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Writer Frank McCourt has died. He was a high school teacher in New York City most of his adult life. Then in his 60s he turned his grim childhood in Ireland into a hugely popular memoir, "Angela's ...

Robots aren't particularly known for their sense of humor. That's why the gentle laughs produced by "Robot & Frank" - a clever, unexpectedly touching dramedy about the relationship between an aging ...