Tweet LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Conan O’Brien says he has no regrets on any of his decisions in January when NBC pulled the plug on his short-lived stint as host of “The Tonight Show” and installed Jay Leno in his place. Continued here: Conan O’Brien says has no regrets in Leno debacle  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and U2 lead singer Bono have met in the Oval Office to discuss the administration’s development work in Africa…. Here is the original post: Bono gets Oval Office meeting with Obama  Read More →

Tweet CHICAGO (Reuters) – The loud, colorful traders who jostle for deals in Chicago’s famed open-outcry pits now face an even greater threat than the advent of electronic dealing systems — the algorithmic trade, says the director of a new documentary charting the demise of floor trading. See the original post: New film captures... 

Tweet UTICA, Mich. (AP) — On the drive home from the hospital, Shannon Morell peered at her sleeping newborn in his car seat and wondered, what would be the fastest route back to normal?… Originally posted here: Mich. couple write book about embryo mix-up  Read More →

Tweet LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A group of film industry luminaries, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, on Friday called on the Iranian government to release jailed director Jafar Panahi. Read more: Spielberg, Scorsese, others call for Panahi release  Read More →

Tweet LOS ANGELES (AP) — A drug charge against Mackenzie Phillips was dismissed Friday after the actress successfully completed a drug diversion program…. Read this article: Drug case dismissed against Mackenzie Phillips  Read More →

Tweet NEW RINGGOLD, Pa. View original post here: Pa. town engulfed by rumors about Beyonce, Jay-Z  Read More →

Tweet NEW YORK (AP) — A Swedish author is unlikely to win approval through the courts to publish his novel in the United States, because it is substantially similar to J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” an appeals court said Friday…. Read the rest here: NY court: Author likely to lose ‘Catcher’... 

Tweet NEW YORK (Reuters) – Neil Innes, sporting a black beret with a bathtub rubber ducky on the top, is standing on the stage of a 42nd St. blues club thumbing his nose View post: Neil Innes: And now for something completely different  Read More →

Tweet LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Look out America — or, make that the United States of America — Gustavo Dudamel is headed your way. Read more here: Look out U.S., here comes Gustavo Dudamel  Read More →