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http://news.yahoo.com/arts/ Get the latest Arts news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Arts news, including analysis and opinion on top Arts stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 12 Jul 2013 02:20:06 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/arts/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuPAptT4QvdIVkgLozM1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14386e384cb05517370f6a706700a06e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Some arrived in Porsches or BMWs, which were whisked away by valet parking attendants. The hotel lobby was awash with the celebrated and powerful including A-list actors, well-known artists and captains of commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 02:20:06 -0400Associated Presstehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuPAptT4QvdIVkgLozM1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14386e384cb05517370f6a706700a06e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Some arrived in Porsches or BMWs, which were whisked away by valet parking attendants. The hotel lobby was awash with the celebrated and powerful including A-list actors, well-known artists and captains of commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Graphic novel artist Gerry Kissell and "Sons of Anarchy" actor Kurt Yaeger aren't waiting for a greenlight from Hollywood to create a physically disabled action hero - they're teaming up to do it themselves through Kickstarter. Kissell, best known for his work with IDW Publishing ("Code Word: Geronimo," "Iron Sky"), has turned to the crowdfunding website to raise $8,000 to produce and publish "Vindicated, Inc," a graphic novel about a double-amputee Delta Force soldier-turned-vigilante suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. ...http://news.yahoo.com/sons-anarchy-star-artist-turn-kickstarter-create-physically-003851249.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 20:38:51 -0400Reuterssons-anarchy-star-artist-turn-kickstarter-create-physically-003851249Footage of his performance is being compiled for the track's music video. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:01:19 -0400ABC Newsblogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Footage of his performance is being compiled for the track's music video. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:01:19 -0400ABC Newsblogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_SV_iFPBUceAdnEQkvlpzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-10T212811Z_1_CBRE9691NN900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citing the power of artists and academics to open minds, President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded 24 medals to people including &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator George Lucas and writer Joan Didion who he said touched his life and the lives of Americans. &quot;They challenge us to think and to question and to discover, to seek that inward significance,&quot; Obama said, awarding the winners of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 17:28:11 -0400Reutershonoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_SV_iFPBUceAdnEQkvlpzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-10T212811Z_1_CBRE9691NN900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citing the power of artists and academics to open minds, President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded 24 medals to people including &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator George Lucas and writer Joan Didion who he said touched his life and the lives of Americans. &quot;They challenge us to think and to question and to discover, to seek that inward significance,&quot; Obama said, awarding the winners of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Las Vegas tourists can stroll through the Sin City of yesteryear at a museum full of the town's retired neon signs.http://news.yahoo.com/retired-vegas-signs-come-light-neon-museum-164657736.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 14:17:32 -0400Associated Pressretired-vegas-signs-come-light-neon-museum-164657736<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81f6mPCjGz5NLqbhCLclyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c1770d9ef270916370f6a706700bf82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? It may be sweltering summer out there, but the spring ballet season has just officially ended in New York, with the last frothy performances of &quot;The Sleeping Beauty&quot; at American Ballet Theater.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 18:45:28 -0400Associated Press2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81f6mPCjGz5NLqbhCLclyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c1770d9ef270916370f6a706700bf82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? It may be sweltering summer out there, but the spring ballet season has just officially ended in New York, with the last frothy performances of &quot;The Sleeping Beauty&quot; at American Ballet Theater.