University of London bans student protests

The University of London is a federal university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes.^[3] As such, the University of London is the largest university in the UK by number of full-time students, with 135,090 campus-based students and over 50,000 in the University of London International Programmes.

The university was first established by a Royal Charter in 1836, which brought together in federation London University (now University College London) and King's College (now King's College London), to establish today's federally structured University of London.

Graduates of the University of London often use the post-nominal letters 'Lond.' or, more rarely, 'Londin.' (both from Londiniensis) after their degree abbreviations (see post-nominal abbreviations).

19th century[link]

Founded in 1836, the University at first comprised just two colleges: University College London, which previously had no official chartered status and did not apply religious tests to its students, and King's College, which had been chartered since 1829 and which admitted only members of the Church of England. Both King's (founded 1829) and University College London (founded 1826) pre-date the University of London, which initially served solely as an examining body for the constituent colleges.

In 1858, the University expanded its role by offering the University of London International Programmes to candidates outside of the colleges, the first of its kind in the country. A new headquarters at 6 Burlington Gardens, providing the university with exam halls and offices, was built to accommodate the new role. In 1878, the University set another first when it became the first university in the UK to admit women on equal terms with men. Four female students obtained Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1880 and two obtained Bachelor of Science degrees in 1881, again the first in the country.^[4]

In 1898, in part as a response to criticisms of universities which merely served as centres for the administration of tests, and calls for research and education to be more central functions of universities, the first University of London Act was passed, reforming the University and giving it responsibility for monitoring course content and academic standards within its institutions. The monitoring was conducted through newly formed centralised faculties and Boards of Studies, and King's and UCL now became constituent parts of the University of London. A symbolic element to the new centralisation of the University was the fact that UCL property became property of the University of London.^[5] This significant expansion of role meant the University again needed more space, and so 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated in 1899.

20th century[link]

Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the university in 1901, Goldsmiths College joined in 1904, Imperial College was founded in 1907, Queen Mary College joined in 1915, the School of Oriental and African Studies was founded in 1916 and Birkbeck joined in 1920. This rapid expansion meant that the University's new premises would prove insufficient by the 1920s, requiring yet another move. A large parcel of land in Bloomsbury near the British Museum was acquired from the Duke of Bedford and Charles Holden was appointed architect with the instruction to create a building "not to suggest a passing fashion inappropriate to buildings which will house an institution of so permanent a character as a University." This unusual remit may have been inspired by the fact that William Beveridge, having just become director of LSE, upon asking a taxi driver to take him to the University of London was met with the response "Oh, you mean the place near the Royal School of Needlework".^[6] Holden responded by designing Senate House, the current headquarters of the university, and at the time of completion the second largest building in London.^[7]

During the Second World War, the colleges of the university (with the exception of Birkbeck) and their students left London for safer parts of the UK, while Senate House was used by the Ministry of Information, with its roof becoming an observation point for the Royal Observer Corps. Though the building was hit by bombs several times, it emerged from the war largely unscathed; rumour at the time had it that the reason the building had fared so well was that Adolf Hitler had planned to use it as his headquarters in London.^[8]

The latter half of the last century was less eventful. In 1948, Athlone Press was founded as the publishing house for the university, and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979,^[9] subsequent to which it was acquired by Continuum publishing.^[10] However, the post-WWII period was mostly characterised by expansion and consolidation within the university, such as the acquisition as a constituent body of the Jesuit theological institution Heythrop College on its move from Oxfordshire in 1969. Nevertheless, some of the larger colleges (most notably UCL, King's, LSE and Imperial) periodically put forward the possibility of their departure from the university. There was a marked transference of academic and financial power in this period from the central authorities in Senate House to the individual colleges. There was also a tendency for smaller colleges to be amalgamated into larger "super-colleges". A significant development in this process was the closing down of the Convocation of all University of London alumni in October 2003; this recognised that individual college alumni associations were now increasingly the centre of focus for alumni.

21st century[link]

In 2002, Imperial College and UCL mooted the possibility of a merger. This raised a question mark over the future of the University of London and the autonomy of smaller colleges within it. Subsequently considerable opposition from academic staff of both UCL and Imperial led to a rejection of the merger.^[11]

On 9 December 2005, Imperial College became the first college to make a formal decision to leave the university. Its council announced that it was beginning negotiations to withdraw from the university in time for its own centenary celebrations, and in order to be able to award its own degrees. On 5 October 2006, the University of London accepted Imperial's formal request to withdraw from the federation.^[12] Imperial became fully independent on 9 July 2007, as part of the celebrations of the college's centenary.

