Obama honors Carole King at White House concert
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times....
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
NEW YORK (AP) -- This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week....
Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal....
Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) -- Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94....
Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death
DALLAS (AP) -- Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential."...
Talk of lies, pride as Trump case goes to jury
CHICAGO (AP) -- The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand....
Pop songwriters find excitement in stage musicals
NEW YORK (AP) -- There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding it still feels like home....
