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  • Burger Bash: Video game features Charles Ramsey

    Charles Ramsay video game: Too much?

  • Steve Forrest dies: Actor Steve Forrest at a 2003 premiere

    Steve Forrest, 'S.W.A.T.' television series actor, dies

  • X-wing Fighter lands in New York's Times Square

    Life-size X-wing fighter lands in Times Square

  • J.R.R. Tolkien publishes King Arthur book 40 years after death

    J.R.R. Tolkien has posthumously published "The Fall of Arthur," a book-length poem about the legendary king's final days.

  • Rolling Stones on display: Memorabilia at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Rolling Stones exhibit opens with band's stamp of approval

    The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame features an interactive Rolling Stones exhibit produced with the legendary band's willing participation.

  • Yankee Stadium brouhaha: Chicago beer labeled 'import'

    Yankee Stadium concession carts were selling Chicago's Goose Island's India Pale Ale as an 'import' beer.

  • 'Arrested Development' returns: A Netflix return CD mail envelope

    Netflix brings back the Bluths in new 'Arrested Development' season

    Seven years after it was canceled from broadcast television, "Arrested Development" is getting a second life on Netflix.

  • Cleveland kidnapping hero gets burgers for life: Charles Ramsey is now getting a lifetime supply of burgers.

    Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey gets free burgers for life

    The Cleveland man who helped save three women who were allegedly kidnapped and held captive has been offered free burgers for life.

  • Norwegian novelist talks his way to a live interview record

    Norwegian crime writer Hans Olav Lahlum spoke for more than 30 hours during an online broadcast.

  • Edward Hopper painting sold: Hopper's 'Blackwell's Island'

    Edward Hopper painting fetches $19 million at auction

    Edward Hopper's "Blackwell Island" has sold for more than $19 million to a private American art collector.

  • Jim Nabors, aka Gomer Pyle

    Jim Nabors to sing again at the Indianapolis 500

    Jim Nabors will sing "Back Home Again in Indiana" at this year's Indianapolis 500 after missing out last year due to illness.

  • PSY hits out at Cannes imposter: PSY

    PSY hits out at Cannes Film Festival imposter on Twitter

    The South Korean rapper took to Twitter to call out the faker pretending to be him at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • Paula Deen museum: Paula Deen

    Celebrity chef Paula Deen museum in the works

    The childhood home of celebrity chef Paula Deen could become a museum dedicated to her life's work - Southern cooking.

  • Pearl S. Buck

    Newly found Pearl S. Buck book to be released in October

    An unpublished novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck was found in January and will be released this fall.

  • 'Clouds' singer dies: Zach Sobiech, Samantha Brown

    Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies

    Zach Sobiech, whose video "Clouds" became a YouTube sensation, died after a battle with bone cancer just weeks after his 18th birthday.

  • Old Superman comi book: 1938 Action Comics #1

    Man finds $100,000 comic in $10,000 house

    A Minnesota contractor who plunked down $10,100 for a fixer-upper home found a 1938 Superman comic book in the walls that could fetch more than $100,000.

  • Restaurant faces challenges: Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz.

    Arizona restaurant pays the price for its online rant

    Amy's Baking Co.'s reaction to bad reviews and a negative appearance on "Kitchen Nightmares" show the other side of publicity in the internet age.

  • Carole King wins award: Singer-songwriter Carole King

    Carole King honored for songwriting

    Carole King was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by President Barack Obama on Wednesday. She's the first women to win it.

  • Celebrities offer words of wisdom at graduation

    Celebrities offer words of wisdom at graduation

  • Edith Piaf songwriter dies: Georges Moustaki

    Singer and Piaf songwriter Georges Moustaki dies

    Moustaki was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star.

  • Beatles’ biographer donates lyrics: Hunter Davies appears with a manuscript to In My Life

    Handwritten Beatles' lyrics headed to the British Library

    A Beatles' biographer has donated 3 lyrics handwritten by John Lennon to the British Library's Beatles collection.

  • Photographer Wayne F. Miller dies: Wayne F. Miller

    Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies

    Miller served with an elite Navy unit in the Pacific and took some of the first pictures of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was devastated by the first atomic bomb.

  • Olympic Gold Medalist turns teacher: Cullen Jones

    Olympian Cullen Jones takes to the pool for water safety

    Cullen Jones has won gold at the Olympics. Now he's bringing a message of water safety to African-American kids in New York City.

  • Online poker: The World Series of Poker will be available for online gambling

    Caesars plans to launch online poker in Nevada

    The World Series of Poker will be available for online play to Nevada residents when the tournament begins on May 29.

  • Golf racist remarks: Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods

    Garcia apologizes to Tiger Woods for 'fried chicken' remark

    The spat is the latest between rival golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods.

  • British actor dies: Richard Thorp

    Richard Thorp, veteran British actor, dies

    British actor Richard Thorp, who was featured in the film "The Dam Busters" and the long-running television series "Emmerdale," has died at 81.

  • Mick McManus death

    Mick McManus, British wrestling legend, dies

    Mick McManus, one of the top British wrestling stars in the 196s and 1970s, has died at 93.

  • Oklahoma tornado benefit: Blake Shelton

    Blake Shelton organizing benefit for Okla. victims

    The Oklahoma native is organizing a benefit for victims of a deadly tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburbs.

  • Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker prize.