The Times Higher Education Supplement announced in February 2007 that the London School of Economics, University College London and King's College London all plan to start awarding their own degrees, rather than degrees from the federal University of London as they have done previously, from the start of the new academic year (starting in Autumn 2007). Although this plan to award their own degrees does not amount to a decision to formally leave the University of London, the THES suggests that this 'rais[es] new doubts about the future of the federal University of London'. However, the University continues to grow and, in 2005, admitted the Central School of Speech and Drama.

As of 1 April 2010, London Business School has formally ceased awarding University of London affiliated degrees. The School of Pharmacy, University of London merged with UCL on 1st January 2012, becoming the UCL School of Pharmacy within the Faculty of Life Sciences.^[13]

The University of London owns a considerable central London estate of 180 buildings in Bloomsbury, near Russell Square tube station.^[14]

Some of the University's colleges have their main buildings on the estate. The Bloomsbury Campus also contains eight Halls of Residence and Senate House, which houses the Senate House Library, the chancellor's official residence and previously housed the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, now part of University College London (UCL) and housed in its own new building. Almost all of the School of Advanced Study is housed in Senate House and neighbouring Stewart House.^[15]

The University also owns many of the squares which formed part of the Bedford Estate, including Gordon Square, Tavistock Square, Torrington Square and Woburn Square.

The estate includes several properties outside Bloomsbury also, with many of the University's colleges and institutes occupying their own estates across London. Clare Market and part of Aldwych where the London School of Economics and Political Science is based, as well as the West Wing of Somerset House, the location for the Courtauld Institute of Art and King's College London, St Bart's Hospital, the University of London Boat Club in Chiswick and the Egham campus of Royal Holloway with its historic Founder's Building are also examples of properties which form part of the University's estate.

In addition, there are several properties outside London, including the University Marine Biological Station, Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae, a number of residential and catering units further afield and the premises of the University of London Institute in Paris which offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in French and Historical Studies.

The University of London first received a grant of arms in April 1838.^[16] The arms depict a cross of St George upon which there is a Tudor rose surrounded by detailing and surmounted by a crown. Above all of this there is a blue field with an open book upon it.

In terms of heraldry the arms would be described as:

Argent, the Cross of St George, thereon the Union Rose irradiated and ensigned with the Imperial Crown proper, a Chief Azure, thereon an open Book also proper, Clasps gold

The nine largest institutions of the federal university, usually termed the colleges, are Birkbeck, Goldsmiths, King's College London, the London Business School, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, the School of Oriental and African Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science and University College London (UCL). Formerly a constituent college, Imperial College London left the University of London in 2007.

For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Legally speaking they are known as Recognised Bodies, with the authority to examine students and have the university award them degrees. Some colleges have recently obtained the power to award their own degrees and the University has amended its statutes to allow them to do so and yet remain in the University federation. For instance, beginning in the 2007/08 academic year, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), King's College London, the Institute of Education,^[17] and University College London^[18] began awarding their own degree certificates while retaining their constituent-college status within the University of London.

The twelve institutes, or Listed Bodies, within the University of London offer courses leading to degrees that are both examined and awarded by the University of London. Additionally, twelve universities in England, several in Canada and many in other Commonwealth countries (notably in East Africa) began life as associate colleges of the university offering such degrees. By the 1970s, almost all of these colleges had achieved independence from the University of London. An increasing number of overseas academic institutes offer courses to support students registered for the University of London International Programmes's diplomas and degrees and a new Institutions Policy Framework is currently being developed to accommodate these institutions. Up to now, no accreditation from London for these schools has existed other than the final examinations administered by the University of London which all pupils take.

Most decisions affecting the constituent colleges and institutions of the University of London are made at the level of the colleges or institutions themselves. The University of London does retain its own decision-making structure, however, with the Collegiate Council and Board of Trustees, responsible for matters of academic policy. The Collegiate Council is made up of the Heads of Colleges of the University.^[19]

Colleges of the University of London[link]

The constituent colleges of the University of London are currently divided as follows, in alphabetical order:

Central academic bodies of the University of London[link]

Former colleges[link]

Some colleges of the University of London have been amalgamated into larger colleges or left the University of London. These include:

• Bedford College - Inner Circle Regent's Park; now part of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (the registered Royal Charter title of Royal Holloway, University of London)
• Chelsea College - Manresa Road, Chelsea; now part of King's College
• Imperial College London - became independent in July 2007^[20]
• Queen Elizabeth College - Campden Hill Road, Kensington; now part of King's College
• The School of Pharmacy, University of London; merged with UCL on 1st January 2012.
• Westfield College - Kidderpore Avenue, Hampstead; now part of Queen Mary and Westfield College (the registered Royal Charter title of Queen Mary, University of London)
• Wye College - Wye, Kent; Wye courses are now run by the University of Kent in partnership with Imperial College London, and graduating students receive a University of Kent degree and an Imperial Associateship of Wye College^[21]
• Royal Postgraduate Medical School; now part of the Imperial College School of Medicine
• St Thomas's Hospital Medical School; now part of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry
• New College London, was closed in 1980. Despite the name the college never had any association with Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
• School of Slavonic and East European Studies - now part of University College London
• Regent's Park College moved to Oxford in 1927, becoming a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford from 1957.

