NEW YORK—Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like dolls as metaphors for the pain and suffering of the Chinese people.
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MILAN—Accusations by a prima ballerina at La Scala that one in five dancers is anorexic has startled the dance corps, which denied the disease is an issue at the theater.
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LOS ANGELES—With Uggie stealing hearts in "The Artist," snagging the spotlight at celebrity events and reportedly preparing for a sketch with Oscar host Billy Crystal, Hollywood really has gone to the dogs this year.
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LONDON—Dame Judi Dench and Dev Patel brought an Indian adventure to a chilly London with the world premiere of their new film, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
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INDIANAPOLIS—The company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse appeared to be indifferent to safety standards, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday.
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Sue Tilley a model for British painter Lucian Freud poses for the media in front of a painting of her by Freud at an exhibition of his paintings at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The gallery is showing more than 10
LONDON—There is a vast amount of flesh—clear and smooth or wrinkled and mottled—on display in the latest show at Britain's National Portrait Gallery, a retrospective of work by Lucian Freud.
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WASHINGTON—Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!
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BEIJING—Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting China's international influence.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan and China may be drawing ever closer after decades of estrangement, but a pair of star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the Taiwan Strait encounter huge difficulties in communicating with each other in a new Taiwanese film.
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LOS ANGELES—The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is getting support from companies that are willing to go green.
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NEW YORK—The police commissioner's TV host son has been cleared of the prospect of criminal charges of raping a woman he met for a drink, but it's not clear how quickly he might return to his spot as a jocular morning-show host.
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WASHINGTON—Michelle Obama and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!
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NEW YORK—The police commissioner's TV host son won't face criminal charges of sexually assaulting a woman who said he attacked her after a date last fall, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES—Testimony concluded Tuesday in a trial that will decide whether the Golden Globe Awards remain on NBC through 2018 with a federal judge strongly urging both sides to settle before a ruling is necessary.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A request by reality television star Richard Hatch to give the Internal Revenue Service a reduced payment of $25 for January in his tax evasion case has been denied by a Rhode Island judge.
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NEW YORK—Two more autism-friendly performances of Broadway musicals will be offered this spring and fall following the success last year of the first showing of a Broadway show specially altered for those diagnosed with the disorder.
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LOS ANGELES—The plot seemed familiar: A hotshot Hollywood filmmaker shills for a bailed-out car industry, yet another limousine liberal going to bat for big government.
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In a study conducted by The York Dispatch that involved 16
high schools in York County and one in Adams County, there were a total of 9,807 student-athletes in grades 9 through 12 in the 2010-11 school year.
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