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y7umiw7cvCsrfbqT.Qoyuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T174111Z_3_CBRE9681C2I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PLACIDODOMINGO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" align="left" title="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opera tenor Placido Domingo has been admitted to a Madrid hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in his lung, his U.S. publicist said on Tuesday. Domingo, 72, was hospitalized on Monday in his hometown and is expected to make a full recovery in about three to four weeks, publicist Nancy Seltzer said. &quot;He&#039;s doing very well and responding very well to treatment,&quot; she said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 13:41:11 -0400Reutersopera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y7umiw7cvCsrfbqT.Qoyuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T174111Z_3_CBRE9681C2I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PLACIDODOMINGO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" align="left" title="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opera tenor Placido Domingo has been admitted to a Madrid hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in his lung, his U.S. publicist said on Tuesday. Domingo, 72, was hospitalized on Monday in his hometown and is expected to make a full recovery in about three to four weeks, publicist Nancy Seltzer said. &quot;He&#039;s doing very well and responding very well to treatment,&quot; she said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgUrfk1Bz7Ci8PEvRW7z2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T141208Z_2_CBRE96813F500_RTROPTP_2_USA-SECURITY-GERMANY-ARTIST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" align="left" title="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - A German artist who beamed the words &quot;United Stasi of America&quot; onto the wall of the U.S. embassy in Berlin says Washington&#039;s spy methods make the former East German secret police look like boy scouts. A video of Oliver Bienkowski&#039;s artwork is fast becoming a hit on the Internet in Germany, tapping into widespread outrage over U.S. surveillance programs revealed by fugitive ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 10:12:08 -0400Reutersgerman-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgUrfk1Bz7Ci8PEvRW7z2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T141208Z_2_CBRE96813F500_RTROPTP_2_USA-SECURITY-GERMANY-ARTIST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" align="left" title="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - A German artist who beamed the words &quot;United Stasi of America&quot; onto the wall of the U.S. embassy in Berlin says Washington&#039;s spy methods make the former East German secret police look like boy scouts. A video of Oliver Bienkowski&#039;s artwork is fast becoming a hit on the Internet in Germany, tapping into widespread outrage over U.S. surveillance programs revealed by fugitive ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cUihNWEO6XBTNSfND64rIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ec1fb0d7d328ff16360f6a706700ed90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite easily sit on her laurels.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 17:45:11 -0400Associated Pressceline-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cUihNWEO6XBTNSfND64rIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ec1fb0d7d328ff16360f6a706700ed90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite easily sit on her laurels.</p><br clear="all"/>Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner featured in exhibition at New York's Museum of Sex ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/anthony-weiner-featured-museum-sex-exhibit-19603620Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:55:11 -0400ABC NewsHealth/wireStory/anthony-weiner-featured-museum-sex-exhibit-19603620<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5v7bINKbJK9g7Pq8uQ_KUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/79d2468dd2b3fc16360f6a7067003f47.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City has taken control of the South Street Seaport Museum.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 08:31:58 -0400Associated Pressnyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5v7bINKbJK9g7Pq8uQ_KUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/79d2468dd2b3fc16360f6a7067003f47.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City has taken control of the South Street Seaport Museum.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0X0_l9yS.9iomldFtG8lNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a360068076a4b716360f6a706700be65.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" align="left" title="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) ? Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a Colombian rainforest and tested for compounds that might be used to treat HIV, AIDS or cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.htmlFri, 05 Jul 2013 12:49:07 -0400Associated Presschicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0X0_l9yS.9iomldFtG8lNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a360068076a4b716360f6a706700be65.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" align="left" title="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) ? Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a Colombian rainforest and tested for compounds that might be used to treat HIV, AIDS or cancer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ie0nPsI_nQvToVLH9JDDQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T192909Z_2_CBRE963133K00_RTROPTP_2_MANDELA-BODIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" align="left" title="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" border="0" /></a>By Yvonne Bell MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela&#039;s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader. In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans, Mandla Mandela confirmed rumors that his young son, Zanethemba, was in fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and Mandla&#039;s now ex-wife Anais Grimaud. