Mar 17th, 2010 · Turkish novelist Elif Shafak's new novel, The Forty Rules of Love, takes us into the life of a middle-aged Jewish woman from central Massachusetts, who as a reader for a literary agent, has just picked up a copy of a novel by a modern Sufi mystic.
Mar 14th, 2010 · The actor was best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series. He also masterfully lampooned his straight-arrow image as bumbling airline pilot Clarence Oveur in the 1980 disaster spoof Airplane!. He was 83.
Mar 14th, 2010 · After three years, the FBI is winding down its investigation into more than 100 cold case murders from the civil rights era. Guest host Audie Cornish talks with FBI special agent in charge Cynthia Deitle about what the investigations have yielded.
Mar 2nd, 2010 · Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez said the officials and a third, unidentified official were being held in connection with a case of stolen cocaine that led to the deaths of five police agents. Guatemala has long struggled to battle corruption among top law enforcement officials overseeing the fight against drug-trafficking gangs.
Feb 23rd, 2010 · To customs agents at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany, the large pink gem looked like a valuable 'blood diamond" worth millions of dollars. They arrested the businessman who was carrying it out of Angola. But when experts examined the uncut rock, they found it was no diamond in the rough. Rather, a crystal worth a few dollars.
Feb 17th, 2010 · The world's best-known golfer, who hasn't played professionally since revelations of marital infidelities, will end nearly three months of silence by meeting with a small group of reporters in Florida, his agent announced.
Feb 5th, 2010 · Luc Besson's latest action fantasy, From Paris With Love, stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Jonathan Rhys Myers as a diplomat trying to stop a terrorist attack in Paris. The story moves at warp speed — and it doesn't skimp on thrills.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Authorities had called Aafia Siddiqui, who was educated in the U.S., an al-Qaida sympathizer. At her trial, FBI agents and U.S. soldiers testified that when they went to interrogate her at an Afghan police station, she snatched up an unattended assault rifle and shot at them while yelling, "Death to Americans." She was wounded by return fire.