New books with local ties include the roots-movement field guide "United States of Americana."
George Clooney's hitman tale "The American" has captured the top spot at the box office with a $16.4 million debut over the long Labor Day weekend.
Tony Blair on Monday canceled a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir over concerns about potential disruption from protesters.
Police in southwestern England say a former member of the Electric Light Orchestra was killed in a freak collision with a huge hay bale that rolled down a steep hill.
A museum dedicated to the works of an influential European art movement says the group's last surviving Dutch member, Corneille, has died at age 88.
