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'Animal Practice' is canceled 鈥� which NBC show is taking its slot?'Animal Practice' has been canceled by NBC, leaving an empty spot in the Wednesday lineup that will rescue another Peacock show from Friday nights.
A middle school turns out chess champions in 'Brooklyn Castle''Brooklyn Castle' has the right moves.
Helen Hunt stars in 'The Sessions' (+trailer)John Hawkes and Helen Hunt deliver remarkable performances in 'The Sessions.'
10 more odd remarks from 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores'From the confusing to the wacky, here are 10 more odd remarks from 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores' by Jen Campbell.
'Who Could That Be at This Hour?': Lemony Snicket's new book discusses his childhood'A Series of Unfortunate Events' author Lemony Snicket's latest book looks back on Snicket's youth.
Two brothers win the lottery, cash in six years laterWinning a lottery prize of $5 million, two brothers from central New York waited for six years to claim their winnings.聽
Man Asian Literary Prize loses fundingThe Man Group, which also sponsors the Man Booker Prize, has withdrawn its support from the Man Asian Literary Prize, which will be unable to go on after this year if another sponsor isn't found.
Rescue Dog: Albie leads a 鈥渄og鈥檚 life鈥� 鈥� in a good wayA "dog's life" lived well: Off-leash in fall鈥檚 filagree foliage, rescue dog Albie both gives and gets the gift of irrational exuberance.
Pumpkin-ginger bundt cakes with browned butter glazeThis recipe can work in a number of ways, as one large bundt cake, as mini bundt cakes, or as cupcakes.聽Separating聽the eggs, beating the whites, and folding the batter together makes for a light cake full of rich spicy pumpkin flavor.
Top Picks: A lost interview with Steve Jobs, a PBS documentary on the Cuban missile crisis, and moreKids discuss the 2012 election, the app Givit lets smart phone users easily edit movies, and more top picks.
'American Horror Story': Did the season 2 premiere measure up to last year's episodes?'American Horror Story' returns for its second season with the story now centered on an asylum.
The Fish That Ate the Whale'The Fish That Ate the Whale' is an elegantly written cautionary tale about how hubris can destroy a powerful company.
Herman Melville book 'Moby-Dick' on screen stretches from Gregory Peck to 'Futurama'The Herman Melville book 'Moby-Dick' has been parodied on TV and several directors have tried to capture the classic novel on film, though no movie version has quite attained classic status.
Reader recommendation: The Bluebird EffectMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Amazon struggles to get its books onto the bestseller chartsBooks published by Amazon like the Penny Marshall memoir 'My Mother Was Nuts' have not seen strong sales.
Pumpkin poppersDipped in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar, it doesn't get much better than these pumpkin poppers. They're just as tasty as a pumpkin donut hole, without the yeast or deep frying.
Bully study hype? Do 80% in high school really see bullying weekly?The anti-bullying movement got an injection of new, shocking statistics to work with in a dosomething.org online survey that suggests 80 percent of high school students see bullying incidents each week. But considering the uncertainties of what bullying really is, this may not be a fair snapshot of the life of American teens.
Jessica Sanchez: 'Glee' to open spot for American Idol runner-upJessica Sanchez: 'Glee' will give the season 11 'American Idol' runner-up a recurring role. Jessica Sanchez may play a love interest to Finn on Glee. Sanchez is not the first 'Idol' contestant to leap to TV or Broadway.
Superman rights stay with Warner Bros.A judge ruled that Warner Bros. will retain its rights to the Superman character despite the attempt of the heirs of one of the original artists to retake part of the copyrights.
Texas cheerleaders fight ban on biblical banners at football gamesTexas cheerleaders expect a court ruling today on their battle against a school district ban on their display of biblical verses at high school football games. At issue: do the signs constitute individual free speech or do they look like they're sponsored by the public school district?
