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Report: Jackie Chan suggests Hong Kong curb rights
Jackie Chan suggests in a recent interview that protests should be restricted in the freewheeling Chinese city of Hong Kong. The action star lamented ...
Man accused in Ore. mall shooting wanted to travel
To police and witnesses, Jacob Tyler Roberts was a gunman on a mission, shooting numerous rounds from a semiautomatic rifle as he stalked through a ...
NY agency voting on using smartphones to hail cabs
Every New Yorker knows how to hail a yellow cab. The next step for some might be to "e-hail" a cab using a smartphone. Members of the city's Taxi & ...
Familiar names line up for Golden Globe noms
A familiar lineup of Hollywood awards contenders are expected among Golden Globe nominations, whose prospects include past Oscar winners Daniel ...
Broadway faces potential holiday labor headache
The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its ...
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in ...
American Airlines rolls out new fare structure
American Airlines is changing the way it charges you to fly. American will charge $68 or $88 more per round trip for economy-class passengers who want ...
Shhhh! A new law says TV ads can't blare anymore
TV viewing could soon sound a little calmer. The CALM Act, which limits the volume of TV commercials, goes into effect on Thursday. CALM stands for ...
NJ Gov. Christie: My weight no bar to presidency
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is "more than a little" overweight — but fit enough to be in the White House. The Republican governor was asked ...
Tom Hanks to reunite with an old buddy on Broadway
Tom Hanks' Broadway debut will include an old buddy — former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari will share the stage with the Oscar winner.
Congress ends second bag checks on some flights
Passengers arriving in the U.S. from international airports who miss connecting flights because their checked bags have to be rescreened could get ...
Sawyer interviews women senators, to air Jan. 3
With a record-breaking 20 female senators elected to serve in the next Congress, ABC News' Diane Sawyer gathered 19 of them for an interview that will ...
Prince William graces 'Hobbit' green carpet in UK
Prince William is joining stars such as Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett on the green carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit," the first ...
Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago
Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of ...
Judge revokes Lohan's probation, sets hearing date
A judge revoked Lindsay Lohan's probation on Wednesday and scheduled a hearing that could result in more jail time for the closely watched "Liz and ...
'Modern Family' star's mom cut out of showbiz
The family of teenage actress Ariel Winter agreed Wednesday to undergo counseling to try to resolve issues that led to her mother losing custody and ...
Cavallari shares her style with 2 accessory lines
Kristin Cavallari may be a new mom, but she still aims to be as put together and stylish as she did pre-baby. It's part of her job these days.
Sean Penn: Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is like Detroit
As the three-year mark approaches of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, actor- ...
New data: Child abuse drops for 5th straight year
Reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, and abuse-related child fatalities also are at a five-year ...
Sean Penn in direct appeal to Bolivia's leader
Sean Penn has made a direct public appeal to Bolivia's president to order the immediate release of a New York businessman who has been jailed for 18 ...
Susan Sarandon expands ping pong empire to L.A.
Ping pong is having a moment, thanks in no small part to Susan Sarandon. The Oscar-winning actress and self-described "ping pong propagandist" ...
Civil war splits Syria's artists
Syrian filmmaker Joud Said was planning to attend the world premiere of his latest work at the Dubai International Film Festival when the bad news ...
2012 styles that made our heads turn
Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are ...
Ex-first daughter Jenna Bush Hager is pregnant
Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager (HAY'-gur) announced Wednesday that she's pregnant with her first child, due in the spring. The 31-year-old ...
NY charge dropped against woman on 'Wife Swap'
A prostitution charge in New York against a former teen pageant princess who once appeared on the reality TV show "Wife Swap" has been dropped.