Court says no TV cameras at health care arguments

The Supreme Court rejected requests from news organizations Friday for live, televised coverage of this month's historic arguments on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but agreed to release audio recordings of the proceedings on the same day.

Korea's Shin strikes chord with tale of loss

She has been writing for 28 years in her native South Korea, but Kyung-sook Shin said she feels like a newcomer again after becoming the first woman to win Asia's top literary prize.

Manga artist back in the frame after Japan disasters

The graphic scenes of real life destruction wreaked by last year's tsunami left manga artist Jiro Taniguchi wondering what the point of his art form was.

Russian opposition enraged at smear documentary

Activists in Russia's protest movement against Vladimir Putin on Friday furiously criticised a documentary aired on a national channel that claimed the opposition bribed people to attend rallies.

Artist admits to shortcuts in show about Apple

An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work.

Jagger-Richards spat: It's all over now

We all need someone to lean on, and the founding duo of the Rolling Stones say they're doing just that after overcoming three decades of misunderstandings with a year of some heavy conversation.

Santigold displays total career takeover at SXSW

Santigold remade South By Southwest into an eccentric dance party on Friday, turning the annual music conference and festival into a participatory event for some of her lucky fans.

Seeking the limelight, with the help of star power

No presidential candidate worth his chauffeured SUV has reached his personal zenith without this: celebrities to vouch for them. They are the glam and glitter of political campaigns, sure to turn even jaded political operatives into fawning celeb watchers.

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network axes 'The Rosie Show'

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is pulling the curtain on "The Rosie Show" after five months on the air.

Iron Lady faced test of mettle in West End farce

She went to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands and faced down the powerful National Union of Mineworkers. But one of the hardest things Margaret Thatcher ever did, according to newly released personal papers, was attend a West End farce with herself as the central character.

Peru's Vargas Llosa plans new novel

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is planning a new novel based in the Peruvian city of Piura that evokes changes in the country and includes some autobiographical elements.

VIDEO: Dizzying, Extreme Mountain Bike Ride Down the Edge of a Cliff

Ever wondered what it’s like to ride a mountain bike full-speed along a cliff? Peruvian downhill mountain biker Alejandro Paz is taking viewers on YouTube on a test drive. Paz, 28, strapped a camera to his helmet and captures the wild ride as he charges...

More Flight Attendant Drama for American Airlines

Gailen David, the American Airlines flight attendant who posted a series of videos mocking his employer, has been fired. Bruce Hicks, spokesman for American Airlines, told ABCNews.com he wanted to make it clear that David was not fired for the videos. He was fired, Hicks...

Bourne's swans: muscular, menacing, and now in 3-D

If you've ever seen choreographer Matthew Bourne's version of "Swan Lake," you already know that his birds aren't the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.

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Nadja Michael makes Met debut in Verdi's 'Macbeth'

With long, thin arms and legs, an expressive face and graceful movement, Nadja Michael commands the stage in a manner few sopranos do.

Jury in 'Housewives' case remains deadlocked

A judge has ordered the jury considering whether Nicollette Sheridan was wrongfully fired from TV's "Desperate Housewives" to keep deliberating even though jurors say they are hopelessly deadlocked.

Radio's 'This American Life' retracts Apple story

The public radio program "This American Life" is retracting a story broadcast in January about Apple's operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."

'This American Life' retracts Apple factory story

The public radio program "This American Life" is retracting a story broadcast in January about Apple's operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."

'American Way of Eating' reveals few surprises

"The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table" (Scribner), by Tracie McMillan: An author who writes about going "undercover" at Walmart or a migrant farm sets up expectations that she's about to reveal a scandal or, at the least, juicy secrets. But few of the revelations in Tracie McMillan's new book are all that surprising.

R.J. Smith dissects James Brown in 'The One'

"The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" (Gotham Books), by RJ Smith: When James Brown was imprisoned in 1988 after leading police on a two-state car chase that ended only when his tires were shot out, many people felt he was guilty of nothing more than driving-while-black and called on authorities to free the Godfather of Soul.

New festival fuses hip-hop, DJ dance beats

With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend that is devoted entirely to those two genres.