University colleges in the International degree programme[link]

A number of major universities originated as university colleges teaching the degrees of the University of London International Programmes. After developing the ability to function fully, these colleges became able to award their own degrees.

A number of other colleges had degrees validated and awarded by the University of London.^[22]

• St. Patrick's, Carlow College, Ireland - from 1840 to 1892 students studied for primary degrees in Arts (BA) and Law(BLL).^[23]
• St. Patrick's College, Thurles, Ireland - from 1849 the University of London, allowed Thurles to offer degrees.^[24]
• Huddersfield College
• Queen's College, Birmingham^[25]
• Stonyhurst College, a Catholic college in Lancashire.
• Wesleyan Collegiate Institution, Taunton, which became Queen's College, Taunton.
• Ceylon Technical College, 1933 - 1950 students studied for engineering degrees in BSc in Engineering.

Colleges in special relation[link]

Between 1946 and 1970, the University entered into 'schemes of special relation' with university colleges in the Commonwealth of Nations. These schemes encouraged the development of independent universities by offering a relationship with the University of London. University colleges in these countries were granted a Royal Charter. An Academic Board of the university college negotiated with the University of London over the entrance requirements for the admission of students, syllabuses, examination procedures and other academic matters. During the period of the special relationship, graduates of the colleges were awarded University of London degrees.

Some of the colleges which were in special relation are listed below, along with the year in which their special relation was established.

In 1970, the 'Schemes of Special Relation' were phased out.

Some 135,090 students (approximately 5% of all UK students) attend one of the University of London's affiliated schools. Additionally, over 45,000 students follow the University of London International Programmes.^[2]

The ULU building on Malet Street (adjacent to Senate House) is home to the University of London Union, which acts as the student union for all University of London students alongside the individual college and institution unions. As well as representing students, the union plays host to a number of shops and bars (including a nightclub and live music venue), owns London Student (the largest student newspaper in Europe)^[28] and offers its own gym and swimming pool for student use.

Sports, clubs and traditions[link]

Though most sports teams are organised at the college level, ULU does run a number of sports clubs of its own, some of which (for example the basketball team) compete in BUCS leagues. The union also organises its own leagues for college teams to participate in. These leagues and sports clubs are supported by Friends of University of London Sport which aims to promote them.

In addition to these, ULU caters for sports not covered by the individual colleges through clubs such as the University of London Union Lifesaving Club, which helps students gain awards and learn new skills in lifesaving as well as sending teams to compete throughout the country in the BULSCA league.

By far the most successful ULU is the Dragons, the Universities Ice Hockey team who continue time and time again win in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association Division 1 and Division 2. The Dragons have also previously competed in tourney's including professional teams and have come away with several gold and silver medals from these events.

ULU also organises a number of societies, ranging from Ballroom and Latin American Dance to Shaolin Kung Fu, and from the University of London Big Band to the Breakdancing Society. Affiliated to the University is the University of London Society of Change Ringers, a society for bellringers at all London universities.

The University runs the famous University of London Boat Club, which is considered along with the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club to be one of the three best university rowing clubs in the country.

The University also has a representative football team, which dates back to 1913 and is a collection of the best players from the various colleges. The team plays games against sides such as Cambridge's and Oxford's 'Blues' sides as well as the R.A.F, Navy and Army. Currently the team has use of both Motspur Park Athletics Stadium (Fulham F.C.'s training ground, and a former University of London property) and the Honourable Artillery Company's grounds for training and home match purposes. Former players and managers of the team include Bobby Robson and Jimmy Hill.

University of London Orienteering Club is an umbrella club for all University of London orienteering groups. Members participate in orienteering events across the UK, and occasionally further afield. In 1997, the club sent a team to participate in the US championships in Colorado.

Student housing[link]

The University also runs eight intercollegiate halls of residence,^[29] accommodating students from most of the colleges and institutions of the University:

• College Hall, Malet Street, WC1^[30]
• Connaught Hall, Tavistock Square, WC1^[31]
• International Hall, Brunswick Square, WC1^[32]
• Lillian Penson Hall, Talbot Square, W2^[33](postgraduate students only)
• Nutford House, Brown Street, W1^[34]

The Garden Halls

Notable alumni, faculty and staff[link]

A large number of famous individuals have passed through the University of London, either as staff or students, including at least 4 monarchs, 52 presidents or prime ministers, 72 Nobel laureates, 6 Grammy winners, 2 Oscar winners and 3 Olympic gold medalists.

