Czech repair of famed Charles Bridge faces protest
Built like a mighty fortress, Charles Bridge has survived floods and fires over the past 650 years. But conservationists are warning that the storied span linking Prague’s two oldest neighborhoods might succumb to a different threat _ renovation. Updated: 10:06 AM

Critics mixed on Lloyd Webber’s ’Love Never Dies’
It got an opening-night standing ovation, but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical extravaganza has received a mixed reception from London critics. Updated: 06:06 AM

Animal activists target Calif. sushi restaurant
Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove." Updated: 04:06 AM

Mass. Sen. Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011
Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal. Updated: 12:36 AM

Barker donates $2.5 million to create PETA offices
Bob Barker has donated $2.5 million to help the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals open a new location in Los Angeles. Updated: 08:07 PM

NY writer accused of abusing foreign assistants
A suburban New York City writer who offered jobs to women from Hungary, France and Brazil has been accused of sexually abusing them. Updated: 06:37 PM

Peru lifts some Machu Picchu claims against Yale
Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. Updated: 05:37 PM

Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs
Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur. Updated: 04:07 PM

New York City Opera goes 20th century next season
The New York premieres of Bernstein’s "A Quiet Place" and Stephen Schwartz’s "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," the world stage premiere of John Zorn’s "La Machine de l’etre" and the U.S. stage premiere of Morton Feldman’s "Neither" highlight New York City Opera’s 2010-11 season. Updated: 04:07 PM

On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument. Updated: 03:38 PM

Court sentences German royal to pay high fine
Princess Caroline of Monaco’s husband was convicted in Germany on Tuesday of a decade-old altercation in Kenya and fined euro200,000 ($270,000). Updated: 03:38 PM

Hilary Duff to write young adult book series
Welcome the latest celebrity children’s author, Hilary Duff. Updated: 02:07 PM

Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal
Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture’s most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday. Updated: 01:07 PM

Irish arrest 7 over threat to kill Swedish artist
Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. Updated: 12:37 PM

Liza Minnelli to honor Kennedy Center founder
Liza Minnelli and Harvey Fierstein will host a tribute to the Kennedy Center’s founding chairman, Roger L. Stevens. Updated: 12:37 PM

Irish arrest 7 over threat to kill Swedish artist
Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. Updated: 12:07 PM

Germany: Man jailed for Cindy Crawford extortion
A German man who tried to blackmail supermodel Cindy Crawford with a photo of her bound and gagged 7-year-old daughter was sentenced to two years in jail Tuesday. Updated: 11:07 AM

David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas
The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the center announced Monday. Updated: 06:06 AM

Paris waxes retro with Kenzo, Valli collections
Paris pulsed with retro energy on Monday, as the French capital’s fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear shows moved into day six with Giambattista Valli’s feather-light display of 1960s elegance and a boho chic ’70s collection from Kenzo. Updated: 07:36 PM

Retrospective revisits YSL’s enduring great themes
Yves Saint Laurent, the master of couture, has returned less than two years after his death in a major retrospective previewed Monday, covering his four decades as a fashion designer whose artistry empowered women. Updated: 07:07 PM