LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Police say five people have plunged to their deaths trying to escape a burning government building in eastern Pakistan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
When Noureen DeWulf landed the role of rage-filled celebutante Lacey on Charlie Sheen's FX sitcom, "Anger Management," she was thrilled -- and a bit apprehensive. (Source: Access Hollywood)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - American pianist Van Cliburn, who burst onto the world stage at the height of the Cold War, awing Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and winning fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday. He wa... [Full Article]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status, ha... [Full Article]
ROME (Reuters) - Regardless of who wins next weekend's parliamentary election, Italy's long economic decline is likely to continue because the next government won't be strong enough to pursue the tough reforms needed to make its econom... [Full Article]
BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) - Rock musician and writer Patti Smith is being honored by Bryn Mawr College with a medal named after the late actress Katharine Hepburn. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) - A mob stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town, police said Friday after one of the highest profile sorcery-re... [Full Article]
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) - A fire-blowing stilt-walker with the Lyric Opera of Chicago who was burned during a dress rehearsal has been released from the hospital. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - An official says Bangladesh's government has ordered an investigation into allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a weekend fire killed seven female workers. (Source: Associated Pr... [Full Article]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Fireplaces were long a status symbol for Greece's up-and-coming middle class, like the second car and the flat screen TV. Now, they are increasingly their owners' only defense against the encroaching winter cold. (Sour... [Full Article]