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First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset dies

Barney Rosset, the fiery and fearless publisher who introduced the country to countless political and avant-garde writers and risked prison and financial ruin

Munch's 'The Scream' to sell in NY; may fetch $80M

One of four versions of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby's auction house announced Tuesday.

Maya Angelou home following brief hospitalization

Nationally renowned poet Maya Angelou is recovering from a brief illness that forced her to cancel a planned speech in Texas.

Museum robbed at Greece's Ancient Olympia

Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and

On Valentine's day, a museum for broken hearts

What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a windscreen during a stormy breakup?

Arab Spring shot wins World Press Photo award

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award on Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her

Tony Danza to hit Broadway in 'Honeymoon in Vegas'

Producers said Monday that the former "Taxi" star will play a Vegas wiseguy in the show, which makes its debut in November in Toronto. It is then headed to

Play on Norway mass killer causes a stir

A Danish theater is drawing criticism for plans to stage a play based on the manifesto of the man whose bomb-and-shooting spree killed 77 in Norway.

William Shatner to star in a one-man Broadway show

The actor, singer and writer best known as James T. Kirk on "Star Trek" will star in a one-man show called "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It." Previews

Hugh Jackman plans Broadway return as Houdini

Hugh Jackman liked his record-setting Broadway run so much this winter that he's handcuffing himself to a future musical about Harry Houdini.

Polish art student hangs own painting in museum

Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn't want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' musical earns a new record

Look who's got a big smile behind his mask on Broadway — none other than the once-mocked Spider-Man.

Vt. supporting kale artist in Chick-fil-A fight

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is throwing the state's support behind a folk artist who has built his T-shirt business around the phrase "eat more kale" and is

Vt. artist: I'll fight Chick-fil-A for kale

A Vermont folk artist expanding his home business built around the words "eat more kale" says he's ready to fight to protect his phrase from what he sees as an

Painting in US beach house could fetch $800,000

A long-lost Victorian painting that hung in a family's unlocked New England beach house for half a century could fetch 500,000 pounds ($800,000) when it is

The most expensive photo in the world?

A 1999 photograph of the Rhine river by German artist Andreas Gursky has sold for $4.3 million in New York City, setting a record for any photograph sold at

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