'Kids' Choice Sports' telecast to salute World Cup champs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The "Kids' Choice Sports" awards show is adding a tribute to America's new soccer superstars.

Teenage son of singer Nick Cave dies in cliff fall

LONDON (AP) — The 15-year-old son of Australian singer Nick Cave has died after falling from a cliff on England's south coast.

Bard reviving Ethel Smyth's forgotten opera

NEW YORK (AP) — Every summer, a small college campus 100 miles north of New York City is transformed into a unique kind of archaeological site.

Home for retired musicians raises funds to buy Verdi letters

MILAN (AP) — A home for retired musicians created by composer Giuseppe Verdi has secured of a cache of his joking and sometimes off-color correspondence with an Italian count for the bargain price of 120,000 euros ($132,000).

Nick Lachey among investors in Ohio marijuana grow center

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio resident and former boy band star Nick Lachey is among five investors in one of 10 marijuana grow centers that would be created across the state under a proposed ballot issue.

Daniel Craig, Judi Dench urge UK government to back BBC

LONDON (AP) — Stars including Daniel Craig and Judi Dench are urging the British government to protect the BBC, as the publicly funded broadcaster faces budget cuts and political pressure for its ambitions to be curbed.

9 poker players left, 1 will win $7.7 million in November

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For nine poker players, the dream is just beginning after outlasting 6,411 others in days of near marathon-length games to advance to the final table of the World Series of Poker's no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in November.

Cambodian tycoon's attack on actress prompts uproar

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — In the grainy black-and-white video the tycoon is seen dragging the actress off a leather couch at a Phnom Penh restaurant.

Sesame Street's 'Maria' retires after nearly half a century on show

Sonia Manzano never got to be a household name. But her face, and character, Maria, on Sesame Street occupied a special place in American homes for almost half a century.Manzano, who is 65 and Puer...

Sarah Jessica Parker Instagrams some Minneapolis love

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker shared some Minneapolis love on Instagram during her visit to Bethune Community School on behalf of the Turnaround Arts program.

Julianne Moore thanks Sartell, Minn. woman after Oscar win

Julianne Moore won Best Actress last night at the Academy Awards, and the first person she wanted to see was the Sartell, Minn. woman who inspired her performance in “Still Alice.”

Internet Cat Video Festival is moving

The popular Internet Cat Video Festival is getting a brand new home this summer. The event is moving from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to the new St. Paul Saints ballpark in Lowertown.

Guide to throwing a Hollywood awards party

It's that time of year where Hollywood is throwing their award parties, from the SAG Awards, Golden Globes, People's Choice to the Oscar's. Here are some fun ideas to make your party that much more...