When a Japanese prepares to make a wish, he is apt to buy a one-eyed doll modeled after the famed Buddhist monk Daruma, who founded the Zen sect 1,500 years ago. Then, if his wish is fulfilled ...

David Johansen, an actor and popular singer with the New York Dolls, is “bedridden and incapacitated,” according to his daughter. The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund recently hosted an online ...

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