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  • Get Out: The week's pocket picks in DC

    By Samantha Sault - Special to the Washington Times

    Horse Racing: 138th Preakness Stakes Exhibit: Portraits by Boris Chaliapin Festival: Dragon Boat Festival Lecture: Khaled Hosseini Fundraiser: Ryan Zimmerman's Night at the Park Published May 17, 2013

  • $1 million in jewels stolen near Cannes film fest

    By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

    Suspected thieves ripped out a small safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with about $1 million worth of jewelry inside, a French police official said Friday. Published May 17, 2013

  • Horoscopes

    By The Washington Times

    TODAY'S BIRTHDAY. You'll be near your favorite people this year, and they inspire you to be your best. You have a goal in June. You'll reduce the unknown factors in your life and find a path that's highly likely (if not guaranteed) to get you from point A to point B. August sees you celebrating a personal victory. September pays you for your talent. Virgo and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 4, 33, 39 and 4. Published May 17, 2013

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald'

    By Marion Elizabeth Rodgers - Special to The Washington Times

    The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald story is well-known. As writer Budd Schulberg observed, its romantic legend is so uniquely American in all its strengths and weaknesses that it is little wonder that the life and work became mythologized. Published May 17, 2013

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Writer Who Stayed'

    By Peter Hannaford - Special to The Washington Times

    Now 90 years old, William Zinsser has spent his adult life campaigning for clarity of writing which, of course, can only flow from clarity of thought. Nearly 40 years ago, he wrote a book titled "On Writing Well." It has become an essential guide for many a nonfiction writer. That book was inspired by a writing course he taught at Yale in the 1970s. Published May 16, 2013

  • The List: Top 10 actors who jumped from TV to the movies

    By The Washington Times

    Michael Douglas, Bill Murray and Bruce Willis are just a few of stars to move from a life on television to a successful film career. Published May 16, 2013

  • Burn, Barbie, burn!

    By Daniel Wattenberg - The Washington Times

    Topless German feminists on Thursday crucified and burned Barbie in a protest outside the Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin. Published May 16, 2013

  • House GOP rejoices in vote to repeal 'Obamacare,' Democrats see insanity

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    House Republicans cheered their vote on Thursday to repeal President Obama's health care law as the triumph of reason and public opinion over false promises from the White House. Democrats called them insane. Published May 16, 2013

  • Taylor Swift: Man arrested near singer's new R.I. home on trespassing charges

    By Associated Press

    A Chicago man has been arrested on trespassing charges near Taylor Swift's new home in Rhode Island. Published May 16, 2013

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

    By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

    The final frontier? Forget it. This soulless sequel to a reboot is only too happy to go where every generic sci-fi blockbuster has gone before, and not so boldly either. Published May 16, 2013

  • Jennifer Lopez: Entertainer named chief creative officer of NUVOtv

    By Frazier Moore - Associated Press

    The versatile J-Lo was announced last fall as a creative partner with the English-language Latino network, but her role was solidified Wednesday as NUVOtv held its upfront for advertisers and prepared for a relaunch of its programming in July. Published May 16, 2013

  • Emma Watson: At Cannes, actress revels in post-'Harry Potter' freedom

    By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

    Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Harry Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. Published May 16, 2013

  • CBS adding Robin Williams comedy next season

    By David Bauder - Associated Press

    CBS on Wednesday revealed a few nips and tucks it is planning next season for what is already network television's most successful schedule, including adding a comedy with Robin Williams playing an unorthodox advertising executive with Sarah Michelle Gellar as his daughter. Published May 15, 2013

  • Prince Harry: British royal ending U.S. visit with Connecticut polo match

    By Michael Melia - Associated Press

    Britain's Prince Harry is wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in the affluent New York City suburb of Greenwich, Conn., where he is playing in a polo match at a club with a history of hosting royal visitors. Published May 15, 2013

  • Doctors warn new psychiatric guide could drug people who don’t need it

    By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

    An estimated 3,000 doctors have signed a petition of protest against the psychiatric industry's latest bible for diagnosis and treatment, the DSM-5, charging its contents could lead patients to be prescribed unnecessary medications. Published May 15, 2013

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