LITTLE ROCK — Rock musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash are putting a new millennium twist on their 1970s anti-nuclear message, urging Congress not to approve federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants. Nearly three decades ago, the three helped organize the "No Nukes" concerts at Madison SquareGarden that stirred public opposition to nuclear power. Tuesday, they were on Capitol Hill warning that a Senate version of anew energy bill contains a provision, backed by the nuclear industry, for loan guarantees that could serve as a "virtual blank check from taxpayers" to help build more nuclear plants. They said they have collected more than 120,000 signatures to present to Congress.
Marie Osmond says she doesn't know why she fainted during ABC's live broadcast of Dancing With the Stars, but it may have something to do with allergies. Osmond and her partner, dancer Jonathan Roberts, the first performers on Monday night's show, had just finished a samba and were listening to comments from the judges when she suddenly toppled. "I feel bad that it happened," the 48-year-old singer told Entertainment Tonight in an interview that was to air Tuesday night. "Right at the beginning ... I started getting lightheaded. The only thing I can think of, I have allergies. ... The air quality [in Los Angeles] is terrible. And I think I just couldn't get my breath," Osmond told Entertainment Tonight.
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