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• Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon

  Wednesday, May 23, 11:19 pm

  If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read. Read more...
  
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  Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88

  Wednesday, May 23, 10:16 pm

  Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88. Read more...
  

• Today in History

  Wednesday, May 23, 9:00 pm

  Today is Thursday, May 24, the 145th day of 2012. There are 221 days left in the year. Read more...
  
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  NY black radio-pioneer Hal Jackson dies

  Wednesday, May 23, 7:22 pm

  Radio pioneer Harold "Hal" Jackson, a staple of New York radio, has died. He was in his late 90s. Read more...
  
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  Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment

  Wednesday, May 23, 5:33 pm

  A former nanny for Sharon Stone sued the actress Wednesday claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Read more...
  
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  Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show

  Wednesday, May 23, 1:18 pm

  Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car. Read more...
  

• Religion news in brief

  Wednesday, May 23, 12:41 pm

  All 6 Boston groups lose appeal to Vatican to reopen church buildings at closed parishes Read more...
  
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  Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood

  Tuesday, May 22, 5:53 pm

  A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan _ a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation. Read more...
  

• LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in June

  Tuesday, May 22, 2:05 pm

  A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation _ a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air. Read more...
  
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  Tom Ford Beauty's fragrance do well at Fifis

  Tuesday, May 22, 1:41 pm

  Justin Bieber was honored alongside top fashion names like Tom Ford and Gucci at the Fragrance Foundation's annual Fifi awards for the best perfumes. Read more...
  
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  SAfrica: Zuma seeks ban on artwork; vandals hit

  Tuesday, May 22, 11:17 am

  South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but two men took matters into their own hands by defacing the portrait with gobs of paint. Read more...
  
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  Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar

  Tuesday, May 22, 11:03 am

  Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. Read more...
  
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  Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday

  Tuesday, May 22, 10:58 am

  Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East. Read more...
  

• The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

  Tuesday, May 22, 10:12 am

  App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 21, 2012: Read more...
  

• UK hacker hits Justin Bieber's girlfriend account

  Tuesday, May 22, 8:37 am

  Britain's judiciary says that a 21-year-old sentenced last week for hacking into a U.S.-based Facebook account accessed the page belonging to teen actress Selena Gomez, who is the girlfriend of pop idol Justin Bieber. Read more...