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Top baristas duke it out for national championship
The caffeinated concoctions sound like something out of a mad scientist's lab: coffee infused with bacon or caramelized tangerine; spiced orange ...
Chan adds best director award to his trophy shelf
Jackie Chan has received a lot of awards during a career that's spanned 50 years, but a best director award is rare on his trophy shelves. The action ...
Japanese flock to Murakami book with mystery title
Japanese readers are flocking to buy Haruki Murakami's latest novel, even though almost nothing has been disclosed about the book by one of the ...
Actors, others honor Ebert at Chicago theater
Hollywood came to Chicago on Thursday as actors, directors, film critics and studio presidents honored late movie reviewer Roger Ebert in his hometown
Rare Russian vases sell for $2.7M in private sale
Randy Buttram never gave much thought to the two 4½-foot tall ornate vases that graced the elegant main entrance of his grandparents' Oklahoma City ...
China pulls 'Django Unchained' on day of premiere
"Django Unchained" became "Django Unscreened" as Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge saga was pulled from Chinese theaters on its opening day, ...
Billionaire wins wine fight; jury awards him $380K
A Florida billionaire said he planned to drink a glass of wine to celebrate a federal jury's conclusion Thursday that he was defrauded by a California ...
Arias sells art for money, profits from notoriety
Jodi Arias is apparently profiting from the notoriety she has received since killing her one-time boyfriend, selling drawings from jail on a website ...
TV stations feel 'squeezed' by airwave auction
As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling ...
Publisher of Hitchens, Buckley changes leaders
The publisher of books by Christopher Hitchens and Christopher Buckley has changed leaders for the third time in three years. Twelve is a Grand ...
Mexico City tries to get salt shakers off tables
Salt and lime with tequila. Salt with your iced "michelada" beer. Salt and chili on fruit and even candy. Mexicans love salt, so much so that some ...
Objects from JFK assassination go on display in DC
Some never-before-seen artifacts from the minutes and hours following President John F. Kennedy's assassination are going on display in Washington.
Bling patrol: Dubai's $550,000 squad car
In a city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet. The sports car, painted ...
Iraq national museum long way from public opening
In Iraq's national museum, home to some of the world's most precious artifacts of ancient Mesopotamia, a caption beside a skeleton simply reads in ...
Voice actor for Charlie Brown arrested in Calif.
The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown in the first "Peanuts" television specials has pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking both his ...
Settlement removes cloud from 'Spider-Man' musical
The bickering parents of Broadway's most expensive show have made up — in court at least — and that removes a huge cloud above the future of ...
NJ diner manager accused of plotting kin's murder
The manager of a popular New Jersey diner who felt he wasn't getting his fair share of the profits tried to have a hit man kill his uncle, who co-owns ...
Affleck reflects on Oscar speech
Ben Affleck took home the best picture Oscar at this year's Academy Awards for his Iran hostage drama "Argo." But what everyone really remembers is ...
Nominees announced for English translation prize
A novel by Romanian-born German Nobel laureate Herta Muller (hehr-TAH' MYOO'-lur) is among the finalists for prizes given for best English language ...
Correction: Salinger letters story
In a story April 9 about a donation of J.D. Salinger letters made to the Morgan Library & Museum, The Associated Press erroneously reported to whom ...
Mary-Louise Parker to return to Broadway this fall
Mary-Louise Parker is coming back to Broadway in the world premiere of Sharr White's "The Snow Geese." The Manhattan Theatre Club and MCC Theater said ...
Harry Potter play parody plans to return to NYC
The Harry Potter play parody "Potted Potter" is magically returning to New York City. Producers said Wednesday that off-Broadway's Little Shubert ...
De Niese steps into Met 'Cesare' on short notice
Danielle de Niese stepped into the Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Handel's "Giulio Cesare" on a few hours' notice as if she knew every detail of ...
PBS 'Masterpiece' producer has book deal
A longtime producer at PBS is ready to pull back the curtains on "Downton Abbey" and other "Masterpiece" favorites. Rebecca Eaton, executive producer ...
Faulkner heirlooms going to auction in New York
Manuscripts and personal letters of the late William Faulkner, whose original writings are a rarity in the literary marketplace, can be viewed ...