Arts

DETROIT (AP) — A nurse says a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane had just one request while being treated at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor: Turn off the Christmas music. Julia Longenecker...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Johnny Wright, a country music pioneer who had hits as a singer and guided the career of his wife, Kitty Wells, has died. He was 97. Close family friend Eddie Stubbs says Wright died of natural causes around 1 a.m....

BEIJING (AP) — China's state broadcaster isn't saying why the station ran the music to "America the Beautiful" during the gala live broadcast of the country's latest space launch. Strains of the famed American patriotic tune rang out following...

SOUTH BEND - Sitting on stools in an art studio at Dickinson Intermediate Fine Arts Academy, students are surrounded by supplies, inspirational messages and vibrant prints by artists like Kandinsky. On this morning, though, a group of eighth-graders...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to theiPod andiPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. Apple...

NEW YORK (AP) — It's another honor for Taylor Swift. The country music superstar has been crowned "Woman of the Year" by Billboard magazine. The 21-year-old multiplatinum singer-songwriter is the youngest to receive the award, which has gone to...

Adele has the year's most popular album with "21," so it makes sense that she's the most nominated artist for this year's American Music Awards. The nominees were announced Tuesday in Los Angeles, and Adele led all nominees with four. The British soul...

It had been nine years. Bob Dhoore had long forgotten about the letter he wrote in 2002 asking a judge to spare a convicted triple murderer the death penalty. But the name on the envelope Dhoore pulled out of his mailbox as he headed to breakfast one...

SOUTH BEND - The University of Notre Dame is planning a $32 million renovation and expansion of the Morris Inn, the landmark hotel that has served the campus for nearly 60 years. A gift of $15 million toward the project will come from South Bend...

NEW YORK (AP) — A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy — inside a New York City art gallery The Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy infant, weighing...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University will return a painting depicting the flagellation of Christ to the Berlin palace where it disappeared in 1945. IU says President Michael McRobbie and other university representatives will travel to...

SOUTH BEND — Most people view graffiti as a nuisance. A local hardware store owner says it may be an opportunity. From buildings to bridges to trains, we've seen graffiti everywhere. And it happened to the owner of Ardmore Hardware this week....