Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked for an updated proposal for closing the controversial prison holding terrorist suspects in Cuba in case President-elect Barack Obama asks for one soon after taking office.
"Gypsy" is taking it off sooner than expected.
"Young Frankenstein" is closing after nearly 500 Broadway performances, a much shorter run than Mel Brooks' previous big stage effort, "The Producers."
Some Broadway shows can't wait to say goodbye.
"13," a tween tale of growing up and trying to fit in, is the latest casualty of the Broadway season.
For 15 years, Cascade College in Portland, Ore., struggled to find the fuels that any college needs: students to pay tuition, and donors to help build an endowment.
Madame Rose and her daughters are leaving Broadway.
It's the worst of times for "A Tale of Two Cities."
Broadway's "Spring Awakening" is succumbing to the chilly winds of January.
The original Carvel shop prepared to serve its last cones Sunday, more than seven decades after becoming the birthplace of an ice cream empire.
Beijing capped its six-week run as the center of world sports, ushering out the Paralympic Games on Wednesday with a lavish closing ceremony.
In a wood-paneled basement filled with boxes of nuts, bolts and screws, a college journalism class is under way.
They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung.
Former faculty at Antioch College, which is temporarily closing amid financial problems, plan to teach in coffee shops, bookstores and parks to keep alive the spirit of the private school known for its pioneering academic programs.
"Passing Strange," the critically acclaimed tale of a young man's journey through sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, will close July 20 on Broadway, its producers announced Thursday, one day after director Spike Lee said he would make a film version of the musical.
A Tony Award-winning Twin Cities theater is closing and will be sold to repay a $1 million debt.
The Broadway wedding celebration known as "A Catered Affair" will end its run next month.
"Cry-Baby" is the first casualty of the 2008 Tony Awards. It will close Sunday after a disappointing run of 68 performances.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation abruptly closed a bridge over the Mississippi River here indefinitely Tuesday after inspectors discovered rust and corrosion at several locations.
Come mid-August, the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line" will be alive and kicking no more.
"Curtains," Kander and Ebb's whodunit musical, will bring down its own final curtain in June.
Mark Twain's "Is He Dead?" is folding after a three-month run.
"No show runs forever" was one of the more astute observations of Broadway director-choreographer Michael Bennett, the man behind "A Chorus Line," itself a model of longevity.
Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken Technologies.
In a grudge match before next week's presidential caucuses, Republican Mitt Romney played it safe Saturday with a series of quick coffee-shop stops where he delivered a final pitch that was long on Iowa platitudes but short on substance.