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 15:29:09 -0400Reutersmandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ie0nPsI_nQvToVLH9JDDQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T192909Z_2_CBRE963133K00_RTROPTP_2_MANDELA-BODIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" align="left" title="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" border="0" /></a>By Yvonne Bell MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela&#039;s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader. In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans, Mandla Mandela confirmed rumors that his young son, Zanethemba, was in fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and Mandla&#039;s now ex-wife Anais Grimaud. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lu Zhong Wu was released from a Pennsylvania prison three years after being smuggled into the U.S. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/artist-status-gets-smuggled-immigrant-prison-release-1996-19569226Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:13:56 -0400ABC NewsUS/video/artist-status-gets-smuggled-immigrant-prison-release-1996-19569226Even presidential history has its price as NC considers closing James Polk birthplace museum ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/james-polk-museum-nc-budget-chopping-block-19570075Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:26:04 -0400ABC NewsUS/wireStory/james-polk-museum-nc-budget-chopping-block-19570075<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4nfqQ9el3UbbQAhbEPKJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1db0996c37908116360f6a70670093d9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Honda Motor Co.&#039;s walking, talking interactive robot is running into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 09:32:19 -0400Associated Presshondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4nfqQ9el3UbbQAhbEPKJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1db0996c37908116360f6a70670093d9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Honda Motor Co.&#039;s walking, talking interactive robot is running into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7goII7hwYmPiGT5hh.FVxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a84c45cb19a26e16360f6a706700a516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Amy Winehouse seemed to live in public, but her fans never knew the private person.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:41:52 -0400Associated Pressuk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7goII7hwYmPiGT5hh.FVxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a84c45cb19a26e16360f6a706700a516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Amy Winehouse seemed to live in public, but her fans never knew the private person.</p><br clear="all"/>Gender, weight and looks are subjects of speculation as Kate Middleton's due date draws near. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/kate-middleton-pregnant-forensic-artist-predicts-royal-baby-19553357Tue, 02 Jul 2013 10:24:48 -0400ABC NewsGMA/video/kate-middleton-pregnant-forensic-artist-predicts-royal-baby-19553357<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lywyJTNGhwf6MwvfokKH_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-01/df63d13a-1a09-442e-a65a-b1a27eb110ff_AP952652776454.jpeg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." align="left" title="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? A Paris-born performer in Cirque du Soleil&#039;s &quot;Ka&quot; died after a fall during a show in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.htmlSun, 30 Jun 2013 22:05:53 -0400Associated Presscirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lywyJTNGhwf6MwvfokKH_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-01/df63d13a-1a09-442e-a65a-b1a27eb110ff_AP952652776454.jpeg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." align="left" title="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? A Paris-born performer in Cirque du Soleil&#039;s &quot;Ka&quot; died after a fall during a show in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qZfORCUlYMjFxEAmK4RH_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f8a1671bbfb2215360f6a7067007b83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>MUNICH, Germany (AP) ? It&#039;s a question that has long prompted heated arguments among devoted opera fans: Who was the greater composer, Richard Wagner or Giuseppe Verdi?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2013 06:39:15 -0400Associated Press10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qZfORCUlYMjFxEAmK4RH_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f8a1671bbfb2215360f6a7067007b83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>MUNICH, Germany (AP) ? It&#039;s a question that has long prompted heated arguments among devoted opera fans: Who was the greater composer, Richard Wagner or Giuseppe Verdi?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beneath-nycs-ground-zero-museum-takes-shape-072748254.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tGurt4IUcEdrqjiI8LMitA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/34ad36749c700715360f6a70670049c4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Joe Daniels, left, 911 Memorial President, and Anthoula Katsimatides, right, a member of the 911 Memorial board, is seen through tangled steel recovered from the World Trade Center (WTC) site and installed at the 911 Memorial Museum, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" align="left" title="Joe Daniels, left, 911 Memorial President, and Anthoula Katsimatides, right, a member of the 911 Memorial board, is seen through tangled steel recovered from the World Trade Center (WTC) site and installed at the 911 Memorial Museum, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Gray dust blankets everything in the subterranean halls of the unfinished National September 11 Memorial &amp; Museum. But while the powder may look ominously like the ash that covered lower Manhattan after the terrorist attacks, this time it is a product of rebirth, not destruction.