• No 'sideshow' sendoff for Richard III

  February 9, 2013
  Officials in Leicester, England, say they are considering ways for the public to pay its respects to the newly identified skeleton of King Richard III.

• 'Pride and Prejudice' retelling from servants' POV coming

  February 8, 2013
  A novel that re-imagines "Pride and Prejudice" from the point of view of the main characters' servants is to be published this year, its British author said.

• Mom passes drugs with open-mouth kiss

  February 8, 2013
  Authorities in New York state said a mother used an open-mouth kiss to smuggle Oxycodone to her son in a jail.

• WWII plane part of Calif. estate sale

  February 3, 2013
  Attendees at a California estate sale had an interesting item to consider in the home's backyard shed: a World War II military airplane.

• Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' turns 200 years old

  February 1, 2013
  Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, England, has dedicated an exhibition to the author's classic romance "Pride and Prejudice," which turned 200 this week.

• Alan Cumming to play Shakespeare's Macbeth on Broadway

  February 1, 2013
  Alan Cumming is bringing his one-man interpretation of William Shakespeare's tragic play, "Macbeth," to Broadway this spring, producers said Friday.

• Court orders boy, 12, to get a job

  January 31, 2013
  A Massachusetts appeals court upheld a judge's order for a 12-year-old tagger to get a job so he can pay $1,000 restitution to his victim.

• Hose-tearing charge thrown out of court

  January 30, 2013
  A Toronto judge tossed out criminal charges against a woman accused of causing a 0.2-inch tear in her neighbor's garden hose.

• 'Shameless,' 'House of Lies,' 'Californication' renewed

  January 29, 2013
  Showtime says it has ordered new seasons of its Los Angeles-shot comedies "Shameless," "House of Lies" and "Californication."

• Coke and dogs in 4th grade science project

  January 29, 2013
  A Florida fourth grader's science project involved nearly an ounce of cocaine, three drug-sniffing dogs and the cooperation of police.

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