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Rafael Antonio Caldera, a two-time president who helped bring democracy to Venezuela and issued the pardon that let Hugo Chavez rise to power, died Thursday in Caracas. Read More

Rock-music lore is rife with stories of bands sealing themselves up in an expensive commercial recording studio for days, weeks, or months, refusing to reenter civilian life until armed with a masterpiece destined to be heard for generations. Read More

Here it is — our obligatory year-end list. Read More

Former Led Zeppelin Star Jimmy Page will be among the headliners at the inaugural Show of Peace Concert in Beijing, China in April (10). Read More

Rock-music lore is rife with stories of bands sealing themselves up in an expensive commercial recording studio for days, weeks, or months, refusing to reenter civilian life until armed with a masterpiece destined to be heard for generations. Read More

When we set out to find entrepreneurs willing to take a risk in the recession we received so much feedback we decided to make it a monthly series. Read More

Designing a new hotel has to be a really tough challenge these days. Read More

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Few figures in popular culture have endured in our collective consciousness as has multi-Grammy® Award-winning artist Elvis Presley. Read More

When soldiers raided a drug cartel's Christmas party south of Mexico City, they found 16 automatic rifles, $280,000 in cash — and a Latin Grammy winner. Read More

I am standing outside the German composer Hans Werner Henze's house in Marino, near Rome, looking at his olive grove, an infinity of gnarled branches and leaves that shimmer in the brilliant winter light. Read More