Updated 8:00 p.m. JERUSALEM Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled Mideast peace talks, angering families of those slain by the prisoners, who were welcomed as heroes in the West Bank…
(AP) NEW YORK – There’s “Follies” and then there’s folly. The first is a winning revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical that wowed Broadway this season. The other is how you can characterize any attempt to handicap Sunday’s Tony Awards. But…
ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court freed American pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday after he spent nearly two years in jail and more time under house arrest on charges related to terrorism and espionage. Brunson had become entangled in a…
(CBS News) Reviews are in for outer-space thriller “Prometheus,” and they’re mostly positive. The film, which marks “Alien” and “Blade Runner” director Ridley Scott’s return to sci-fi, has scored a 74 percent “Fresh” rating from critics on RottenTomatoes.com. Here’s what…
(CBS News) Senior U.S. intelligence officials are concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda terrorists in civil war-torn Syria. In a statement released over the weekend, the State Department said the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has…
(CBS News) John Mayer’s latest album has won a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart. The singer’s fifth studio album, “Born and Raised,” sold 65,000 copies this week to hang onto the No. 1 spot, according to Billboard. John…
The Obama administration believes the bloody suicide attacks and car bombings in Baghdad that have killed dozens of Iraqis in recent days were likely carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). On Saturday evening, the State Department announced that…
(CBS News) John Mayer’s latest album has won a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart. The singer’s fifth studio album, “Born and Raised,” sold 65,000 copies this week to hang onto the No. 1 spot, according to Billboard. John…