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Prince: "LotusFlow3r" ***; "MPLSound" **1/2; Bria Valente, "Elixer" ** By now, most music fans are aware that Prince will self-release three albums that will sell in one $11.98 bundle at...

A moderate held Iran's presidency for eight years before the 2005 election of conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and many reformist ideas remain lodged deep in the psyche of many Iranians. Now...

Most marriage advice includes this nugget of wisdom: Don't expect the romance to last. Passion fades and couples are left with a relationship best described as a "warm afterglow." But...

Exercise seems to help some adults battle depression -- that endorphin release can produce upbeat feelings and tamp down pain receptors. But does it work as well for children? It...

Dr. McDreamy has listed his L.A. home at $3.595 million. Actor Patrick Dempsey, who plays heartthrob Dr. Derek Shepherd on "Grey's Anatomy," hopes to sell a New England traditional with...

Fifteen years after he first donned that freshly pressed doctor's coat, Noah Wyle is revealing an "ER" secret: There are only about 12 things you can do to patients in...

The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 1: 1929-1940 Edited by Martha Dow Fehsenfeld and Lois More Overbeck Cambridge University Press, $50, 782 pages Death's shadow frequently sends literary reputation into...

Bill Bogash, 92, a pioneering roller derby star who launched his legendary career on skates as a teenager during the Great Depression when he teamed up with his mother, has...

Irving R. Levine, who pioneered network television coverage of economic issues during his more than 40-year career as a correspondent for NBC News, died Friday. Mr. Levine, 86, died of...

A car bomb devastated an outdoor market in east Baghdad on Thursday, killing 26 people and wounding 37 more, police and medical sources said. The attack in the predominantly Shiite...