Staff and students of the university, past and present, have contributed to a number of important scientific advances, including the discovery of vaccines by Edward Jenner and Henry Gray (author of Gray's Anatomy). Additional vital progress was made by University of London people in the following fields: the discovery of the structure of DNA (Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin); the invention of modern electronic computers Tommy Flowers; the discovery of penicillin (Alexander Fleming and Ernest Chain); the development of X-Ray technology (William Henry Bragg and Charles Glover Barkla); discoveries on the mechanism of action of Interleukin 10 (Anne O'Garra); the formulation of the theory of electromagnetism (James Clerk Maxwell); the determination of the speed of light (Louis Essen); the development of antiseptics (Joseph Lister); the development of fibre optics (Charles K. Kao); and the invention of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell). Notable political figures who have passed through the University of London include Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Romano Prodi, Junichiro Koizumi, Aung San Suu Kyi, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Taro Aso, Nelson Mandela, John F. Kennedy and Mahatma Gandhi.

In the arts field the university has produced the novelists Malcolm Bradbury, G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Thomas Hardy, Arthur C. Clarke, Ken Sibanda, J.G. Ballard and the poet John Keats. Many artists have been associated with the university, including Jonathan Myles-Lea, and several of the leading figures in the Young British Artists movement (including Ian Davenport, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst). Outstanding musicians across a wide range include the conductor Sir Simon Rattle, the soprano Felicity Lott and both members of Gilbert and Sullivan to Mick Jagger, Elton John, Dido, and members of the bands Coldplay, Suede, The Velvet Underground, Blur, Iron Maiden, Placebo, The Libertines and Queen.

The University of London has also played host to film directors (Christopher Nolan, Derek Jarman), philosophers (Karl Popper, Roger Scruton), explorers (David Livingstone), international academics (Sam Karunaratne), and leading businessmen (Michael Cowpland, George Soros).

Among the more controversial alumni and professors can be included the pornographer David Sullivan, the international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, Al-Qaeda operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and the Soviet double agent Anthony Blunt.

Chancellors[link]

The Chancellors of the University of London since its founding are as follows:

