Archive for May, 2009

Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison Friday, ending a six-year legal journey and capping an illustrious but rocky career as one of music’s greatest talents. The legendary “Wall of Sound” producer, 69, was found guilty...

State Senator Jim King, who was recently diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, will soon undergo surgery in an attempt to improve his condition.  That’s according to his wife Linda, who released the following open letter to the Senator’s...

Parents who home-school children increasingly are white, wealthy and well-educated – and their numbers have nearly doubled in a decade, a new federal government report says. What else has nearly doubled? The percentage of girls who are home-schooled....

Time Warner said Thursday that it will spin off AOL by year’s end, closing the book on a famously troubled merger of old and new media unveiled with great fanfare just days into the new millennium. The separation, turning AOL into a stand-alone...

PROP. 8 MANIA: Their state may have voted against same-sex marriages, and their state supreme court may have ruled to uphold California’s Prop. 8 ban, but Hollywood very clearly does not agree — and you can expect to be seeing many more illustrations...

Alison Lohman was sitting alone at home one night when she received an unexpected call from Sam Raimi. The director was hoping to lure the actress to star in his new movie, “Drag Me to Hell”, and asked for 10 minutes to pitch her the idea. Instead,...

DEAR ABBY: I am a 30-year-old woman who is deeply smitten with a close friend I’ll call “Andy.” He often tells me about other women he’s interested in. As his friend, I am more than happy to listen to his troubles and offer advice....

For the past year, banks have raised credit card rates to levels that sparked consumer outcry, regulatory scrutiny and congressional action. A law President Obama signed last week aims to stop the most egregious practices. But even as outrage was building...

Most days it doesn’t matter, but sometimes you can’t help noticing what month it is and what day it is in that month. It’s late in May now, and it occurs to me that May is a dull month. I like December, January, February, July and August,...

A team from Jacksonville is joining a field of eighty racers in the 2009 Big Apple to Big Easy (BABE) Banger Rally, a five leg odyssey between New York and New Orleans across the Appalachians. The rally has only one rule – competing vehicles must...