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Monday. He declined to provide any other information, including the name of the hospital.
• Commerce Department officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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Lady Gaga struck by pole while performing in New Zealand; staggers but finishes concert
• AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- Lady Gaga has been struck on the head by a pole while performing a concert in New Zealand.
• The singer was hit Sunday during the third of three shows in Auckland.
• Clips posted online show a backup performer accidentally striking Gaga with the set prop while removing it from the central stage. Gaga, holding a mock machine gun, staggers and rubs her head before briefly leaving the stage. She continued the show, part of a world tour.
• Gaga's makeup artist Tara Savelo wrote Monday on Twitter: "Gaga has a concussion but she is going to be okay ... cant believe she finished the show."
• Gaga's New Zealand publicist Bridget de Launay said Monday she was seeking comment from tour organizers, adding the Auckland shows were sellouts and a "huge success."
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Pastor Creflo Dollar denies attacking daughter
KATE BRUMBACK,Associated Press
• COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) -- Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar has taken to his pulpit to deny punching and choking his 15-year-old daughter, telling his congregation the allegations made in a police report are nothing but "exaggeration and sensationalism."
• "I will say this emphatically: I should have never been arrested," Dollar said Sunday in his first public appearance two days after police charged him with misdemeanor counts of simple battery and cruelty to children.
• The pastor got an enthusiastic ovation from the packed church as he took the pulpit at the World Changers Church International in the Atlanta suburb of College Park. He addressed the criminal charges head-on for several minutes before moving on to his sermon.
• "I want you all to hear personally from me that all is well in the Dollar household," Dollar said.
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