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(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="In this picture taken July 22, 2013, a general view is photographed during a dress rehearsal for the opera &quot;Written on skin&quot; by George Benjamin in the Prinzregenten Theater House in Munich, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? If opera is a dead art form, somebody forgot to tell George Benjamin.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/provocative-argentine-artist-leon-ferrari-92-193108482.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1lB22fQin7ojjAU0mDyzhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d1f5258a0011b219380f6a706700ae8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this April 27, 2001 photo, Argentine artist Leon Ferrari waves in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferrari died on July 25, 2013 in Buenos Aires, according to his family foundation. He was 92. (AP Photo/Raul Ferrari, Telam)" align="left" title="In this April 27, 2001 photo, Argentine artist Leon Ferrari waves in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferrari died on July 25, 2013 in Buenos Aires, according to his family foundation. He was 92. (AP Photo/Raul Ferrari, Telam)" border="0" /></a>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ? Leon Ferrari, a conceptual artist and rights activist who clashed with Pope Francis when he led Argentina&#039;s church and relished provoking dictators, bishops and a world at war, has died at age 92.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/provocative-argentine-artist-leon-ferrari-92-193108482.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:55:09 -0400Associated Pressprovocative-argentine-artist-leon-ferrari-92-193108482<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/provocative-argentine-artist-leon-ferrari-92-193108482.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1lB22fQin7ojjAU0mDyzhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d1f5258a0011b219380f6a706700ae8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this April 27, 2001 photo, Argentine artist Leon Ferrari waves in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferrari died on July 25, 2013 in Buenos Aires, according to his family foundation. He was 92. (AP Photo/Raul Ferrari, Telam)" align="left" title="In this April 27, 2001 photo, Argentine artist Leon Ferrari waves in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferrari died on July 25, 2013 in Buenos Aires, according to his family foundation. He was 92. (AP Photo/Raul Ferrari, Telam)" border="0" /></a>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ? Leon Ferrari, a conceptual artist and rights activist who clashed with Pope Francis when he led Argentina&#039;s church and relished provoking dictators, bishops and a world at war, has died at age 92.</p><br clear="all"/>OAXACA, Mexico (AP) ? Alejandro Santiago, a Mexican artist who filled the streets of his hometown with clay figures to represent the migrants who left for the United States, died Monday. He was 49.http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-artist-made-clay-migrants-dead-49-025329946.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 22:54:24 -0400Associated Pressmexico-artist-made-clay-migrants-dead-49-025329946By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York art dealer was indicted on Wednesday in connection with an alleged scheme to bilk two Manhattan galleries out of more than $30 million by peddling fake paintings purportedly created by world-renowned artists, federal prosecutors said. Glafira Rosales, 56, was charged with wire fraud, money laundering, filing false tax returns and failing to report assets from a foreign bank account, according to the indictment in Manhattan federal court. If convicted on all charges, she faces a maximum prison sentence of 59 years, prosecutors said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/york-art-dealer-charged-30-million-fraud-011707957.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 21:17:07 -0400Reutersyork-art-dealer-charged-30-million-fraud-011707957BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thieves stole 10 paintings worth a total of 1.5 million euros ($1.96 million) in a swift nighttime burglary at a Brussels museum, prosecutors said on Wednesday. In the early hours of Tuesday, the thieves broke a window on the ground floor of the Van Buuren museum in the leafy Brussels suburb of Uccle and even though the alarm was triggered the thieves were gone before the police arrived. "The whole thing only lasted two minutes and three seconds," said Isabelle Anspach, the curator of the museum. ...http://news.yahoo.com/thieves-steal-10-paintings-swift-raid-brussels-museum-163858886.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:38:58 -0400Reutersthieves-steal-10-paintings-swift-raid-brussels-museum-163858886VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian man is to be charged with disturbing the peace of the dead after police found 56 skulls and 55 other bones at a museum he had created in his home. Police in the province of Burgenland said the relics were taken without authorization from a church cemetery and had now been returned. The 47-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released pending his being charged, came to the attention of the police when he tried to sell three skulls and two thigh bones at a flea market, police said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/austrian-found-hoarding-stolen-skulls-home-museum-021353961.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 22:13:53 -0400Reutersaustrian-found-hoarding-stolen-skulls-home-museum-021353961<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romania-museum-checks-paintings-burned-192324457.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2bIesFq6kEVgtXEeX8VVRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bd6a559bcb7dc417370f6a706700048f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the painting &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; by Claude Monet. A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. Monet&#039;s &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; was one of the stolen paintings. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the painting &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; by Claude Monet. A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. Monet&#039;s &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; was one of the stolen paintings. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)" border="0" /></a>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/romania-museum-checks-paintings-burned-192324457.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 16:42:03 -0400Associated Pressromania-museum-checks-paintings-burned-192324457<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romania-museum-checks-paintings-burned-192324457.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2bIesFq6kEVgtXEeX8VVRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bd6a559bcb7dc417370f6a706700048f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the painting &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; by Claude Monet. A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. Monet&#039;s &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; was one of the stolen paintings. