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The Department of Justice is suing to block a proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster

Cruz says just reading the script for Parallel Mothers left her in tears. Justin Chang picks the best 11 films of 2021. Cumming's new memoir centers on love, sexuality, career and mental health.

The Lives of Others is set in communist East Berlin in the days before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It focuses on a police captain who is forced to put a wire tap on a famous playwright.

Four leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang are convicted on charges of murder, conspiracy and racketeering. The verdict, delivered in a In Santa Ana, Calif., courtroom, was hailed as a victory for federal prosecutors trying to curb the gang's violent and racist activities.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemns the deaths of two dozen civilians in Haditha last fall as "a horrible crime." In addition, seven U.S. Marines and a sailor could be charged with murder, kidnapping or conspiracy in connection with a single Iraqi death in April.

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

China's urbanization is perhaps the most extensive the world has ever seen. In Beijing and elsewhere, the job of designing prominent urban buildings is going more often than not to Western architects -- and the rush to remake the capital of China is crowding the ancient city with out-of-character designs.

Computer geeks are joining the ranks of fans of a high-tech brand of haute cuisine called "molecular gastronomy," using exotic laboratory tools and exotic chemicals to create some very unexpected taste sensations.

Treasury Secretary John Snow resigned Tuesday and President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr. as his replacement -- another chapter in the shake-up to revive Bush's troubled presidency.

President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao hold talks on nuclear proliferation and energy policy as they work for closer U.S.-China ties. Outside the White House, activists protested human rights abuses by Hu's government. At east one managed to get inside to disrupt the day's ceremony.