Several hundred fans walked out of a Britney Spears concert in Perth, Australia, when they realized she was lip-synching. State legislators said they would propose a law calling for an announcement ahead of time when a concert will be lip-synched. "Britney is aware of all this, and she’s extremely upset by it," promoter Paul Dainty said.

Carlos Pappalardo, Steve Fullbright, Marcel Toussaint and Franco Giannotti will not only read the poetry of Robert Frost at the Regional Arts Council on Wednesday night, but read it in Spanish, French and Italian, Jane Henderson reported at stltoday.com/BookBlog.

Compiled by Ted Rodgers