Bob Dylan fast facts

By CNN Library
 Here's an in-depth look at the life of influential singer-songwriter and 10-time Grammy Award winner Bob Dylan. Personal: Birth date: May 24, 1941 Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota.

Carey Mulligan: How 'Gatsby' era women inspired me

By Catriona Davies-CNN
The Great Gatsby, the film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, shows the glamorous and decadent lifestyles of fashionable, high society Americans of the Roaring Twenties.

Carol Burnett to receive Mark Twain prize for humor

By Breeanna Hare-CNN
   Being the recipient of the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor must be the feather in Carol Burnett's legendary comedy cap.

Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner says he's running for NYC mayor

By Alison Harding-CNN
It's official, After months of speculation, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner announced in a YouTube video posted to his campaign website late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York City.

Pakistan's Imran Khan home after campaign fall

By Shaan Khan and Laura Smith-Spark-CNN
   Pakistan's former cricket star turned politician, Imran Khan, has returned home after hospital treatment for injuries suffered in a dramatic fall two weeks ago, he said Wednesday via Twitter.

Swedish capital shaken by 3 nights of rioting

By Stephanie Halasz. Per Nyberg and Laura Smith-Spark-CNN
Rioting has broken out for the past three nights in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, with scores of cars set alight and violent clashes between police and youths.

Mayor of tornado-ravaged town: New law needed to keep people safe

By Holly Yan. Chelsea J. Carter and Josh Levs-CNN
 The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday. "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Glenn Lewis said.

Suspect charged in '82 London attack

By Laura Smith-Spark and Stephanie Halasz-CNN
 A man has been charged with the murders of four members of the Royal Household Cavalry in a 1982 IRA attack in London, the UK Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement Wednesday.

Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says

By Susan Candiotti-CNN
 A man fatally shot overnight by an FBI agent in Orlando was being investigated for a possible connection to the Boston bombings, a U.S. law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the Boston Marathon case told CNN.

Stocks slip as Fed sends mixed message

By Ben Rooney
 A rally on Wall Street evaporated Wednesday as investors wrestled with mixed messages from the Federal Reserve.