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The legendary experimental filmmaker's work is the subject of a career-spanning retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. VanDerBeek merged collage-style filmmaking with new technology throughout his career.

The Obama administration says it has brought an accused terrorist back to the U.S. for a civilian trial — a move that won't go over well with many in Congress. The suspect was grabbed by the U.S. military from a ship at sea in the Middle East back in April. He was held aboard a Navy vessel for two months of questioning.

Samuel Morse, best known as the inventor of the telegraph, was also an accomplished painter. His masterpiece, Gallery of the Louvre, was a composite painting of Italian Renaissance works he created as a way to bring the culture of Europe home to America.

As the top lawyer for the Obama State Department, Harold Koh is defending a lot of things that surprise his friends on the left — including U.S. involvement in Libya, and the use of American drones that target people in Pakistan and Yemen.

The latest surveys show both business owners and consumers have been losing confidence in the U.S. economy. That pessimism is just the latest blow to hopes for a speedy recovery.

The White House says it is confident President Obama has followed the law regarding U.S. involvement in Libya. When it comes to the War Powers Resolution, Obama is relying on the fact that troops aren't on the ground in Libya, and aren't taking fire, to argue the nation isn't engaged in hostilities.

The librarian extraordinaire sorts through the piles of books in her office and comes up with 10 captivating tales. With strong narrative voices and wonderfully drawn characters, these books will make you stop and savor the story.

In his new memoir, pro-nerd Simon Pegg talks Star Wars, comedy and the zombie apocalypse. And he weighs in on the ongoing genre controversy — the "schism in the church of the undead" — slow zombies versus fast zombies? Definitely slow zombies, Pegg says.

Author Juliet Eilperin says that while sharks are efficient, relentless killers, humanity's fear of the animals at the top of the ocean's food chain is overblown. "They're incredibly good at what they do," she says, but "they're not targeting us."

Pressure cookers were once a common household appliance, but they fell out of favor in the U.S. as people turned to frozen dinners and microwaves.