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Staff's kids help Leno say goodbye to 'Tonight'

Jay Leno ended his 17-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show" Friday with the children of people who met and started families while working at the long-running late-night show during his tenure, according to audience members who attended the taping.

Jay Leno: '10 o'clock is like the new 11:30'

Jay Leno plans "something really unusual and different" when he hands over "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien on May 29, 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him.

Obama appearance caps off Kennedy birthday party

President Obama led a chorus of "Happy Birthday" for Sen. Ted Kennedy on Sunday night at the Kennedy Center, topping off a celebration of the senator's 77th birthday that featured a crowd of celebrities and political heavyweights.

Every day is a holiday for Yo-Yo Ma

When Yo-Yo Ma enters a room, everything changes.

James Taylor: 'I never did feel like I was the cool one'

The night before I interviewed James Taylor, I received a BlackBerry message from my executive producer, Karen.

Time.com: The iTunes Primary: No Contest

In the electoral college of rock, Joel Stein reports from Denver, the Democrats hold a commanding lead

FSB: Becoming Ben Taylor

If anyone is rooted in pop music tradition, it's Ben Taylor. In a recording studio just north of Times Square in New York City, the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon is taking a break from wrapping up his forthcoming album, The Legend of Kung Folk - Part 1 (The Killing Bite).

SI.com: Nicki Jhabvala: Me and the Mayor: A Q&A with Renzo Gracie

I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Expecting a complete run-down of Jiu-Jitsu-MMA mumbo jumbo as hundreds of grapplers-in-training tumbled around me at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York City, I practiced days in advance to be careful with my words. Sitting in the far corner of the gym (scrunched as tight as possible to avoid being engulfed by blue-belt fighters) with the Renzo Gracie, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guru and owner of the Academy, I was shaking inside, scared to be locked in an armbar out of punishment for a slip-up. But Gracie, clad in designer jeans, fidgeting with his Apple iPhone, and intermittently yelling out "get his leg around your hip" or "try moving your arm around the inside of his chin," got the first move. And that made all the difference.

People.com: Sting's Wife Defends Rainforest Charity

Trudie Styler rebuffs a report ranking their fund-raising group at "bottom of the bucket"

Fortune: Serwer: UnitedHealth's change a winner

Sing to the tune of California: "Dow 12,000 here we come. Right back where we started from." Okay, it makes no sense. Still I guarantee, much like Patrick Ewing promised a championship for the Knicks, that we will reach Dow 12,000 this week! Today!

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