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Primping pooches: Do's and don'ts at Westminster
Scissors, blow dryers, bobby pins — they're as much a part of the Westminster dog show as commands, crates and treats. Take Sophie, for example.
Weather's silver lining: coat comfort on runways
Rain, snow, ice. There's a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather as New York Fashion Week hit Day 5 on Monday. But there's a silver ...
Rio de Janeiro's samba schools vie for title
Rio de Janeiro's samba schools vied for the title of the year's best Monday in an over-the-top, all-night-long Carnival parade at the city's iconic ...
Maker's Mark cutting alcohol volume in its bourbon
The producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is cutting — likely permanently — the amount of alcohol in each bottle to stretch every drop of the famous ...
Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish'
The old expression that an Irish person can "hold a grudge like a tomahawk" holds alarmingly true in Kirsten Greenidge's smart, affecting new play, ...
Pope's bombshell sends troubled church scrambling
With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his ...
Military benefits extended to same-sex partners
The Defense Department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members even though it legally could because the complex ...
'Identity Thief' grabs $34.6M to debut at No. 1
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" has made off with the weekend box-office title with a $34.6 million debut. The top 20 movies at ...
'Buckwild' cast member Amin arrested in W.Va.
A cast member of the MTV reality show "Buckwild" is facing a drug charge in West Virginia. Twenty-four-year-old Salwa Amin was arraigned Monday in ...
Producers: 'Chicago' cast to join Oscar performers
Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too. The award-winning production duo is planning ...
AMC hit 'Walking Dead' sets series ratings record
The zombies keep getting stronger. AMC's hit "The Walking Dead" set a series record Sunday night with 12.3 million viewers. The show was returning ...
Geoff Johns stepping down as Green Lantern writer
Writer Geoff Johns has taken DC Entertainment's Green Lantern and its associated characters through brightest day and blackest night, but after nine ...
E-books planned from parenting site Babble.com
A top parenting site has teamed with Hyperion for a series of e-books featuring stories from "connected and engaged" mothers and fathers. Hyperion and ...
Former jailed student Amanda Knox talking to ABC
Amanda Knox, the college junior who spent four years in an Italian prison after being accused of murdering her British roommate, is telling her story ...
Comic Sarah Silverman's sister detained by Israel
Israeli police Monday detained 10 women, including the sister of American comic Sarah Silverman, as they tried to pray at a Jerusalem holy site, the ...
Novel set in ad world offers laughs, lessons
"Truth in Advertising" (Touchstone), by John Kenney A hilarious op-ed column on politics appeared in The New York Times as the 2012 presidential ...
A decade after 'ER,' Edwards back on TV
A decade after Dr. Mark Greene hung up his white lab coat for good on "ER," Anthony Edwards is back as the star of a new television series. He plays ...
Lord brings Caribbean voice to science fiction
"The Best of All Possible Worlds" (Del Rey), by Karen Lord Science fiction gets a Caribbean perspective in Barbados-based Karen Lord's "The Best of ...
Russell and Rhys play Russian spies in the 'burbs
It all started with a slap for Matthew Rhys. Trying out for "The Americans," he took one in the puss from Keri Russell. This new FX drama, whose third ...
Review: 'Autopsy' takes grim look at Detroit
"Detroit: An American Autopsy" (The Penguin Press), by Charlie LeDuff Detroit has long been the poster child for urban blight, a city that gives rise ...
Column: Real or fake? It's hard to tell anymore
A Democratic president clashes with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill as a polarized nation debates taxes and guns, illegal immigration and gay ...
Hilfiger updates preppy, menswear styles with mod
Tommy Hilfiger taught a lesson on mixed messages to the New York Fashion Week on Sunday night. At first, the looks at the Park Avenue Armory, staged ...
'Once' wins best musical theater album Grammy
The cast album for "Once" has nabbed a Grammy Award, the latest honor for a show that has already earned a Tony and an Oscar. The recording from the ...
AP Photos: Grammy Awards feature plenty of skin
A warning not to show too much skin didn't seem to deter the stars out Sunday for the Grammy Awards. Jennifer Lopez was among those showing off ...