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Judges announced for National Book Awards
Prize-winning authors Charles Baxter and Gish Jen will be judges for this fall's National Book Awards. But for the first time in decades, non-authors ...
Tom Cruise makes visit to Rio's Maracana stadium
Tom Cruise took time off from promoting his latest movie in Brazil by visiting Maracana stadium and meeting former Brazilian soccer star Zico.
Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS
Veteran correspondent Byron Pitts is jumping from CBS to ABC News, where he will be chief national correspondent and a fill-in anchor for various ...
Bloom, Rashad in Broadway's 'Romeo and Juliet'
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad will star on Broadway this fall in a modern take on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," a revival that will add ...
CBS halts replays of basketball player's injury
After two initial replays, CBS stopped showing footage Sunday of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware breaking his leg during the first half of his ...
Pope makes Easter pleas for world peace
Pope Francis marked Christianity's most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the ...
Over 50 Iranian tourists visit southern Egypt
More than 50 Iranian tourists visited sites in southern Egypt on Sunday amid tight security as part of a bilateral tourism promotion deal that has ...
'G.I. Joe' commands No. 1 at box office with $41M
After a nine-month delay, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, ...
AP PHOTOS: Easter celebrations around the world
On Easter Sunday, the most holy day of the Christian calendar, believers attended religious services — whether among the packed crowds before a new ...
Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book
Beginning work a few years ago on her latest book, an anthology of poems for young people, Caroline Kennedy found herself looking through one of her ...
Christians in Holy Land, Mideast celebrate Easter
Catholics and Protestants flocked to churches to celebrate Easter on Sunday in the Holy Land and across the broader Middle East, praying, singing and ...
Study shows Shakespeare as ruthless businessman
Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare. But we should, according to a group of academics who say the ...
Iraqi Catholics celebrate Easter
Iraq's Catholic Christians flocked to churches to celebrate Easter Sunday, praying, singing and rejoicing in the resurrection of Christ behind high ...
Pope presides over trimmed Easter Vigil service
Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he ...
Man held in Paris over sawed off elephant tusk
Authorities say a man has been arrested overnight for allegedly breaking into Paris' Museum of Natural History and cutting off a tusk from a ...
BracketRacket: Jim Boeheim, R.L. Stine and pizza
Welcome back to BracketRacket, your one-stop shopping place for all things NCAA. For our final Sweet 16 edition, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim chuckles ...
Filmmaker who rescued Romanian orphans is killed
A documentary filmmaker known for helping rescue children from squalid Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s was fatally shot following an apparent ...
Pope refers to "Muslim brothers" on Good Friday
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of ...
Scorsese developing 'Gangs of New York' TV series
Martin Scorsese is developing a TV series based on his 2002 film "Gangs of New York." The director is partnering with Miramax, which released the ...
Authors Guild head blasts Amazon buy of Goodreads
Authors Guild president and best-selling novelist Scott Turow is condemning Amazon.com's purchase of Goodreads, a leading book recommendation website.
Teague, one of NYC's 1st black TV newsmen, dies
Bob Teague, a former news anchor, reporter and producer and one of New York City's first black television journalists, has died. He was 84.
'America's Most Wanted' won't be back on Lifetime
"America's Most Wanted' may have come to an end after 25 years. Lifetime network has confirmed it won't be picking up the crime-fighting series for ...
Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire
"Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German ...
CBS' Gottlieb apologies for "diversity" comment
CBS analyst Doug Gottlieb got coverage of the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16 off to an awkward start, saying he was there to bring the "white man's ...
Heat start to move on after streak ends
Take heart, Heat. Look out, NBA. When the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak ended, they hit a bit of a lull before rolling through the ...