McCollum to BP: Set Aside $2.5 Billion for Florida
Alarmed at the possibility that Floridians may not be made whole before BP has financial difficulties in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Attorney General Bill McCollum on Thursday asked the company to lay aside $2.5 billion for future assistance…
Obama Pushes NASA to Kill Moon Program
A NASA move to cut spending on the nation’s moon program was being regarded Thursday as a backdoor effort to kill Project Constellation and also as a congressional call to action. Saying NASA is bound by law to save money to cover President Barack Obama’s plan to cancel Constellation…
Jason Lee Talks ‘Memphis Beat’ — He’s Not an Elvis Impersonator
Jason Lee would like to correct misconceptions about his June 22-debuting TNT “Memphis Beat” series — which a number of critics have already referred to as the best of this summer’s crop of new TV offerings. First, “People started talking about this show as being about a cop who’s an Elvis impersonator…
Holly Madison Living Large and Likes Being in Charge
Holly Madison likes being in the driver’s seat. The bottle-blond beauty, who rose to notoriety as one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends on the hit “Girls Next Door” show, has her own “Holly’s World” E! series premiering Sunday (6/13). And she’s happy to say, “I definitely have more control this time, as a co-executive producer, and [...]
Jada Pinkett Smith Not Worried Over Impact of Stardom on Kids
Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t worried about the impact movie stardom is having on her 11-year-old son, Jaden, now that he’s the title star of “The Karate Kid,” opening tomorrow (6/11). Fame, she notes, “has always been a part of his life. For him, it’s not anything different. Yes, the focus and attention is on him [...]
John Corbett Envisions Going ‘Full Monty Route’ for ‘SATC 3′
John Corbett admits that “I’m surprised by the number of people who wanted it to go even further” — when it comes to the “very intimate” adulterous kiss between his “Sex and the City” character, Aidan, and Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw in the current big-screen “Sex and the City 2.” “I’ve bumped into so [...]
Burials Mishandled at Arlington Cemetery
The remains of more than 200 troops were misidentified or improperly buried at Arlington National Cemetery, according to an Army investigation of operations at the premier final resting place for 330,000 servicemembers…
New Alliances Reshaping College Sports
The first ripple in a money-driven, potentially seismic shift in college sports came Thursday when the Pacific-10 Conference announced the University of Colorado will become its 11th member, beginning with the 2012-13 school year…
A Game One Loss Isn’t The End of the World
Amid the unprecedented buildup to the USA’s World Cup opener against England on Saturday, a reminder: A loss won’t mean the end for either team. A points system (three for a win, one for a tie) determines the top two in each four-team group that will advance to the next round. A team has a [...]
Can Cup Kick-Start U.S. Soccer Ratings?
If a sport got TV staying power from getting monstrous big-event ratings, then Olympic TV stars such as short-track speedskating and swimming would have long been TV sports staples. So would soccer, which drew some higher game ratings for the 1994 men’s and 1999 women’s World Cups than what ABC is averaging for the Boston [...]
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