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.