Burger King: Free French Fries For St. Patrick’s Day

Beyond the pints of Guinness and corned beef and cabbage, folks have something else to eat while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.  This weekend, Burger King is offering free french fries and green sauce to customers who visit any of its locations. The green sauce is...

UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed

Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads.

Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy

Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

Young royals take center stage at London Olympics

You can't hold the London Olympics without the British royals, now can you?

Titanic museums to mark anniversary of sinking

Titanic museums in the Smoky Mountains and Branson, Mo., have told the ship's story to 7 million visitors in the past six years. Now the attractions are marking the Titanic centennial by sponsoring a Coast Guard cutter to take 1.5 million rose petals to the North Atlantic site where the ship sank 100 years ago.

Toni Morrison tells Ohioans she won't write memoir

Novelist Toni Morrison tells fans in Ohio she canceled plans to write a memoir because "there's a point at which your life is not interesting."

Winners of Bancroft Prize for history revealed

Anne F. Hyde, Daniel T. Rodgers and Tomiko Brown-Nagin have been revealed as the three winners this year of the coveted Bancroft Prize for history.

"Homeland" star Damian Lewis on state dinner list

It's one of the perks of being president: You can get the star of one of your favorite TV shows to come by for dinner.

New digital TV network to feature Larry King

A new online programming venture bankrolled by the world's richest man will launch with the return of a veteran U.S. television personality â€" Larry King.

Celtic Woman loves US spirit for St. Patrick's Day

The ladies of Celtic Woman are impressed by the spirited way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, even if it isn't an official holiday like in their native Ireland.

'Gatz' narrator lets us into impressive brain

Go up to Scott Shepherd and ask him to begin reciting from, say, the beginning of Chapter Seven of "The Great Gatsby" and he pauses for only a moment.

Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man

Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from the U.S. thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Gestapo, saying that for the institution to keep them would be perpetuating the crimes of the Nazis.

Discovering a new performing style for Paul Kelly

Singer Paul Kelly was asked to come up with something special when he was booked for a series of shows eight years ago in his native Australia. His idea changed his performing career.

Actor Depardieu calls Strauss-Kahn 'unpleasant'

French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu says he's going to play former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a movie because he does not like him.

Civil Wars postpone European shows due to illness

Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars will postpone a piece of its European tour.

Lil Wayne leads hip-hop's SXSW overnight invasion

Lil Wayne was feeling inspirational while making an appearance at South By Southwest. Snoop Dogg admitted he was too high to notice he was performing on a stage six stories tall that looked like a vending machine. And rumors that Eminem would make a surprise appearance continued to swirl around 6th Street.

Man says Lohan grazed knee with her Porsche

Lindsay Lohan's black Porsche was surrounded by paparazzi when her sports car grazed the knee of a man outside a Hollywood club early Wednesday, police said.

Rare Marilyn Monroe photos hit auction block

A collection of never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe â€" and their accompanying copyrights â€" are going up for auction.

Gore says 'democracy has been hacked' at SXSW

In a wide-ranging talk about the Internet and government, Al Gore urged the techie crowd at South By Southwest to use digital tools to improve government.

German court orders Nazi-seized art returned

Germany's top federal appeals court has ruled that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from Florida thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Nazis.

Beauty queen shaves head for cancer research money

The Miss Alaska pageant requires contestants to perform a public service project. Under Debbe Ebben's silver tiara is evidence of hers.

New opera celebrates imprisoned Maori hero

Based on a true story spanning nearly 150 years, "Hohepa" lays bare some of New Zealand's most painful wounds â€" and seeks to heal them through music.

Ambitious Vatican restoration projects moves ahead

Restoration is slowly but steadily proceeding on a Vatican project so ambitious it has been likened to the decades-long cleaning up of the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

War film maker Pierre Schoendoerffer dies at 83

Pierre Schoendoerffer, an Oscar-winning French filmmaker who was held prisoner in Indochina and chronicled the pain of war on screen and on the page, has died. He was 83.

James Patterson donates 200,000 books to US troops

If James Patterson thought it were possible, he'd shake the hand of every U.S. soldier. For now, he'll let a big bundle of his novels do the talking.

Minis on 'Mad Men'? What's next _ dungarees?

From the moment "Mad Men" debuted, the stylized AMC drama about the men and women who work in Madison Avenue advertising in the 1960s has been a tastemaker favorite.