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O'Brien to headline correspondents' dinner
Late night talk show host and comedian Conan O'Brien will be spending a late night with President Barack Obama. The White House Correspondents' ...
Robin Roberts returns to 'Good Morning America'
Robin Roberts made her return to ABC's "Good Morning America" Wednesday, five months to the day after receiving a bone marrow transplant and a year ...
First lady to launch 'Let's Move' tour in 3 states
First lady Michelle Obama is launching a three-state tour to promote her anti-childhood obesity program, "Let's Move." Mrs. Obama will make stops next ...
Israeli ex-security officials largely favor peace
Israel's Academy Award-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" has won rave reviews for the candid soul-searching of its chief protagonists — the six ...
Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls
In 11 years of teaching, ditching students' desk chairs in favor of yoga balls is one of the best decisions Robbi Giuliano thinks she ever made.
German children's author Otfried Preussler dies
Otfried Preussler, a bestselling German children's author who created "The Robber Hotzenplotz" and "The Little Witch" books, has died. He was 89.
Anne Hathaway honored by Costume Designers Guild
Anne Hathaway was deemed best dressed — by people who dress her for work. The "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Dark Knight Rises" actress, who's ...
Little audience for 'Zero Dark Thirty' in Pakistan
Pakistan stars in "Zero Dark Thirty," from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of Osama ...
Big name Italy elex produce surprise frontrunner
If opinion polls are right, he's the man headed to win Italy's elections this month. No, not Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul chased out ...
Chan wants 'CZ12' to tell story on sold artifacts
Jackie Chan wants his latest film to spread the message about how China's national artifacts are being looted and sold. "Chinese Zodiac" or "CZ12" is ...
Movie effects innovator Petros Vlahos dies at 96
Petro Vlahos, a two-time Academy Award winner whose blue- and green-screen technique on movies like "Mary Poppins" and "Ben Hur" made the modern ...
Man charged with taking Dali work from NYC gallery
A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in ...
Judge blocks NYC from Ken Burns film footage
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked New York City from getting footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the ...
Police say NY TV anchor threatened wife with death
A New York City TV anchorman issued a death threat against his wife as he was being arrested on charges of attacking her at their Connecticut home, ...
'Melrose' actress' reduced sentence is appealed
A state prosecutor on Tuesday appealed the three-year prison sentence given to a former "Melrose Place" actress for a drunken driving death, saying ...
'Good Day to Die Hard' debuts with $28.6M take
Bruce Willis' action sequel "A Good Day to Die Hard" hauled in $28.6 million to lead the box office over the long President's Day weekend. The top 20 ...
Nudes check out nudes at Austrian museum
These museum goers didn't just leave their coats at the coat check. They handed over their shirts, trousers and underwear. Everything, in fact, except ...
NBC hires former Obama strategist
David Axelrod, former strategist and aide to President Barack Obama, has landed a new job at NBC News. The network said Tuesday that Axelrod is ...
Art witness: the 20th century according to Chagall
A new exhibit in Paris tries to show the painter Marc Chagall as a historian of the 20th century. Through rich, colorful allegories of the two world ...
Putin: Archive could go to Jewish museum
Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that a vast collection of Jewish books and documents that is the focus of a dispute between Moscow and ...
'Les Miserables' musical is Broadway-bound
Someone is dreaming the dream: "Les Miserables" is coming back to Broadway. Producer Cameron Mackintosh said Tuesday that the national tour of the ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Zimbabwe police raid election support group
An alliance of rights organizations said Zimbabwean police on Tuesday raided the offices of an independent election support group searching for ...
Japan expert, writer Donald Richie dies at 88
Donald Richie, a Tokyo-based expert on Japanese cinema who wrote dozens of books and articles about the country's people and culture, has died at age ...
TV special shows glory, trauma of military dogs
It's been almost seven months since a bomb exploded on a strip of dirt in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Anderson can ...