In terms of music it was certainly a vintage year, with some big bands returning to form, solo acts emerging from nowhere to take over the world and entirely new genres ... was named album of the year ...

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Sales of the Bible far surpassed those of other books last year, especially among young people, hinting at an “openness” to ...

On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to each other in code, with the whole world ...

“The Amazing Race” just got bigger. For the CBS reality hit’s Season 37, for the first time it will kick off with 14 teams — having previously expanded to 13 teams the past two seasons ...

A Bible verse will be removed from the entrance of a new jail in central Michigan after critics said it was a government endorsement of religion.

Though Brandon Sanderson's works are iconic, the author has also singled out some of the best contributions from other ...

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Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

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