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This photo released by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, shows the painting &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; by Claude Monet. A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday July 16, 2013. Monet&#039;s &#039;Waterloo Bridge, London&#039; was one of the stolen paintings. (AP Photo / Police Rotterdam, File)" border="0" /></a>BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? A Romanian museum is analyzing ashes found in a stove to see if they are the remains of seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others that were stolen last year from the Netherlands, an official said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>CAIRO (Reuters) - The former head of the Cairo opera, who was sacked by ousted President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist government, has been named Egypt's new culture minister by the country's new military-backed interim government. Ines Abdel Dayem was fired as head of the Cairo Opera House by Mursi's culture minister in May. Her sacking, along with an Islamist parliamentarian's call for a ban on ballet, prompted performers and cultural figures to stage a sit-in at the culture ministry lasting several weeks. ...http://news.yahoo.com/opera-head-sacked-under-mursi-egypts-culture-minister-154338585.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 12:19:12 -0400Reutersopera-head-sacked-under-mursi-egypts-culture-minister-154338585MADRID (AP) ? After spending several days in the hospital, opera singer Placido Domingo said Sunday that an early diagnosis for a blocked blood vessel by a medical team in Madrid saved him from possibly more serious medical complications.http://news.yahoo.com/opera-star-domingo-leaves-hospital-eager-sing-185152228.htmlSun, 14 Jul 2013 14:53:41 -0400Associated Pressopera-star-domingo-leaves-hospital-eager-sing-185152228<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuPAptT4QvdIVkgLozM1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14386e384cb05517370f6a706700a06e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Some arrived in Porsches or BMWs, which were whisked away by valet parking attendants. The hotel lobby was awash with the celebrated and powerful including A-list actors, well-known artists and captains of commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 02:20:06 -0400Associated Presstehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tehran-art-auction-lures-spenders-amid-hard-times-061624045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuPAptT4QvdIVkgLozM1Ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14386e384cb05517370f6a706700a06e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" align="left" title="In this picture taken on Monday, July 1, 2013, two Iranian women look at paintings in an art gallery, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Some arrived in Porsches or BMWs, which were whisked away by valet parking attendants. The hotel lobby was awash with the celebrated and powerful including A-list actors, well-known artists and captains of commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Graphic novel artist Gerry Kissell and "Sons of Anarchy" actor Kurt Yaeger aren't waiting for a greenlight from Hollywood to create a physically disabled action hero - they're teaming up to do it themselves through Kickstarter. Kissell, best known for his work with IDW Publishing ("Code Word: Geronimo," "Iron Sky"), has turned to the crowdfunding website to raise $8,000 to produce and publish "Vindicated, Inc," a graphic novel about a double-amputee Delta Force soldier-turned-vigilante suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. ...http://news.yahoo.com/sons-anarchy-star-artist-turn-kickstarter-create-physically-003851249.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 20:38:51 -0400Reuterssons-anarchy-star-artist-turn-kickstarter-create-physically-003851249Footage of his performance is being compiled for the track's music video. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:01:19 -0400ABC Newsblogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Footage of his performance is being compiled for the track's music video. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:01:19 -0400ABC Newsblogs/entertainment/2013/07/jay-z-performing-picasso-baby-six-hours-straight/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_SV_iFPBUceAdnEQkvlpzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-10T212811Z_1_CBRE9691NN900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citing the power of artists and academics to open minds, President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded 24 medals to people including &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator George Lucas and writer Joan Didion who he said touched his life and the lives of Americans. &quot;They challenge us to think and to question and to discover, to seek that inward significance,&quot; Obama said, awarding the winners of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 17:28:11 -0400Reutershonoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/honoring-opera-star-wars-obama-awards-arts-medals-212811010.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_SV_iFPBUceAdnEQkvlpzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-10T212811Z_1_CBRE9691NN900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="US President Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to film producer Lucas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citing the power of artists and academics to open minds, President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded 24 medals to people including &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator George Lucas and writer Joan Didion who he said touched his life and the lives of Americans. &quot;They challenge us to think and to question and to discover, to seek that inward significance,&quot; Obama said, awarding the winners of the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Las Vegas tourists can stroll through the Sin City of yesteryear at a museum full of the town's retired neon signs.http://news.yahoo.com/retired-vegas-signs-come-light-neon-museum-164657736.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 14:17:32 -0400Associated Pressretired-vegas-signs-come-light-neon-museum-164657736<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81f6mPCjGz5NLqbhCLclyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c1770d9ef270916370f6a706700bf82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? It may be sweltering summer out there, but the spring ballet season has just officially ended in New York, with the last frothy performances of &quot;The Sleeping Beauty&quot; at American Ballet Theater.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 18:45:28 -0400Associated Press2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-exciting-premieres-livened-ny-ballet-season-224528847.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81f6mPCjGz5NLqbhCLclyA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c1770d9ef270916370f6a706700bf82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by American Ballet Theater, David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova perform in &quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot;, which will be performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. (AP Photo/American Ballet Theater, Gene Schiavone)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? It may be sweltering summer out there, but the spring ballet season has just officially ended in New York, with the last frothy performances of &quot;The Sleeping Beauty&quot; at American Ballet Theater.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y7umiw7cvCsrfbqT.Qoyuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T174111Z_3_CBRE9681C2I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PLACIDODOMINGO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" align="left" title="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opera tenor Placido Domingo has been admitted to a Madrid hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in his lung, his U.S. publicist said on Tuesday. Domingo, 72, was hospitalized on Monday in his hometown and is expected to make a full recovery in about three to four weeks, publicist Nancy Seltzer said. &quot;He&#039;s doing very well and responding very well to treatment,&quot; she said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 13:41:11 -0400Reutersopera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/opera-tenor-placido-domingo-hospitalized-spain-171812797.