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APNewsBreak: Andy Griffith widow to raze his home
The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting ...
Lufthansa strike forces flight cancelations
Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, are staging a several-hour strike that has prompted the company to cancel hundreds of flights.
Giada de Laurentiis to serve up children's series
Celebrity chef Giada de Laurentiis is serving up a few stories for kids. She has signed with Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), for ...
YouTube now serving videos to 1 billion people
YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to ...
Fallon reportedly replacing Leno, moving to NY
As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the ...
Lifetime TV movie showing up to court
The Lifetime television network's attempt to air a movie this weekend on a man who killed his father and maimed his mother with an ax depends on a ...
Montana looks at allowing roadkill for dinner
Elk, deer, antelope and moose: If Montana residents can scrape it up, they can eat it. State lawmakers are poised to say just that after the Senate ...
Sandberg book scores big sales for its first week
Sheryl Sandberg has the ear, and the eyes, of the country's book buyers. Sandberg's "Lean In" sold 140,000 copies its first week of publication, has ...
Miss America to air from Atlantic City on Sept. 15
The Miss America pageant will be broadcast from Atlantic City on Sept. 15. Gov. Chris Christie announced the broadcast date Wednesday and said the ...
Robinson film screenings to help KC Negro Leagues
Kansas City was announced Wednesday as the host site for the only advance public screenings of a film chronicling the rise of Jackie Robinson, a nod ...
Sober Steinberg ready to reboot super agent career
It's been three years since Leigh Steinberg had his last drink of vodka, the personal demon that sent his personal and professional lives crashing out ...
First lady bears Easter gifts to military families
Michelle Obama marked the first day of spring with an early Easter celebration as she handed out holiday treats to military families and children.
British horror author James Herbert dies at 69
He was a "Grand Master" of horror and rats were one of his specialties. British horror writer James Herbert, whose best-selling spine-tinglers ...
Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video
Oxford University students are rallying behind a librarian who they say was unfairly sacked after students filmed themselves performing the "Harlem ...
Battle for control over Bolshoi escalates
The foes make a striking contrast — a bald, stolid general director versus an extravagant dancer with an opulent mane of dark hair. And the stakes ...
Director: Film on Egypt's Jews cleared for showing
The director of a documentary on Egypt's Jewish community says authorities have lifted a ban on showing the film in local cinemas. Amir Ramses said ...
Roth's 80th cause for Newark, NJ, celebration
"Sitting there in the park," Philip Roth wrote in "Goodbye Columbus, "I felt a deep knowledge of Newark, an attachment so rooted that it could not ...
HBO ending 'Enlightened' after 2 seasons
HBO says the Laura Dern series "Enlightened" isn't coming back for a third season. In a statement Tuesday, the premium cable channel said it was proud ...
New soles for pope? Rome's Borgo's the go-to place
When a future pope needed new soles, he strolled to a shoe repair shop practically around the corner from the Vatican. When he was pope and nearing ...
Venezuela book fair offers more Chavez than books
Near the entrance to Venezuela's national book fair, an image of the late Hugo Chavez holding a can of paint in one hand and a brush in the other ...
'Homeland' writer-producer Bromell dies at 65
Henry Bromell, an Emmy Award-winning executive producer for the TV series "Homeland," has died, a representative said Tuesday. He was 65. Bromell died ...
News ratings plummet with time change, longer days
Despite a busy week with the selection of a new pope, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts collectively had 11 percent fewer viewers than the week ...
China's homegrown hit films getting lost overseas
The surprise hit in Chinese theaters last year was a low-budget, wacky road-trip comedy that even beat out global blockbuster "Avatar" to become the ...
See-through yoga pants a pain for Lululemon
Lululemon has yanked its popular black yoga pants from store shelves and online after it found that the sheer material used was revealing too much of ...
Former voice of TV's Elmo faces abuse suit in Pa.
A man who initially recanted sex abuse allegations against the former puppeteer of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo has sued him, alleging the ...