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Review of 'blah' memoir wins Hatchet Job prize
A critic who dismissed a divorce memoir as a stew of "vague literary blah" has won a prize celebrating the year's most lacerating book reviews.
Penelope Cruz having 2nd baby with Javier Bardem
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are expecting their second child. Cruz publicist Javier Giner told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Spanish ...
French Assembly passes gay marriage, adoption bill
France's lower house of parliament approved a sweeping bill on Tuesday to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, handing ...
Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly ...
When in London, take a page from a favorite book
Walking toward the George Inn on a drizzly evening, yellow light from its bustling Parliament Bar spilling out on wet cobblestones, it's easy to ...
Romania produced 6,300 tons of horsemeat last year
Romanian food safety officials say the country produced 6,300 tons of horse, mule and donkey meat last year, and that it was correctly labeled when ...
Pope seeks quiet retirement, brother says
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to stay out of the public eye following his retirement at the end of the month but may stand ready to advise his ...
Berlin festival shows Iranian dissident's new film
A new movie from dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, which defies a ban on filmmaking and reflects his frustration at being unable to work ...
Dogs cross species barrier, help cheetahs survive
It may sound like a doomed love story, but some dogs love big cats. Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are the world's ...
Pope's bombshell sends troubled church scrambling
With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, stunning the world by announcing his ...
Bookies offer odds on who will be next pope
Bookmakers have been quick to offer odds on candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI, with cardinals from Ghana, Nigeria and Canada among the early ...
Winners of the 2013 British Academy Film Awards
Winners of the 2013 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday: Film — "Argo" British Film — "Skyfall" Director — Ben Affleck, "Argo" Actor — ...
Beckham weaves some English influences into fall
Of course Victoria Beckham had hot cups of tea at the ready at her New York Fashion Week show on Sunday. It was cold outside, and Beckham knows how ...
Mother superior role for Huppert in Berlin film
A new adaptation of writer Denis Diderot's 18th-century novel "The Nun" is making its debut at the Berlin film festival, featuring French star ...
New England begins the big dig-out after epic snow
New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet (a meter) of snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to ...
Bacon enthusiasts converge in US for festival
Thousands converged Saturday on the world's largest bacon showcase, a festival celebrating all things connected with the meat. Some people wore Viking ...
Harry Potter star Grint changes pace in new film
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint says he enjoyed a change of scene from the young wizard's adventures when he starred alongside Shia LaBeouf in "The ...
Nautical but nice: Gaultier opens Rotterdam show
Paris fashion's enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier, has inaugurated his first international exhibit at Europe's largest port: the Dutch city of ...
Madrid suburb chosen for Spain's EuroVegas resort
A multibillion-dollar "EuroVegas" casino resort will be built in the outskirts of Madrid, hopefully bringing much-needed jobs and investment, ...
Azerbaijani writer punished for pitying Armenians
A respected Azerbaijani author has been stripped of his pension and national honors for "insulting the dignity" of his country with a novel that ...
Modigliani portrait sells for $42M in London
The high-end art market is weathering Europe's economic storm, with London auctions this week netting more than 280 million pounds ($440 million) as ...
London 'Micrarium' aims to showcase tiny animals
They're minuscule, there are millions of them, and one museum manager says they're massively under-represented. Jack Ashby, who is in charge of the ...
Sweden suspends wolf hunt after protests
Sweden has suspended a controversial wolf cull after a legal challenge by animal rights activists. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency had ...
Snowboarder suffocates in deep snow in Austria
Austria's state broadcaster says a snowboarder suffocated after landing head-first in deep snow. Broadcaster ORF cites police as saying the ...
Liberty Global to buy Virgin Media for $16B
Liberty Global Inc., the cable TV operator controlled by media mogul John Malone, is buying U.K.-based Virgin Media Inc. in a $16 billion deal that ...