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New book details decades of African investigative journalism

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 10:11 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Her first stories on the 1994 Rwandan genocide weren't published. Her editor couldn't believe them. No one could. A church filled with 1,300 bodies yet far from the killings in the capital,...

No sister act: Nuns' album tops charts in time for Christmas

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 12:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The members of Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, silently filed into the chapel. Within minutes, they were singing - first in unison, then in a transfixing, layered harmony that...

New book alleges gay sex in Vatican dorm, shady banking

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 10:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Italian journalist who was put on trial by the Vatican for publishing confidential documents has written a new book alleging a host of Catholic sins, including gay sex in the Vatican's youth...

Belinda Carlisle uses Kundalini mantras in pop songs

Friday, 8 December 2017, 12:05 Last update: about 10 years ago

On "Wilder Shores," Belinda Carlisle follows on the path paved by a long list of rock and pop stars - from George Harrison to Boy George - who've echoed their spiritual journeys in their...

Barnett & Vile's 'Lotta Sea Lice' is pop guitar-fest

Friday, 8 December 2017, 12:04 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile get together for an indie-pop guitar fest on "Lotta Sea Lice," a low-key, deceptively effortless-sounding intercontinental collaboration. Recorded over eight days...

In Palme d'Or winner 'The Square,' a charming satire

Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund's last film, "Force Majeure," began with the rumble of an alpine avalanche and the wallop of a shattered self-image. When a swelling white tide appears headed straight...

Jane Hawk returns in Koontz's 'The Whispering Room'

Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Jane Hawk, the compelling heroine of "The Silent Corner," returns in another terrifying Dean Koontz conspiracy thriller, "The Whispering Room." Jane knows her husband didn't commit suicide but...

Disney hopes for its next blockbuster in newest 'Star Wars'

Thursday, 7 December 2017, 10:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

Disney's $4 billion deal for Lucasfilm and "Star Wars" just keeps getting better for the House of Mouse. The company is banking on the latest installments, "The Last Jedi" in December and a Han...

David Baldacci is back with 'End Game' thriller

Thursday, 7 December 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Assassins Will Robie and Jessica Reel are forced to become detectives to solve a baffling disappearance in David Baldacci's latest thriller, "End Game." When the U.S. government wants to quietly...

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