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The 37-year-old Hill got her start with The Fugees and began her solo career in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” The album, praised by critics for its incisive lyrics and synthesis of rap and soul, sold 8 million copies

(CBS/AP) Lauryn Hill has been charged with failing to file income tax returns for several years with the IRS, the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey announced Thursday. Pictures: Stars with tax woes The five-time Grammy winner earned more than…

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Taraji P. Henson’s fiance “surprised the heck out of everybody” with his romantic proposal! ET’s Leanne Aguilera caught up with the “Empire” star at Fox’s upfront presentation on Monday, and the 47-year-old actress spilled all the details on how her beau,…

Obama first called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down from power on August 18, 2011

The Obama administration believes the bloody suicide attacks and car bombings in Baghdad that have killed dozens of Iraqis in recent days were likely carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). On Saturday evening, the State Department announced that…

The oh-so-cool “Peter and the Starcatcher” and the naughty “Venus in Fur” are inventive and bold, but not broad enough to tickle everyone

(AP) NEW YORK – There’s “Follies” and then there’s folly. The first is a winning revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical that wowed Broadway this season. The other is how you can characterize any attempt to handicap Sunday’s Tony Awards. But…

Contacted by Beijing Times newspaper, the man said he would comply with the district’s orders, but he belittled attempts to call the structure a villa, calling it “just an ornamental garden.” Authorities took action only after photos of the villa were splashed across Chinese media on Monday

BEIJING A medicine mogul spent six years building his own private mountain peak and luxury villa atop a high-rise apartment block in China’s capital, earning the unofficial title of “most outrageous illegal structure.” Now, authorities are giving him 15 days…

But life in Russia will be a far cry from the comforts of Snowden’s former home in Hawaii

(CBS News) Only about six weeks ago, 부산출장안마 the question was “where is Edward Snowden.” Now, he’s gone to ground again. The former NSA contractor’s whereabouts inside Russia are being kept secret, reports CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata, but his…

Pastor Andrew Brunson relased from Turkey: U.S. pastor convicted on terrorism and espionage charges in Turkey, but released on time served

ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court freed American pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday after he spent nearly two years in jail and more time under house arrest on charges related to terrorism and espionage. Brunson had become entangled in a…

“I’m gay, and I’m just the same person as you, my dear audience, as President Putin, as Prime Minister Medvedev and the deputies of our Duma,” he said, according to an interview with international Russian-language news site Snob.ru

A Russian TV personality who had covered Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws was fired after he came out live on the air. Anton Krasovsky, then the editor-in-chief of Kremlin-backed Kontr TV, shocked his audience and producers with his surprise announcement several…

Fonseca Carrillo’s attorney, Jose Luis Guizar, said his team had filed an appeal based on the same procedural grounds used by Caro Quintero, and expected him to be freed within 15 days by a different court in Jalisco|anti-drug agent|At its base, the issue is the same as Rafael’s}

MEXICO CITY The Obama administration said Sunday that it’s working with Mexico to bring new charges against a drug lord who persuaded a court to overturn his 40-year sentence in the kidnap, torture and murder of a U.S. anti-drug agent….

Bae’s son has started an online petition calling for his freedom

SEATTLE An American man detained in North Korea for the past nine months has been hospitalized after losing more than 50 pounds, and the need to bring him home is becoming more urgent, his sister said Sunday. Kenneth Bae, a…