved the island on “ Lost ” — was reportedly detained over the weekend for allegedly punching a woman in Cleveland, Ohio. According to the Hollywood Reporter , TMZ and other outlets, on Saturday night/early Sunday morning Fox attempted to hitch a ride to his hotel via a private party bus, but the female driver of the bus refused to let him enter. In response, Fox allegedly punched the woman in the chest and stomach and she retaliated by allegedly socking him in the mouth. Read full article > >

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Matthew Fox allegedly punched woman

The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering a honeymoon couple is given a graphic description of their hotel room after they were shot.

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Jury hears honeymoon deaths scene