STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. -- When the board of directors at the Norman Rockwell Museum first proposed moving from a quaint but cramped old house on Main Street to a new building in the town's Glendale section, the public response was like nothing ever pictured in the iconic artist's representations of his adopted hometown.   Full Story

Thursday, July 2 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.   Full Story

Thursday, July 2 LOS OLIVOS, Calif. (AP) — With Peter Pan as inspiration, Michael Jackson turned his lush Neverland ranch into a whimsical retreat with carnival rides, a chimpanzee named Bubbles and even a Disney-like train station where he could recapture his lost childhood. But like the superstar's career, the property's idyllic image was tarnished when Jackson was accused of   Full Story

Thursday, July 2 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called "stirring." Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.   Full Story

Thursday, July 2 NEW YORK (AP) — A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her written ruling in Manhattan after considering arguments in   Full Story

Wednesday, July 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private, music-filled funeral that one participant called "stirring." Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.   Full Story

Tuesday, June 30 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials. The justices declined to hear arguments on whether Cablevision Systems Corp.   Full Story

Friday, June 26 BENNINGTON — Bitter-tongued souls in these times might refer to medical care as a "farce," but in this case, the farce is good medicine. Oldcastle Theatre Company's June 27 production of "One Two Three" will be staged for the benefit of the Bennington Free Clinic, which cares for adults who lack health insurance or who have only catastrophic health insurance.   Full Story

OCOEE, Florida (AP) - The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was babysitting in central Florida.   Full Story

Tuesday, June 23 BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something to worry about: an even cheaper DVD rental service run by one of his former lieutenants.   Full Story

Tuesday, June 23 NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrity parents Jon and Kate Gosselin say they plan to divorce. The co-stars of "Jon & Kate Plus 8," who are parents of sextuplets and twins, spoke of their decision to separate during Monday's episode of the TLC reality series. Near the end of the hour-long episode, a title card summed things up in stark terms: It said that on Monday, "legal   Full Story

Saturday, June 20 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry — if the big fine can withstand an appeal. "Normally in our American legal system, we say the punishment should fit the crime," said Ken Port, director of the   Full Story

Saturday, June 20 HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) — Oprah Winfrey sat rapt Friday in the front row of the state-of-the-art theater during a show put on by the poor girls she has built an exclusive school for. The talk show host clapped enthusiastically, tapped her foot during a musical item and had a warm hug for one young girl who recited an essay she wrote describing her broken   Full Story