Below is a list of feature stories that The Associated Press plans to move in the coming week. Questions about the stories may be addressed to the North America Desk supervisor in New York at 212-621-1650 (fax 212-621-5449) or e-mail amidesk(at)ap.org) or to individual bureaus in your country or region.
We will update this digest daily, adding new features as available. Feature stories that moved in the previous three days are included at the bottom for editors who may not have seen them.
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TV-AMERICAN IDOL
TV-SURVIVOR 20
COLOMBIA-RETRIEVING THE BODIES
AFGHANISTAN-LOSING HOPE
IRAQ-BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD
OUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
GAY MARRIAGE TRIAL
Friday, Jan. 8
TV-THE SIMPSONS
NEW YORK — To remark on the latest milestone reached by "The Simpsons" is to restate the seemingly obvious. Long before now, enduring life for "The Simpsons" and its brightly jaundiced populace was simply assumed. What began 20 years ago as a fluke then became a pop-culture juggernaut has continued to spin yarns, spawn new characters and lampoon society with no end in sight. By Television Writer Frazier Moore. AP Photos.
GOLDEN GLOBES-MENU
LOS ANGELES — Dishing it for the A-listers attending Hollywood awards banquets each year is no cakewalk. Meals must be distinct, elegant and appropriate for Tinseltown's calorie-conscious ways. But they also must be easy to eat, with multiple cameras in the room capturing diners' every bite. By Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen.
MUSIC REVIEW-OVERLOOKED 2009
UNDATED — A selection of albums that should have gotten more attention than they got in 2009. AP Photos.
MUSIC-SHOOTER JENNINGS
NEW YORK — Stephen King is a master at creating characters, but when Shooter Jennings came calling, the best-selling author decided to become one, playing a central figure in the musician's upcoming concept album, "Black Ribbons." By Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody. AP Photos.
PEOPLE-DONNY OSMOND
LAS VEGAS — Singer Donny Osmond is coming back to the airwaves as he launches a radio show on the heels of his "Dancing With the Stars" win. By Oskar Garcia. AP Photos.
TV-AMERICAN IDOL
LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" was the colossus that dominated U.S. television in the new century's first decade, generating top ratings, a heady share of buzz and a handful of bankable stars including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson. By Lynn Elber. AP Photos.
TV-SURVIVOR 20
LOS ANGELES — Not even "Boston Rob" Mariano's newborn baby could stop him from returning to "Survivor." Mariano is among 20 former contestants who will compete in CBS' "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," the reality series' 20th season, premiering Feb. 11 (8 p.m. EST, 0100 GMT Feb. 12). He left behind 4-week-old daughter Lucia Rose and wife, Amber Brkich, who bested Mariano to win the "All-Stars" edition in 2004 and accepted his marriage proposal during the finale. By Derrik J. Lang. AP Photos.
ALSO MOVING FRIDAY:
FILM REVIEW-DAYBREAKERS
FILM REVIEW-YOUTH IN REVOLT
FILM REVIEW-LEAP YEAR
BOOK REVIEW-ELVIS
BOOK REVIEW-COMMITTED
Saturday, Jan. 9
No features
Sunday, Jan. 10
COLOMBIA-RETRIEVING THE BODIES
MARSELLA, Colombia — At this bend in the Cauca River, an eddy urges debris ashore, and vultures swoop at sodden, shiny white bones. It is here that the bodies wash up. But who the victims were or why they died never mattered much to Maria Ines Mejia. She simply fished them out — a few hundred or so — and tried to treat them with dignity. Mejia's story highlights a daunting challenge for Colombia at a historic juncture: finding and identifying victims of a three-decade war. With fears of retribution subsiding, thousands have come forward to chronicle killings and disappearances and to lead authorities to common graves. One such grave is the Cauca. By Frank Bajak. AP Photo.
AFGHANISTAN-LOSING HOPE
KABUL — The man on the motorcycle was going the wrong way down a one-way street, gesturing indignantly for the phalanx of traffic-clogged cars in front of him to move. "Brother, why are you angry with us?" said a passenger leaning out of one of the vehicles blocking his path. "I'm not angry at you, I'm angry at Afghanistan," the man cried back. "These are sad days." In Kabul, even a traffic jam can provoke a comment on this Islamic nation's dismal state, which most people here believe is at its bleakest since the U.S. invaded to topple the Taliban in 2001. By Todd Pitman. AP Photos.
IRAQ-BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD
TARMIYAH, Iraq — Three years ago, as the U.S. surge was getting under way, this town north of Baghdad was the scene of a fierce battle that began with a truck bomb blowing up the U.S. soldiers' post. An AP reporter reconstructs the battle and spends time with some of its veterans who are back in the town, still coming to terms with their ordeal and marveling at the town's hard-won peace. By Chelsea J. Carter. AP Photos.
OUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
NEW ORLEANS — More than four years after Hurricane Katrina, the single-story brick rancher in Pontchartrain Park where Lisa Perez Jackson grew up stands empty. Floodwaters long ago ate away the walls of her corner bedroom, where the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency once hung Michael Jackson and Prince posters and studied her way to the top of her high school class. Katrina was the closest that an environmental disaster had hit home for someone who has spent her career solving environmental problems. Now, she's in charge of ensuring that all communities are equally protected from pollution. By Dina Cappiello. AP Photos.
GAY MARRIAGE TRIAL
SAN FRANCISCO — America's debate over same-sex marriage will take center stage in a California courtroom at a closely watched federal trial that could ultimately become the landmark case that determines whether gay Americans have a right to marry. By Lisa Leff. AP Photo.
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Previously moved features
Tuesday, Jan. 5
US-2010 MARKET GROWTH
US-IPOs-2010 OUTLOOK
US-GADGET SHOW
Wednesday, Jan. 6
PARENTING-CAR SEAT CONFUSION
FASHION-MATTE MAKEUP
FASHION-HOW THE WEST WAS WORN
LIFESTYLE-SHOULDER BAGS
FOOD-INDIAN FOOD RISING
FOOD-INDIAN FOOD RISING-LAMB
FOOD-INDIAN FOOD RISING-CHICKEN
FOOD-START WITH-CHUTNEY
FOOD-HEALTHY-SAFFRON CHICKEN
FOOD-DEADLINE-SHRIMP CURRY
HOMES-DESIGNER-RESOLUTIONS
GARDENING-VERTICAL
Thursday, Jan. 7
TRAVEL-FLIGHT-PLAN-LOST LUGGAGE
TRAVEL-CYBERTRIPS-POCKETSHERPA
TRAVEL-TRIP-TAMPA-GASPARILLA
TRAVEL-MAINE OPEN SPACE
CATTLE RUSTLING SPREE
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