College football Week 10 highlights: Top games, plays, stats

The Big Ten title might have gone through the Week 10 meeting between the Penn State Nittany Lions ' visit to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Instead, Penn State's season collapsed and it has fired James ...

Ben Shattuck’s hip and ironic ‘The History of Sound’ a perfect pick for Mark Twain award

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of ...

‘Harry Potter’ Audible Books Cast Guide: All the Hollywood Stars Voicing Hogwarts Characters

Audible’s Hogwarts is filled with more than 200 actors and many big-name Hollywood stars. Hugh Laurie plays Dumbledore, ...

Bay Area library sees more visitors as it adds play space, allows louder noise levels

The books are still here, waiting quietly on the shelves. But the big draw is a new play space, filled with board games and ...

Hugh Laurie on Voicing Dumbledore in Audible’s ‘Harry Potter’ Books, Recording His Lines in Two Weeks and the ‘Mortifying Embarrassment’ of Auditions

Hugh Laurie is putting on the wizard robes of Album Dumbledore in Audible ‘s “ Harry Potter ” audio book series. “The Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first book in the lauded franchise, is now available to ...