Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM -- Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."Reporters and others who gathered at the Swedish Academy's headquarters in Stockholm's Old Town reacted with a loud cheer as his name was read out.Dylan, 75, is the most iconic poet-musician of his generation. Songs such as "Blow