Minutes after Robin Gibb’s death , it began — the tweets of misery, the hashtagged mourning, the maudlin aphorisms streaming up and down Facebook walls and across Pinterest boards . The musician’s life was collated and curated by fans and passersby who felt compelled to make sense of it all in 140 characters or less. Read full article > >

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Tweet it and weep? Online, grief over dead celebrities is about us.

Many daily newspapers have been moving away from paper for years, emphasizing digital news. Lately, some print dailies have been moving away from publishing daily, too. To try to combat the industry’s decline — in readership, advertising and profits — a handful of newspapers are now cutting back their publishing schedules from seven days a week in print to just three. Read full article > >

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Cannes, France —Whether it’s the weather, the traffic or the movies, perhaps the best word to describe the Cannes Film Festival this year is “stuck.” From the outset, when organizers announced the directors competing for the festival’s top honor, Cannes seemed stalled in a past era: Of the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or this week, not one is directed by a woman, a nod to the mythical image of the heroic auteur that Cannes is famous for championing in its 66-year history. Read full article > >

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Cannes Film Festival 2012: Stalled in the past, with few surprises

CBS can call itself the country’s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years. The network won the 2011-12 television season, which ended Wednesday, by averaging nearly 12 million viewers each week. That’s about 3 million more viewers than closest-competitor Fox, the largest margin of victory of any network in more than two decades. Read full article > >

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CBS wins network ratings-war again; reality-competition shows still dominate

When journalist Bob Schieffer isn’t wearing his newsman suits, he dons blue jeans and joins the award-winning band Honky Tonk Confidential. They’ve even played the Grand Ole Opry. And on June 14, the band and Schieffer will perform in a special Flag Day event at the National Museum of American History . The retro/alt country band will interpret songs popular during the Civil War in conjunction with a gift to the Smithsonian of Broadcast Music Inc. Archives Confederate Music Collection . Read full article > >

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Keep your eyes peeled for the Mothership on Wednesday. That’s when Parliament’s legendary 1975 funk album “ Mothership Connection ” is cleared for landing on the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry, a collection of recordings deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” Read full article > >

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Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry adds new picks

One afternoon, as Heather Schoell was having porcupine-quill-like needles inserted into her feet, she casually mentioned to her acupuncturist that Cashew, her floppy-eared beagle, was suffering from anxiety. Read full article > >

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Pet acupuncture more popular as practice becomes more mainstream

More than a year after it was first announced, Bristol Palin’s latest foray into reality TV will finally become, well, a reality on June 19. Except that the premise has changed again slightly, bringing the premise tally to three, to date. Read full article > >

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Bristol, retooled again, set for debut; ‘House’ heads home

Are you shying away from bad foods that are actually good for you? With all the hoopla about healthful eating, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction. As a nutrition consultant, I’ve come to realize there is no shortage of surprises and superstitions in the world of nutrition. Here are reasons to enjoy some of your favorites. Read full article > >

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7 bad foods that are actually good for you

For some time now, commercial barbecue sauce has been progressing from its Dark Ages, when slow-smoked meats were tortured with bland, sweet, corporate slathers, to a more enlightened era of complex boutique sauces flavored with everything from habaneros to peaches. The homemade sauces in our second annual Smoke Signals barbecue sauce recipe contest reflect that evolution. Read full article > >

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A trio of winning sauces in our 2nd annual Smoke Signals barbecue sauce contest

When I was a kid, my older brother and stepdad rigged up a barbecue grill the way good old boys all over Texas did: They got their hands on an empty 55-gallon oil drum, cut it in half lengthwise, added hinges and legs and cut a grate to fit inside. Read full article > >

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Advances in grilling for one

Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe. In the still of the night, more people hold junk food tight. – NPR 42 states. 50 stories. A look back at a year in American foodways. – The Perennial Plate Holy hibachi! Benihana, the Japanese steakhouse chain, will be sold for $296 million. – The Miami Herald Dear Prudence, I've been banned from visiting my vegan grandchild because I feed her animal products. – Slate Have cork, will travel: Tour the world this summer, one glass of white wine at a time. – Washington Post

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Box lunch: Junk food after dark and vegan babies

Washington’s old-line diplomatic community once delighted in telling tales about one Arnaud de Borchgrave, a cool-named foreign correspondent who worked 30 years for Newsweek in the heart of the Cold War. There was the one about how de Borchgrave kept 14 military uniforms hanging in a Geneva closet, according to a 1980 Washington Post report. And the one how he called Al Haig on his direct line to ask about a high-risk rescue operation. Or how he ducked in and out of 18 wars during his career. Read full article > >

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Recent work of veteran newsman Arnaud de Borchgrave is scrutinized for plagiarism

“American Idol” Mentor-in-Chief Jimmy Iovine insists that Phil Phillips — this season’s Safely Scruffy White Guy With Guitar/Inevitable Winner — is vastly superior to the SSWGWG’s who have won the Fox singing competition the past several seasons. Read full article > >

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‘Idol’ mentor: Phil Phillips has ‘crazy charisma, incredible sound’

The sleeper hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” has already turned its maker, Belgian singer Gotye, into a new version of Sting for people who never liked the old version. It now seems poised to turn his duet partner, New Zealand singer Kimbra Johnson, into a new version of Björk for people who miss the gawky, early ’90s, fresh-from-the-Sugarcubes version. Kimbra’s official debut, “Vows,” is snappy and smart, an often-great pop album with a knack for sounding more exotic than it is. It shoehorns in a little bit of everything: Nancy Sinatra pop, show tunes, funk, kittenish light jazz and a respectable Nina Simone cover (“Plain Gold Ring,” done as somberly as the chipper Kimbra can manage). Read full article > >

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