Bruce Nauman at the Venice Biennale

Over the last four decades, American artist Bruce Nauman has been hugely influential on artists all around the world.
Now, Nauman is the subject of this year’s American pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale.
Of the 33 Naumans on view at the Biennale, there’s only one that captures Nauman at his most disruptive. First shown in 1993, [...]

North Korea Sentences 2 US Journalists to 12 Years

The Korean Central News Agency said Monday that the court found the two women guilty of committing an unspecified “grave crime” and illegally crossing into North Korea.
Last Thursday, North Korean state media announced the start of the trial of Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for the U.S. media company Current TV.

Obama’s Inauguration Rocks the Web

As the early numbers pour in, the inauguration of President Barack Obama is shaping up to be a Web video event like no other.
On Jan. 20 CNN.com Live served more than 18.8 million live video streams globally from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, at which time Obama had been sworn in and had delivered [...]

Google founder signs up for space trip

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to secure a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, officials said Wednesday.
Brin’s seat will be on a future orbital space flight, Eric Anderson, CEO of Space Adventures Ltd., said at a news conference.
In a statement, Brin credits Space Adventures with helping “open the space frontier to [...]

Bin Laden tape urges U.S. To embrace Islam

Six years after orchestrating the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history, Osama bin Laden resurfaced yesterday in a videotape in which he brags about altering the course of U.S. history and warns that the only way to end the war in Iraq is for Americans to convert to Islam.The 25-minute message marked the first time [...]

Anger over fires may tilt Greek election

Antonopoulou, 76, cries as she leans on a wall in the gutted remains of her home in the village of Platanos, next to Ancient Olympia in southwestern Greece on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. Antonopoulou lost 15 of her 20 goat and her house in a massive blaze that swept through the area, forcing the [...]

Publicist: Bo Diddley had heart attack

Bo Diddley, 78, listens as he is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a ceremony on Feb. 16, 2007, in Jackson, Miss. The 78-year-old singer-guitarist was hospitalized in stable condition after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007.