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Elizabeth Taylor says she's headed to the hospital for a heart procedure.

The 77-year-old actress tells her followers on Twitter that she is to undergo a "very new" procedure to improve heart function that "involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device" rather than open-heart surgery.

She added that she plans to inform her 157,389 Twitter followers when the procedure is complete. She did not say when or where she is having treatment.

Taylor was formerly married to John W. Warner, a Republican who retired this year after serving 30 years in the U.S. Senate from Virginia.

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• It's not two left feet, but two fractured feet forcing Tom DeLay to hang up his dancing shoes. The former House Republican whip says he's taking his doctor's advice and leaving the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars."

• Tony Roberts had a minor seizure during the Sunday matinee of "The Royal Family" but is looking forward to returning to the Broadway revival of the 1927 comedy. Roberts' daughter Nicole says the 69-year-old actor is "feeling great" and is now taking medication.

-- From Wire Reports