NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Poet, songwriter and "The Basketball Diaries" author Jim Carroll has died of a heart attack at his home in New York, his ex-wife said. He was 60.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- True-crime author and television personality Dominick Dunne died of bladder cancer Wednesday at his home in New York, his actor-son Griffin said. He was 83.

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CINCINNATI, July 1 (UPI) -- The owner of a Hustler adult book store in Cincinnati says she's challenging an Ohio law that could label such retailers as sex offenders.

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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Art collector and dealer Anthony d'Offay is donating hundreds of modern works for display at the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate in England.

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