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Sheryl Crow takes up cause of wild horses in West

Published: 11/21/09

Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, brandin…

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Published: 11/19/09

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

: Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer; Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all…

: Anatomy drawings owned by Ben Franklin on display; Centuries before X-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds gave doctors a view inside the human body, the best images medical s…

: Golden cross in Vatican's collection gets new look; One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection _ a 6th century reliquary containing what is revere…

: Artist Jeanne-Claude dies; co-created 'The Gates'; Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" proje…

: Colum McCann novel wins national award for fiction; The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future.

: Kate Moss criticized after skinny-is-good remark; Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web s…

: Hundreds cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour; College students ditched class, employees skipped work and some huddled in the cold overnight just to make sure they ge…

: Review: Ayckbourn's new play enlivened by a child; Some adults still believe that children should be seen and not heard. But what if that quiet child is writing down ever…

: Big Hubble instruments now Smithsonian artifacts; Two instruments that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from failure in 1993 were recently returned to Earth and ar…

Artist Irving Kriesberg dies in NYC at 90

Published: 11/18/09

American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal …

: Karl Rove memoir coming in March; Karl Rove's memoir has a title, "Courage and Consequence," and a release date _ March 9, 2010.

: 'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations; "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announc…

: Kander and Ebb have a new musical _ off-Broadway; There will be a new Kander and Ebb musical _ off-Broadway.

: New Sistine Chapel books to come out in Italy; A series of four books presented Tuesday at the Vatican seeks to explain how Michelangelo and other artists translated …

: Broadway revival of 'Oleanna' to close Jan. 3; The Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Oleanna" is folding after a 97-performance run.

NC Museum of Art 'tunnels' through to new building

Published: 11/17/09

The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few …

: Masters' drawings in `Codex Resta' restored; The historic Biblioteca Ambrosiana on Tuesday unveiled 280 drawings by such masters as Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci co…

: Sara Ruhl sets Broadway buzzing in two rooms; "How extraordinary," Catherine Givings observes. "It looks like a farming tool. Where do you put it?"

: Paris exhibit serves revisions of Old Masters; At first glance, it's pure Gericault: The heap of writhing figures mimics the perfect, triangular composition of the Fr…

Su's 'Redemption' wins Man Asian Literary Prize

Published: 11/17/09

The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage…

: Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit; Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewe…

Accused celeb burglar pleads not guilty in LA

Published: 11/16/09

A suspected member of a burglary ring that stole cash, jewelry and clothing from celebrities' homes has pleaded not gui…

: 'Hair' sets a London opening with its B'way cast; The Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" is going to London _ with its original Broadway cast.

Review: 'Super Marios' gets multiplayer makeover

Published: 11/16/09

Even before it refined family fun with the Wii, Nintendo was dedicated to creating satisfying multiplayer experiences. …

: B'way ticket availability through Sunday, Nov. 22; Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Nov. 16. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available …

: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz set for B'way's 'Chicago'; Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is ready to show some razzle-dazzle on Broadway.

: Jay-Z, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith back 'Fela!'; It's official: After weeks of speculation, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team of the …

: 'Ragtime' revival puts renewed emphasis on people; The initial swirling syncopation of sound is impossible to resist.

: Palin's memoirs triggers a boomlet of other books; Sarah Palin may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd.

: FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts; Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over …

: Iran artists in tug of war with government; Iran's greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country's ru…

Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas

Published: 11/13/09

Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much _ even for Sin City.

: Barnes Foundation breaks ground in Philadelphia; The Barnes Foundation broke ground Friday on a new museum, the final chapter in its embittering quest to break its foun…

: Italy opens new contemporary arts museum; Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely …

: 'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge; The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.

Group seeks to preserve Hughes home in Ohio

Published: 11/12/09

A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that ai…

: Warhol painting a hot ticket at NYC auction; A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more…

: Girls Gone Wild founder due back in Fla. court; The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" is set to return before a Florida Panhandle federal judge who witnessed a tearful, nos…

Comic magician Carl Ballantine dies at 92

Published: 11/11/09

Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92.

: Sotomayor poses in court for Latina magazine cover; Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmatio…

: Judge: 'HOPE' artist can switch lawyers in AP suit; Shepard Fairey has a new legal team and new questions he must answer.

: Saint Laurent's everyday objects to be auctioned; The 18th century porcelain Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and …

: Review: 'Modern Warfare 2' has combat, weak story; "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," almost certain to be the year's best-selling video game, has also become its most not…

Unusual 17th century play critical of men sold

Published: 11/10/09

A 17th-century play with an unusually critical take on men has sold at auction for 84,000 pounds ($140,000).

: Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'; Ryan Norwalk cleared his schedule.

British designer Luella Bartley stops trading

Published: 11/10/09

Acclaimed British fashion designer Luella Bartley said Tuesday that her company has stopped trading because of financia…

: Review: 'What Once We Felt' is a cautionary tale; Oblivion toward the less fortunate, lack of reproductive freedom, and rationing of medical care are just some of the ti…

: Denzel Washington set for 'Fences' on Broadway; Get ready for another big name on Broadway.

: Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees; Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamo…