WASHINGTON — Marian Anderson couldn't sing at Constitution Hall or even a local high school because of the color of her skin. So the opera singer performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in April 1939 and sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family celebrated Easter at St. John's Church, the first public worship services for the president since he took office.

WASHINGTON — Bo? It's no jest. The first family has settled on a first pet — a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog that the Obama girls are naming Bo.

“Fast & Furious” is the fourth installment to the car racing cinema. And Vin Diesel returns and is about as contumacious as he was in the first round in 2001.

NEW YORK — Muhammad Ali described his third and final fight with Joe Frazier as "death."

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — David "Pop" Winans Sr., the patriarch of that gospel music family, has died in Nashville. He was 74.

HINSDALE, Ill. Hours after robbing a Dunkin' Donuts of $167, officials say a suburban Chicago teenager with a guilty conscience went back to the store to return the money, apologize and ask the clerk for a hug.

NEW YORK — "South Park" may have accomplished the impossible — getting Kanye West to check his ego.

A bill that recently passed the Illinois House is aimed at helping prevent drug overdoses by individuals who have been treated at drug treatment facilities.

The FBI and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" say Internet users should beware of an e-mail scam that promises attendance at the popular talk show in exchange for the purchase of a plane ticket.