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y7umiw7cvCsrfbqT.Qoyuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T174111Z_3_CBRE9681C2I00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PLACIDODOMINGO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" align="left" title="Tenor and conductor Domingo, general director of Los Angeles Opera, speaks as accepts &quot;Heart of the City Award&quot; at Central City Association of Los Angeles 19th Annual &quot;Treasures of Los Angeles&quot; luncheon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES/MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opera tenor Placido Domingo has been admitted to a Madrid hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism - a blood clot in his lung, his U.S. publicist said on Tuesday. Domingo, 72, was hospitalized on Monday in his hometown and is expected to make a full recovery in about three to four weeks, publicist Nancy Seltzer said. &quot;He&#039;s doing very well and responding very well to treatment,&quot; she said. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgUrfk1Bz7Ci8PEvRW7z2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T141208Z_2_CBRE96813F500_RTROPTP_2_USA-SECURITY-GERMANY-ARTIST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" align="left" title="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - A German artist who beamed the words &quot;United Stasi of America&quot; onto the wall of the U.S. embassy in Berlin says Washington&#039;s spy methods make the former East German secret police look like boy scouts. A video of Oliver Bienkowski&#039;s artwork is fast becoming a hit on the Internet in Germany, tapping into widespread outrage over U.S. surveillance programs revealed by fugitive ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2013 10:12:08 -0400Reutersgerman-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-artist-protests-u-stasi-embassy-wall-141121592.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FgUrfk1Bz7Ci8PEvRW7z2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-09T141208Z_2_CBRE96813F500_RTROPTP_2_USA-SECURITY-GERMANY-ARTIST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" align="left" title="A handout picture shows a projection of text reading &#039;United Stasi of America&#039; on the building of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - A German artist who beamed the words &quot;United Stasi of America&quot; onto the wall of the U.S. embassy in Berlin says Washington&#039;s spy methods make the former East German secret police look like boy scouts. A video of Oliver Bienkowski&#039;s artwork is fast becoming a hit on the Internet in Germany, tapping into widespread outrage over U.S. surveillance programs revealed by fugitive ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cUihNWEO6XBTNSfND64rIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ec1fb0d7d328ff16360f6a706700ed90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite easily sit on her laurels.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 17:45:11 -0400Associated Pressceline-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/celine-dion-helps-launch-canadian-artist-strip-151432622.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cUihNWEO6XBTNSfND64rIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ec1fb0d7d328ff16360f6a706700ed90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" align="left" title="Celine Dion, left, and Veronic DiCaire speak during an interview at the Jubilee Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2013 in Las Vegas. Celine Dion is throwing her star power behind a fellow French Canadian songstress Veronic DiCaire, who is setting up shop across the street in Las Vegas. (Photo by Andrew Estey/Invision/AP)" border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Perched atop the performer hierarchy in Las Vegas, where she holds court in the Caesars Palace Colosseum, five-time Grammy winner Celine Dion could quite easily sit on her laurels.</p><br clear="all"/>Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner featured in exhibition at New York's Museum of Sex ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/anthony-weiner-featured-museum-sex-exhibit-19603620Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:55:11 -0400ABC NewsHealth/wireStory/anthony-weiner-featured-museum-sex-exhibit-19603620<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5v7bINKbJK9g7Pq8uQ_KUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/79d2468dd2b3fc16360f6a7067003f47.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City has taken control of the South Street Seaport Museum.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.htmlMon, 08 Jul 2013 08:31:58 -0400Associated Pressnyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-takes-control-south-street-seaport-museum-121715416.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5v7bINKbJK9g7Pq8uQ_KUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/79d2468dd2b3fc16360f6a7067003f47.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="In this photo of April 13, 2013, historic sailing ships are docked at the South Street Seaport in New York. New York City has taken control of the financially-strapped waterfront museum, it was announced Monday, July 8, 2013. The museum is housed in a commercial building on Fulton Street that served the seaport starting in 1811. It also maintains the fleet of historic vessels. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? New York City has taken control of the South Street Seaport Museum.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0X0_l9yS.9iomldFtG8lNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a360068076a4b716360f6a706700be65.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" align="left" title="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) ? Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a Colombian rainforest and tested for compounds that might be used to treat HIV, AIDS or cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.htmlFri, 05 Jul 2013 12:49:07 -0400Associated Presschicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chicagos-field-museum-reorganizes-amid-money-woes-152512298.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0X0_l9yS.9iomldFtG8lNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a360068076a4b716360f6a706700be65.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" align="left" title="In this May 9, 2013 photo, Richard Lariviere, president and CEO of Chicago&#039;s Field Museum of Natural History, poses with Sue, the towering tyrannosaurus rex that greets visitors to the museum. The museum, one of the world&#039;s pre-eminent research centers with a 25 million-piece collection of plants and animals used to examine everything from genetics to climate change, is facing budget problems that is forcing it to cut research staff. Lariviere says the museum is poised to recover financially within two years. But some scientists say the cuts in its research operations will be significant. