Duncan Sheik: With Lauren Pritchard, 7:30 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $20, $27. "Fiddler on the Roof": Final performances 2 & 7:30 p.m. Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway, Detroit. 313-961-3500. $24-$74.

Legendary singer Tina Turner has axed two shows on her comeback tour of the U.K. after falling ill with respiratory influenza. The Simply The Best hitmaker was due to play dates in London and Sheffield, England on March 11th and 12th but she has now canceled the shows. Doctors advised the 69-year-old, who is performing in the U.K. for the first time in nine years, to rest for six days ...

Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted Kelly Clarkson, what have you done. You've gone and turned in one tight little pop album that should...

THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE And Selected Stories By Theodor Storm Translated from the German by James Wright New York Review. 284 pp. Paperback, $15.95 "German short fiction of the 19th century" may sound like the title for a college course, and probably a rather dull and earnest one at that. In...

Somerset County Prosecutor's OfficeWilliam Joyce, who is accused of trying to dump two of the guns stolen from a Bridgewater home March 3. Two more Somerset County residents have been arrested in connection with the theft last week of eight...

Synchronica plc, international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, has been awarded the European Seal of e-Excellence at CeBIT for the third year in a row.

From the early '80s, when drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts started making a name for himself in his work with Wynton Marsalis, he has become one of those players who is always cranking out a steady beat of creativity.

03/10/09 : CIA Following Bin Laden on Twitter 02/17/09 : Obama Seeks New Commerce Secretary on Craigslist 02/12/09 : Geithner Warns His Talking Could Cause Depression 02/04/09 : Obama Considers Tax on Cabinet 01/08/09 : Burris Hoping to be Crowned Emperor of Universe 12/31/08 : Bin Laden Latest Madoff Casualty 12/23/08 : Markets Crash on Pictures of Obama Losing Shirt 12/18/08 : Caroline Kennedy ...

London's Westminster Abbey is to host on March 31 a special memorial service for the victims and survivors of Victoria's bushfires.

getting ready: West Indies players warm up during a training session at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, yesterday, in preparation for the final Digicel Test match against England, which bowls off today at the same venue. West Indies lead the five-match series 1-0.

Local rock band Unleashed is making progress and booking more gigs.

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Margaret J. Brownlea, 94, of Oshkosh died Friday, March 6, 2009 at Evergreen Retirement Community-Creekview. She was born October 10, 1914 in Omro a daughter of the late Edward and Edith Marshall Bennett. Margaret married Robert Lockwood and he preceded her in death. She then married Stuart Brownlea and he preceded her in death. A memorial service for Margaret will be held Thursday, March 12, ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS "33 Variations." Jane Fonda stars in a play written and directed by Moises Kaufman about the nature of reconciliation, set against the backdrop of one woman's obsession with a piece of music. Now in previews. Opens Monday. Eugene O'Neill. Telecharge.

You don't need stats to know greatness. Meryl taught me that.

The son of legendary Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie performs folk music woven with his stories and anecdotes. PLEASE NOTE: Entry errors sometimes occur. Always use the provided contact information to verify event times and locations.

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has revealed he and Roy Keane have settled their differences.

March 5, 2009An open letter to the Texas A&M community:As you may have read in "The Battalion" or in other local news reports this week, allegations have been made regarding the hiring of Texas A&M University's Vice President for Student ...

A third of our customers in negative equity, admits state-owned Rock

Salman Khan it seems is giving preferential treatment to his mega budget Veer over Boney Kapoor's long in the making Wanted.

40 Oz. to Freedom: A tribute to Sublime, with Clayton Senne, 8 p.m. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. 248-544-3030. $10. Beoga: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $15, $22. DD/MM/Yyyy: With Red China, 8 p.m. The Pike Room, 1 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-858-9333. $8.

An interesting exhibit at the Museum of Russian Icons reveals what happened when 20th century politics transformed a traditional art of vast spiritual import into a secular craft with unexpected results.

On the third day, I peered at the radish through my magnifying lens. Its rose-colored gnarl lay beached, a little helplessly it seemed, on the soil mix. The spinach had appeared, too.

The bronze heads of a rabbit and a rat were sold to an anonymous telephone bidder during late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's art collection's auction.

By Subhash K Jha, The Masoom moppet has surely come of age. Jugal Hansraj who recently directed Yashraj Films' first animation film Roadside Romeo , is all set direct his first feature film for Yashraj Films.

COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Soha Ali Khan says she prefers going out for a peaceful dinner with friends rather than attending a party at a club. "I am not a huge party animal. I like going out for dinner and having interesting conversation with friends.

Will Smith gave Ralph Macchio quite the surprise recently, calling the Karate Kid star out of the blue to talk about his remake of the 1984 film. Smith's a producer on the updated kickfest,...

Two Japanese firms reach publishing agreement. March 10, 2009 - Atlus and Sting announced in Japan today the start of a publishing partnership that will see Atlus serve as exclusive publisher of Sting-developed games.

Look for James A. Williams in "Othello" and the Twin Cities premiere of Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll" at the St. Paul playhouse next season.

Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., parent company of KITV, has earned its fifth consecutive USC Annenberg Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism in recognition of coverage of the 2008 election season.

Film Written by the Late Tupac Shakur Set to Hit Theaters Motion picture scheduled for 2010 release

"Believe me, I have nothing against Barbie! I, like almost all girls who grew up in the last 50 years, had a Barbie. I had a lot of Barbies! But I was also the one that compared myself non-stop to the little beauty.

The New York Yankees are acting as if Alex Rodriguez is Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle, the kind of player they can't win without, despite the sorry fact that so far, he has only been the kind of player they can't win with.

Sir Roger Moore was scarred for life after throwing a stone at a nesting bird, resulting in a life-long hatred of blood sports.

 When she was 24 years old, top model Barbara Minty met the man she was going to marry: Steve McQueen, one of the biggest movie stars of history.

Race car driver's star status may be on jurors' minds in tax fraud case One potential juror admitted he had voted a dozen times for the man on trial — when the defendant was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars.

LOS ANGELES -- Jimmy Boyd, a singer best known for recording the Christmas novelty hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" in 1952 when he was 13, died Saturday.

He began playing chess at just five years old, and 62 years later, David Anderton is showing no signs of giving up. He began playing chess at just five years old, and 62 years later, David Anderton is showing no signs of giving up. The 67-year-old former England team captain is still pitting his wits against players [...]

PHOENIX (AP) — Manny Ramirez clambered up the stairs to a rooftop patio jammed with reporters, team employees and television cameras.

Controversy over Hungarian president's visit? There are no comments for this document. Responsible response Simon Gray "As much as wise and courageous leadership is needed around the globe to get us through this crisis, so also is it needed in Serbia.

Buoyed by temperate weather featuring an average of 300 days of sunshine and sporting a bevy of great resort and public golf courses, the truly international city of San Antonio wants badly to earn notice as the Lone Star State's premier golf destination.

One of the perils of writing about your life in a national newspaper is that people rush to judgement about you. And not only that, they know how to find you. This column in a previous incarnation was titled Tales of the Country, and in 2003, about a year after I started writing it, I got a letter from a fellow who lives three miles away, which, in this neck of the woods, counts as practically ...

''MILK'': Sean Penn rightfully had a big run on the movie awards circuit recently for his superb portrayal of Harvey Milk, the 1970s San Francisco city supervisor whose gay-rights activism made him a lightning rod for controversy.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - B.C. crooner Michael Buble headlines a cast of entertainers about to be inducted into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame for 2009.

The LaDainian Tomlinson saga ended happily for both sides.