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Actor Taye Diggs writes children's book.

The Jewish High Holidays are approaching: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year 5772, takes place from sundown on Sept. 28 to nightfall on Sept. 30; and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sundown Oct. 7 for 26 hours.

The text of the Dead Sea Scrolls is available online now (with translation) thanks to Google.

Despite Chris Christie, and those who sometimes speak for him, reiterating his line of not running for president, that, “no means no, and he means it,” that, “short of suicide” he won’t be doing it, speculation has renewed.

Rahul Gandhi, heir to the family dynasty that has dominated politics in the world's biggest democracy for generations, was trying to make himself heard in the uproar of Parliament.

Nirvana completed 20 years since the launch of Nevermind.

Ten Muslim college students in California were convicted and sentenced to probation on Friday for disrupting a speech at their university by Israel's ambassador to the United States.

Dakota Ary, high school freshman and honor student from Fort Worth, Texas, hit the headlines this week after he was suspended for three days from school as a consequence of making anti-homosexual comment in his German class.

Baby boomers may remember classical sitar player Ravi Shankar from his legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, or his influence on popular music culture at the time.

Davis was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m. on Wednesday after Georgia officials executed him by lethal injection. He was put to death for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail, and convicted in 1991.

The trip is being hailed as an historic visit, and the Pope will speak before German parliament, meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff and lead a mass. About 100 parliamentarians have already boycotted Benedict's speech, and thousands of people have gathered to protest his presence.

Because Everybody Hurts....Sometimes.

Pope Benedict XVI will be touring for four days.

R.E.M. bid adieu to its fans after three decades of delivering extraordinary music.

The archaeological site of Hurvat Burgin at the foothills of Jerusalem, around the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, features Hirbet Madras caves believed to be ancient rebel hideouts.

A California couple was fined $300 after the city of San Juan Capistrano said they were violating the city zoning code by having more than 50 people in their home at a time during home Bible studies.

After 31 years of churning out hits like Losing My Religion and The One I Love R.E.M. has finally bowed out. In a statement posted on their official web site on Wednesday, the rock band said that they had decided to call it a day.

R.E.M, once dubbed America's Best Rock & Roll Band, said on Wednesday they decided to call it a day after more than 30 years of generating hits and selling millions of records.

American rock band R.E.M. has decided to collectively call it a day, after a career spanning three decades, 15 albums, and countless hit singles.

A group of 30 scientists in the United Kingdom, lead by Sir David Attenborough and prominent scientist Richard Dawkins, have called for the outlawing of teaching creationism in school science lessons, accusing religious fundamentalists for portraying it as scientific theory in publicly funded schools.

When you can't stop them ... sing over them. That's what the alternative rock band Foo Fighters did when the Westboro Baptist Church decided to stage a protest against the group.