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Beauty and banality in the fine arts
What is the nature of beauty? How do we recognize it in the fine arts? Although 20th century artistic trends shunned depictions…
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Judge frees ‘Happy Birthday’ song from copyright claims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song "…
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Big night for HBO at Emmys with ‘Veep,’ ‘Thrones’
Written by David Bauder HBO claimed the hardware at the annual Emmy Awards. Viola Davis, Jon Hamm and Tracy Morgan captured the…
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Colombian garbage collector rescues books for children
Written by Cesar Garcia BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez from bringing the gift of…