Bee Gee Robin Gibb says his health has improved
Bee Gee star Robin Gibb says he is making a strong recovery and putting on weight after suffering from a serious illness. Updated: 01:37 PM

First lady trip to mark "Let’s Move" anniversary
Michelle Obama is marking the second anniversary of her "Let’s Move" campaign against childhood obesity. Updated: 01:09 PM

Federal judge approves Spawn copyright deal
A federal judge has approved a settlement ending a copyright battle between fantasy industry giants Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane. Updated: 12:09 PM

Schwarzenegger visits Taj Mahal, finds it closed
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s dream of visiting the Taj Mahal has been dashed. Updated: 10:07 AM

Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game
Companies hope you’ll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year. Updated: 08:36 AM

Pilot Prince William in Falklands for 6-week tour
Prince William arrived in the Falkland Islands on Thursday for a six-week deployment as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, British officials said, amid an escalating sovereignty dispute with Argentina over the territory. Updated: 08:36 AM

Billy Ray Cyrus signs with Amazon
Billy Ray Cyrus is the latest celebrity to sign up with Amazon.com Updated: 12:06 AM

Playwrights and theaters join Japan benefit push
Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan. Updated: 05:39 PM

Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special
Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be needed to explain the contributions of African-Americans. Updated: 03:08 PM

Massachusetts governor has two-book deal
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has a two-book deal, including a budget-priced e-book and a second work that will build on responses to the first. Updated: 12:39 PM

Egyptian comedian sentenced for offending Islam
One of the Arab world’s best known Egyptian comedians has been sentenced to three months in jail for offending Islam, a judge said Thursday, in the latest such case against a high-profile figure, underlining concerns about freedom of expression in Egypt. Updated: 12:39 PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber bets again on ’Phantom’ sequel
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much-awaited sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" is called "Love Never Dies," but the musical defied its title: after a short life in London, it died. Now he hopes it can be resurrected. Updated: 11:38 AM

Televisa, Iusacell say Mexico rejects planned deal
A move by the world’s largest Spanish-language media company into Mexico’s mobile-phone market has been rejected by the country’s anti-monopoly regulator, the two companies involved in the deal said. Updated: 01:36 AM

Brooklyn man wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man has been named the winner of the annual $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, one of the largest monetary poetry prizes in the U.S., Claremont Graduate University announced Wednesday. Updated: 12:06 AM

Artist Mike Kelley found dead in Los Angeles home
Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy among his collaborators, has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57. Updated: 09:07 PM

Poland’s 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88. Updated: 06:09 PM

Hungary protest against rightist theater director
Around 300 people gathered outside Budapest’s New Theater on Wednesday to protest its new director, an actor with links to far-right parties. Updated: 02:38 PM

’Mona Lisa’ copy done hand in hand with da Vinci
A "Mona Lisa" copy owned by Spain’s Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci’s apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said Wednesday. Updated: 12:37 PM

APNewsBreak: Authority of Winehouse coroner probed
Amy Winehouse’s family says it is seeking legal advice after the coroner who oversaw the late singer’s inquest resigned because she did not have the required qualifications for the job. Updated: 12:09 PM

Turkey’s Erdogan criticizes American writer
Turkey’s prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country to protest its jailing of journalists and writers. Updated: 09:36 AM