NEW YORK — ABC is casting for an all-star edition of “Dancing With the Stars” this fall and is seeking to turn its Sunday night schedule into “a battle between good and evil,” the network’s entertainment chief said Tuesday. The third-place broadcast network ordered 10 new series for next season, six of them dramas. In [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gregg Allman thinks about his late brother Duane every day. And once in a while, he can feel his presence. “I can tell when he’s there, man,” Allman said. “I’m not going to get all cosmic on you. But listen, he’s there.” The untimely death of the game-changing rock ‘n’ roll guitarist [...]
As we sort through our reasons for gratitude this Thanksgiving, we can thank our lucky stars that Newt Gingrich will never be president of the United States. Gingrich, currently the flavor of the GOP minute, is an interesting man with larger-than-life strengths in that he is a shrewd, bombastic collector of opinions. He also has [...]
What do you do if you are in a relationship with someone who you know isn’t a keeper, but there really isn’t any reason to break up? Many folks in this unenviable position just coast along until something rattles their cage and reminds them that they may not want to form lasting memories with someone [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two failed marriages were the cost of war for Sgt. Jennifer Schobey. The breaking point in her first marriage came when her husband deployed to Afghanistan, the last in a long line of separations they had endured as they juggled two military careers. Schobey married another combat veteran, but eventually that [...]
LONDON (AP) — Separating couples will be ordered to try mediation to resolve disputes over their break up before heading to court, Britain said Wednesday in a move aimed at reducing the number of people who end up embroiled in costly divorce battles. Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly said too many divorce cases are coming before [...]
It’s easy enough to say the mess that is this state’s budget has little impact on ordinary Californians other than furloughed state employees or many of the elderly and infirm who have lost government-paid in-home care. But after seven years of steady deficits under the administrations of former Govs. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis, things [...]
BEIJING — China’s exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives. Now officials are putting marriage records online so lovers and spouses can check for cheaters. State media on Wednesday said Beijing and Shanghai will be among the first places to put marriage databases online this year. The plan is to [...]
Associated Press BEIJING — China’s exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives. Now officials are putting marriage records online so lovers and spouses can check for cheaters. State media on Wednesday said Beijing and Shanghai will be among the first places to put marriage databases online this year. The plan [...]
Associated Press CAIRO — A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year’s Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said. After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting [...]
AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a miserable start to the season in which he took shots at his players and himself, Larry Brown is out as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats in another messy exit in his well-traveled career. Owner Michael Jordan announced the move in a release by the team on Wednesday, [...]
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK — What began as a grand, highly promoted experiment in late-night, ended in a fiasco that made NBC a laughing stock and captivated the country. In January 2010, NBC sought to displace its newly crowned “Tonight Show†host, Conan O’Brien, by restoring Jay Leno to 11:35 p.m. O’Brien, however, didn’t [...]
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