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beneath-nycs-ground-zero-museum-takes-shape-072748254.htmlFri, 28 Jun 2013 10:32:22 -0400Associated Pressbeneath-nycs-ground-zero-museum-takes-shape-072748254<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beneath-nycs-ground-zero-museum-takes-shape-072748254.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tGurt4IUcEdrqjiI8LMitA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/34ad36749c700715360f6a70670049c4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Joe Daniels, left, 911 Memorial President, and Anthoula Katsimatides, right, a member of the 911 Memorial board, is seen through tangled steel recovered from the World Trade Center (WTC) site and installed at the 911 Memorial Museum, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" align="left" title="Joe Daniels, left, 911 Memorial President, and Anthoula Katsimatides, right, a member of the 911 Memorial board, is seen through tangled steel recovered from the World Trade Center (WTC) site and installed at the 911 Memorial Museum, Thursday, June 27, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Gray dust blankets everything in the subterranean halls of the unfinished National September 11 Memorial &amp; Museum. But while the powder may look ominously like the ash that covered lower Manhattan after the terrorist attacks, this time it is a product of rebirth, not destruction.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-museum-mend-long-way-105952682.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DZeDD008PMLy38iqRtouTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/767d98cf9d350a15360f6a7067006139.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghan youth look at an artifact at the National Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 28, 2013. Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power. Now the museum is slowly coming back to life, helped by millions of dollars in U.S. and other foreign aid. Every day 300 to 400 visitors a day come to see the collections of sculptures, jewelry, coins and other artifacts dating from the Stone Age through the 20th century.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)" align="left" title="Afghan youth look at an artifact at the National Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 28, 2013. Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power. Now the museum is slowly coming back to life, helped by millions of dollars in U.S. and other foreign aid. Every day 300 to 400 visitors a day come to see the collections of sculptures, jewelry, coins and other artifacts dating from the Stone Age through the 20th century.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-museum-mend-long-way-105952682.htmlFri, 28 Jun 2013 10:30:31 -0400Associated Pressafghan-museum-mend-long-way-105952682<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-museum-mend-long-way-105952682.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DZeDD008PMLy38iqRtouTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/767d98cf9d350a15360f6a7067006139.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghan youth look at an artifact at the National Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 28, 2013. Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power. Now the museum is slowly coming back to life, helped by millions of dollars in U.S. and other foreign aid. Every day 300 to 400 visitors a day come to see the collections of sculptures, jewelry, coins and other artifacts dating from the Stone Age through the 20th century.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)" align="left" title="Afghan youth look at an artifact at the National Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 28, 2013. Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power. Now the museum is slowly coming back to life, helped by millions of dollars in U.S. and other foreign aid. Every day 300 to 400 visitors a day come to see the collections of sculptures, jewelry, coins and other artifacts dating from the Stone Age through the 20th century.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country&#039;s civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artist-acclaimed-ex-mayor-takes-albania-192542817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QX6nzIWO3busvtlATXQlUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T192542Z_1_CBRE95P1HZ000_RTROPTP_2_ALBANIA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Leader of the Albanian Socialist Party Edi Rama smiles during a news conference after the elections, in Tirana" align="left" title="Leader of the Albanian Socialist Party Edi Rama smiles during a news conference after the elections, in Tirana" border="0" /></a>By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - If outgoing Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha was one of the most resilient leaders of the turbulent Balkans, his successor after a Sunday election is its most colorful. Towering over most of his countrymen, former basketball player and artist Edi Rama won international acclaim by splashing paint and cleaning up his native Tirana in a decade as its energetic mayor. He once vowed never to wear a tie and described politics in the former communist nation as &quot;the highest level of conceptual art&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/artist-acclaimed-ex-mayor-takes-albania-192542817.htmlWed, 26 Jun 2013 15:25:42 -0400Reutersartist-acclaimed-ex-mayor-takes-albania-192542817<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/artist-acclaimed-ex-mayor-takes-albania-192542817.