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London museum uncovers century-old recordings of family's holidays

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More than 100 years ago, a London family man decided he wanted to record his family's holiday get-togethers. But rather than pull out an iPhone, he recorded audio on wax cylinders. Amazingly, those cylinders survived and are now in a London museum.
Published: 21 December, 2012 03:21:00
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Paul Rudd takes dramatic turn with new Broadway role

Paul Rudd is starring in a new Broadway production that's more serious than his usual roles, which include the upcoming film This is 40. Rudd, though, says he's not looking to put his career on a certain path -- he's taking good roles as they come....
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Turkish TV show Behzat C draws ire of censors, adoration of public

Behzat C is one of the most popular shows on Turkish TV, with the public at least. Among government censors, however, it's a popular target. It's not your typical Turkish TV show....
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New research shows that 80s song about L.A. walking not so accurate

It's become a bit of a stereotype, that Los Angeles is a land where people use their cars to go, well, everywhere. But according to new research, that's not the case at all, at least in Los Angeles County...
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VIDEO: Pumpkin artists offer tips on carving great designs -- that last

When you carve a pumpkin, do you cut the top off first? Do you ever wash your pumpkins? If you do, and you don't, then you're not giving your jack-o-lantern the best chance of enduring all the way until Halloween night....
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Small California town churns out baseball prospects, with help from across the border

In Southern California, a stone's throw from the Mexican border, there's a little town called Brawley -- a hotbed, believe it or not, of major league pitching talent. But the secret to the town's success lies some 22 miles to the south, in a Mexican city called Mexicali....
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Daredevil set to attempt record-breaking free-fall from 23 miles up

Felix Baumgartner on Sunday is expected to attempt to skydive 23 miles from the edge of space to earth — and in the process attempt to reach a free-fall speed in excess of the speed of sound. Both the height and the speed would break records....
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Anti-doping agency outlines 'undeniable' case against Lance Armstrong

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is finally coming forward with its case against Lance Armstrong. 200 pages. 26 interviews, 11 by former teammates. Emails. Bank statements. All of which, they say, paint a picture of the kingpin of a doping ring. Armstrong, through his attorney, calls it all lies — a taxpayer-funded hatchet job....
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Famed composer Philip Glass discusses new projects, career development

Philip Glass could have been on the downhill portion of his career when he became famous. The man who created a four-and-a-half hour opera that many people couldn't follow broke out in a big way and has become one of the most influential composers in the United States....
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Professor explains his creation of Dothraki language for HBO's Game of Thrones TV series

When HBO decided to turn George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones into a TV series, they realized they needed to turn the Dothraki language written about in the book into an actual, spoken language. They turned to a California professor, David J. Peterson, who specialized in making up languages....
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