By Mark Hosenball and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday defended its collection of a massive amount of telephone records from at least one carrier as part of U.S. counterterrorism efforts, re-igniting a debate o... [Full Article]
A huge Guardian scoop this evening revealed confirmation of an indiscriminate phone records collection program, encompassing the calls of every Verizon customer on a daily basis - that's millions of Americans' phone data. And unsurprisingly... [Full Article]
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - A 16th-century Amati violoncello displayed in the National Music Museum has long been nicknamed "The King," but the ghost of a legendary rock 'n' roller has arrived in South Dakota to reclaim his regal moni... [Full Article]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Abu Dhabi's new branch of the Louvre considers no artistic subject to be off limits but will not "shock for the sake of shocking", a top overseer said Tuesday. She spoke as the museum prepared to ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is getting a billion-dollar Cubist collection it says will "transform" it. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A private collection of 57 Italian Baroque paintings once belonging to banking heir Denis Mahon and valued at more than 100 million pounds has been formally handed over to six museums and galleries in Britain. The paintings had alr... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wool coats and jackets befitting 19th-century Paris and elegant, hourglass-figured silk gowns suiting imperial Russia filled the fall and winter 2013 Ralph Lauren collection unveiled on Thursday at New York Fashion Week. Evoking ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Rihanna's collection for British brand River Island is slated for its debut next month during London Fashion Week. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Superman" ... [Full Article]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A 3-year-old Australian boy was lucky to escape uninjured after a collection of eggs he found in his yard hatched into a slithering tangle of deadly snakes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]