    Author Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International fiction prize

    Lydia Davis, known of the brevity and concision of her short stories, has won the 2013 Man Brooker International Prize for fiction.

  • Laurence Haddon, noted character actor, dies

    Laurence Haddon, who appeared in countless television programs during his lengthy career, has passed away at 90.

  • Robin Roberts memoir: Robin Roberts

    'GMA' host Robin Roberts to write memoir about illness

    The "Good Morning America" host underwent a bone marrow transplant in September and will write about her rare illness and recovery.

  • Harry Potter first edition: 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

    First-edition 'Harry Potter' sets record

    A telephone bidder bought the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," setting a record for J.K. Rowling's work.

  • McCarthy fires extra: Melissa McCarthy

    Melissa McCarthy allegedly fires extra from 'Tammy' set

    Witnesses said the young mother was verbally reprimanding her disruptive child on set.

  • Zach Galifianakis: Actor Zach Galifianakis at the premiere of 'The Hangover III'

    Zach Galifianakis invites once homeless friend to premiere

    "Hangover III" actor Zach Galifianakis took his elderly, and formerly homeless, friend Mimi Haist to the film's premiere.

  • Mass. priest suspended for plagiarizing sermons

    Despite the commandment to not steal, the temptation of taking another’s sermon is one that preachers have often been unable to resist.

  • Wagner's 200th: Richard Wagner

    Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th

    Despite his popularity with the Nazis, Germans are celebrating Wagner's life and music.

  • 'Mike & Molly' finale postponed: CBS has postponed an episode of 'Mike & Molly'

    CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' season-ender after tornado

    'Mike & Molly's' season-ending episode won't be shown this evening because of plot similarities to the Oklahoma tornado disaster.

  • Justin Bieber's monkey: Bieber's pet monkey Mally will remain in Germany

    Justin Bieber's monkey now officially German property

    Justin Bieber no longer owns his pet monkey Mally, taken by German customs at the end of March, after the pop star missed a deadline to provide proper documentation.

  • Muppets get a new home: A scene from the film 'The Muppets Take Manhattan'

    Muppets costumes, puppets head to NYC museum

    Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is contributing numerous puppets and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image.

  • Carol Burnett

    Carol Burnett to receive top award for American comics

    Carol Burnett has been slated to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in recognition of her legendary comedic talents.

  • Bay Area gets Super Bowl 50: An illustration of the new 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

    Super Bowl 50 goes to the San Francisco Bay Area

    The NFL has awarded the 50th Superbowl to the 49ers new stadium, while the 2017 game will take place in Houston.

  • Mack Emerman death

    Mack Emerman, founder of Criteria Recording Studios, dies

    Mack Emerman, whose recording studio captured the likes of Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, has died at 89.

  • Uriah Heap bassist dies: Trevor Bolder dies at 62

    Trevor Bolder, Uriah Heap bassist, dies

    Trevor Bolder, who played on several David Bowie albums and was the longtime bassist for Uriah Heap, has died of cancer at 62.

  • Titanic II crew: The Titanic II cruise ship.

    Titanic II swimming in applications for top jobs

    The replica of the ill-fated Titanic plans to set sail in 2016 and people are lining up to join its crew.

  • Eurovision controversy: Russian performer Dina Garipovaof.

    Moscow blasts alleged vote theft at Eurovision

    Azerbaijan failed to award any points to the Russian entry, which Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called an 'outrageous incident.'

  • Ray Manzarek: The Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies

    Ray Manzarek, co-founder of The Doors, dies

    Ray Manzarek, who cofounded The Doors with Jim Morrison in 1965, has died of cancer at 74.

  • Gay kiss in 'Archie': 'Archie' character seen kissing in coming issue.

    Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversy

    Archie Comics' illustration of Kevin Keller kissing his boyfriend pokes fun at the controversy surrounding having a gay character within 'Archie’s' pages.

  • Bollywood at Cannes: Actress Aishwarya Rai.

    Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies

    Bollywood is being honored at the annual film festival as it celebrates its 100th birthday.

  • ABBA overtakes The Beatles: ABBA co-composer Bjorn Ulvaeus

    ABBA overtake The Beatles as Britain's bestseller

    "Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA" has surpassed "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as the second best-selling UK album.

  • Sonnets and smartphones: Shakespeare's sonnets are featured in apps

    Shakespeare's sonnets gain new life in smartphone apps

    William Shakespeare's sonnets are brought to life in several apps hoping to bring the bard's work to the masses.

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The News in Pictures

  • Presidential scandals: Barack Obama

    Presidential scandals: Obama to Jefferson

    Barack Obama may be battling scandals, but he's hardly the first president to face controversy. Here's a list of other presidential scandals and their fallout.

  • Oklahoma tornado: Rescue workers carry a child away from the rubble.

    Oklahoma tornadoes: Rescuing as many as possible

    Hundreds of rescue workers and residents helped to pull people from the rubble after a huge tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.

  • Moore, Okla., tornado: Map of the Oklahoma City area

    Before and after: An Oklahoma community destroyed

    The massive tornado that killed at least 24 people and flattened entire communities in Oklahoma generated several hundred times more energy than the Hiroshima bomb, meteorologists say.

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  • Base jumper falls 1000 feet

    Base jumper falls 1000 feet

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  • Mom in active labor during Oklahoma tornado

    Mom in labor during tornado

    Brave nurses help mom give birth during tornado.

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