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QX6nzIWO3busvtlATXQlUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-26T192542Z_1_CBRE95P1HZ000_RTROPTP_2_ALBANIA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Leader of the Albanian Socialist Party Edi Rama smiles during a news conference after the elections, in Tirana" align="left" title="Leader of the Albanian Socialist Party Edi Rama smiles during a news conference after the elections, in Tirana" border="0" /></a>By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - If outgoing Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha was one of the most resilient leaders of the turbulent Balkans, his successor after a Sunday election is its most colorful. Towering over most of his countrymen, former basketball player and artist Edi Rama won international acclaim by splashing paint and cleaning up his native Tirana in a decade as its energetic mayor. He once vowed never to wear a tie and described politics in the former communist nation as &quot;the highest level of conceptual art&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brittens-coronation-opera-revived-60-years-095241157.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bflX.Nmtc6QoMXxP9UknAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/23afdb8b5f23d915350f6a706700f02b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken on Monday June 17, 2013 and released on Thursday June 20, 2013 by the Royal Opera House, Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth I takes center stage during the Royal Opera House Covent Garden production of Gloriana in London. Gloriana is back in a new production by Richard Jones that the company&#039;s director, Kasper Holten, notes commemorates a triple anniversary: 60 years since the coronation and the opera&#039;s premiere and 100 years since the composer&#039;s birth. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, Royal Opera House)" align="left" title="In this photo taken on Monday June 17, 2013 and released on Thursday June 20, 2013 by the Royal Opera House, Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth I takes center stage during the Royal Opera House Covent Garden production of Gloriana in London. Gloriana is back in a new production by Richard Jones that the company&#039;s director, Kasper Holten, notes commemorates a triple anniversary: 60 years since the coronation and the opera&#039;s premiere and 100 years since the composer&#039;s birth. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, Royal Opera House)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The Earl of Harewood may have been exaggerating when he described the premiere of &quot;Gloriana&quot; as &quot;one of the great disasters of operatic history.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brittens-coronation-opera-revived-60-years-095241157.htmlWed, 26 Jun 2013 05:53:41 -0400Associated Pressbrittens-coronation-opera-revived-60-years-095241157<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brittens-coronation-opera-revived-60-years-095241157.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bflX.Nmtc6QoMXxP9UknAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/23afdb8b5f23d915350f6a706700f02b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken on Monday June 17, 2013 and released on Thursday June 20, 2013 by the Royal Opera House, Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth I takes center stage during the Royal Opera House Covent Garden production of Gloriana in London. Gloriana is back in a new production by Richard Jones that the company&#039;s director, Kasper Holten, notes commemorates a triple anniversary: 60 years since the coronation and the opera&#039;s premiere and 100 years since the composer&#039;s birth. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, Royal Opera House)" align="left" title="In this photo taken on Monday June 17, 2013 and released on Thursday June 20, 2013 by the Royal Opera House, Susan Bullock as Queen Elizabeth I takes center stage during the Royal Opera House Covent Garden production of Gloriana in London. Gloriana is back in a new production by Richard Jones that the company&#039;s director, Kasper Holten, notes commemorates a triple anniversary: 60 years since the coronation and the opera&#039;s premiere and 100 years since the composer&#039;s birth. (AP Photo/Clive Barda, Royal Opera House)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The Earl of Harewood may have been exaggerating when he described the premiere of &quot;Gloriana&quot; as &quot;one of the great disasters of operatic history.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) ? The great minds of the toy industry will be honored alongside their famous creations when the Toy Industry Hall of Fame combines with the National Toy Hall of Fame under a partnership announced Tuesday.http://news.yahoo.com/strong-museum-house-toy-industry-hall-fame-164643383.htmlTue, 25 Jun 2013 16:22:23 -0400Associated Pressstrong-museum-house-toy-industry-hall-fame-164643383<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gettysburg-residents-seek-black-history-museu

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