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) ? Matt von Konrat is animated as he talks about a plant specimen pulled from the vast botanical collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. Documentation shows it was collected in 1996 in a Colombian rainforest and tested for compounds that might be used to treat HIV, AIDS or cancer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ie0nPsI_nQvToVLH9JDDQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T192909Z_2_CBRE963133K00_RTROPTP_2_MANDELA-BODIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" align="left" title="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" border="0" /></a>By Yvonne Bell MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela&#039;s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader. In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans, Mandla Mandela confirmed rumors that his young son, Zanethemba, was in fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and Mandla&#039;s now ex-wife Anais Grimaud. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.htmlThu, 04 Jul 2013 15:29:09 -0400Reutersmandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mandela-vs-mandela-family-feud-sinks-soap-opera-140427018.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ie0nPsI_nQvToVLH9JDDQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-04T192909Z_2_CBRE963133K00_RTROPTP_2_MANDELA-BODIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" align="left" title="Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, talks during a news conference in Mvezo, a day after a court order to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero&#039;s children" border="0" /></a>By Yvonne Bell MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela&#039;s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader. In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans, Mandla Mandela confirmed rumors that his young son, Zanethemba, was in fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and Mandla&#039;s now ex-wife Anais Grimaud. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lu Zhong Wu was released from a Pennsylvania prison three years after being smuggled into the U.S. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/artist-status-gets-smuggled-immigrant-prison-release-1996-19569226Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:13:56 -0400ABC NewsUS/video/artist-status-gets-smuggled-immigrant-prison-release-1996-19569226Even presidential history has its price as NC considers closing James Polk birthplace museum ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/james-polk-museum-nc-budget-chopping-block-19570075Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:26:04 -0400ABC NewsUS/wireStory/james-polk-museum-nc-budget-chopping-block-19570075<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4nfqQ9el3UbbQAhbEPKJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1db0996c37908116360f6a70670093d9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Honda Motor Co.&#039;s walking, talking interactive robot is running into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.htmlWed, 03 Jul 2013 09:32:19 -0400Associated Presshondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hondas-robot-museum-guide-not-yet-people-person-075344999.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4nfqQ9el3UbbQAhbEPKJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1db0996c37908116360f6a70670093d9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="Honda Motor Co.?s interactive robot Asimo talks with visitors at a demonstration event in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The walking, talking interactive robot ran into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo. During Wednesday&#039;s demonstration, the bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Honda Motor Co.&#039;s walking, talking interactive robot is running into glitches in its new job as a museum guide in Tokyo.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7goII7hwYmPiGT5hh.FVxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a84c45cb19a26e16360f6a706700a516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Amy Winehouse seemed to live in public, but her fans never knew the private person.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.htmlTue, 02 Jul 2013 10:41:52 -0400Associated Pressuk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-jewish-museum-explores-real-amy-winehouse-143715405.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7goII7hwYmPiGT5hh.FVxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a84c45cb19a26e16360f6a706700a516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" align="left" title="An exhibition entitled &quot;Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait&quot; in London&#039;s Jewish Museum, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The exhibition aims to reveal an intimate side of the late soul diva. She was, in the words of her older brother Alex, &quot;simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent.&quot; It includes a trove of items from the singer&#039;s London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music _ from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award. By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a star, a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her talent. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Amy Winehouse seemed to live in public, but her fans never knew the private person.</p><br clear="all"/>Gender, weight and looks are subjects of speculation as Kate Middleton's due date draws near. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/kate-middleton-pregnant-forensic-artist-predicts-royal-baby-19553357Tue, 02 Jul 2013 10:24:48 -0400ABC NewsGMA/video/kate-middleton-pregnant-forensic-artist-predicts-royal-baby-19553357<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lywyJTNGhwf6MwvfokKH_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-01/df63d13a-1a09-442e-a65a-b1a27eb110ff_AP952652776454.jpeg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." align="left" title="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? A Paris-born performer in Cirque du Soleil&#039;s &quot;Ka&quot; died after a fall during a show in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.htmlSun, 30 Jun 2013 22:05:53 -0400Associated Presscirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cirque-du-soleil-artist-dies-fall-vegas-230447671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lywyJTNGhwf6MwvfokKH_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-01/df63d13a-1a09-442e-a65a-b1a27eb110ff_AP952652776454.jpeg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." align="left" title="Sarah Guyard-Guillot and Sami Tiaumassi in &quot;Ka&quot; from Cirque du Soleil in the hotel MGM Grand Resort en Las Vegas." border="0" /></a>LAS VEGAS (AP) ? A Paris-born performer in Cirque du Soleil&#039;s &quot;Ka&quot; died after a fall during a show in Las Vegas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qZfORCUlYMjFxEAmK4RH_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f8a1671bbfb2215360f6a7067007b83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>MUNICH, Germany (AP) ? It&#039;s a question that has long prompted heated arguments among devoted opera fans: Who was the greater composer, Richard Wagner or Giuseppe Verdi?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2013 06:39:15 -0400Associated Press10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-watch-opera-giants-battle-draw-102725419.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qZfORCUlYMjFxEAmK4RH_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f8a1671bbfb2215360f6a7067007b83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" align="left" title="Actors perform during an open air event in front of the Munich opera, southern Germany, on Friday, June 28, 2013. Munich celebrates the birthdays of composers Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)" border="0" /></a>MUNICH, Germany (AP) ? It&#039;s a question that has long prompted heated arguments among devoted opera fans: Who was the greater composer, Richard Wagner or Giuseppe Verdi?</p><br clear="all"/>

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