On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.

NEW YORK -- Comedy Central couldn't resist the easy joke, opening the aborted third season of "Chappelle's Show" Sunday with a shot of an empty stage and introduction of a star who never appears.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- As soon as the music starts, there's something at once odd yet familiar about it.

NEW YORK -- "The Internet is like a smoothly paved road," Amanda Congdon told viewers the last time she appeared on her popular video blog, Rocketboom. "I can go anywhere I want."

HAVANA -- Dressed in light blue silk and towering high heels, her dark brown hair lacquered immobile and her long nails and lips painted perfectly, Olga Navarro pauses not a second when asked about the Cuban love song called the bolero.

NEW YORK -- With rotoscoping, anything can be made animated, even Keanu Reeves.

SANTA MONICA -- In videotaped testimony shown to a jury Friday, Michael Jackson professed little memory of major financial transactions involving a former associate who claims the pop star owes him $1.6 million.

NEW YORK -- The tenor of his times to opera buffs and a celebrity whose personality captivated even casual fans, Luciano Pavarotti was recovering Friday from surgery for pancreatic cancer -- a kind of cancer often considered a death sentence.

NEW YORK -- The syndicator of Ann Coulter's newspaper column is looking into allegations that the right-wing pundit has lifted material from other sources.

BERLIN -- Placido Domingo's eyes filled with water and his voice choked with emotion. He was singing ahead of the World Cup soccer final, and his portly partner wasn't with him.