Marchesa caters to the high-wattage fashion crowd

Marchesa is a glamorous, movie-star fashion house: Its specialty is the show-stopping red carpet dresses you're likely to see on Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller or "Annie," known to the rest of us as Anne Hathaway.

SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick's wife on cover

Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.

UK group urges Elton John to cancel Israel show

A British academic group that supports Palestinian rights is urging singer Elton John to cancel a summer concert in Israel.

Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti with UN refugee body

The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.

Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year.

Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers

A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.

Debate in US over blood from newborn safety tests

A critical safety net for babies _ that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. _ is facing an ethics attack.

Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests

A critical safety net for babies _ that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn _ is facing an ethics attack.

UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up

You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.

Royal Shakespeare Company plans 2011 NY visit

Call it Stratford-upon-Hudson. Or maybe the East River.

British comic actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89

Ian Carmichael, a British comic actor who starred in "I'm All Right Jack" on the silver screen and played Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey on TV, has died. He was 89.

Hollywood stars vie for London theater awards

Hollywood heavyweights feature strongly in the race for Britain's 2010 Laurence Olivier theater awards, with Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, James Earl Jones and Keira Knightley among the nominees announced Monday.

Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears

High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality _ including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal _ raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.

Nominees for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

Nominations for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance in London:

Ex-NFL star Sapp released from Fla. jail on bond

Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been released from jail on $1,500 bond after being arrested in Miami Beach on charges he choked a woman in his hotel room.

Members of Russia's Bolshoi to perform in Cuba

Several leading members of Russia's famed Bolshoi ballet will perform with their Cuban counterparts during a visit to Havana next week.

300 people diagnosed with mumps in suburban NY

More than 300 people have been diagnosed with the mumps in suburban New York as the nation's largest outbreak of the disease in years spreads.

Venus Williams getting attached to football

There's nothing like part-ownership in a pro football team to get you excited about the sport.

Macmillan books coming back to Amazon

After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young's "The Politician," Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Trial set for August in Anna Nicole Smith case

A Los Angeles judge has set an August trial date for two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, all of whom face drug conspiracy charges.

2nd car found off cliff near Sheen's Mercedes

Los Angeles police say another car has been found over the side of the road where Charlie Sheen's Mercedes was earlier pulled from a steep ravine.

Is the US swine flu epidemic over?

If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.

Johns' 'Flag' owned by Michael Crichton to be sold

Michael Crichton was the mega-selling thriller writer behind "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and TV series "ER." He was also a private and passionate art collector who bought works by 20th-century masters including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.

Miranda Kerr: Banker shouldn't lose job over photo

Miranda Kerr says an Australian banker left red-faced when a live TV broadcast showed him looking at her scantily clad photos at work shouldn't be fired.

Lawyer: Jackson doctor to surrender Friday

The lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor says he will surrender Friday, though it's not clear when he'll be arraigned.