By conservative estimate, probably 90 percent of the audience at last night's opening of "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" at the Colonial Theatre came prepared to be wowed, having witnessed the double Tony Award-winner's onstage charisma before. She has given us 55 years, after all, in which to catch her act.

Zimbabwe announced new controls last week to clamp down on charities and other humanitarian organizations, including democracy and human rights groups that the government accuses of campaigning against ...

The Dukes Of Hazzard star John Schneider will take his beloved `General Lee' car out for one last charity spin before handing the keys over to a collector who paid GBP4.

Turkey is not Europe but Asia, said Nicolas Sarkozy during the televised debate with his Socialist rival Segolene Royal. In other words, Asia Minor birthplace of the third century Christian saint after whom the presidential candidate was named is not Europe.

Reports of a potential merger are intriguing, says Forrester's Charlene Li, but could the giants really get along as one?

The leader of the band is leaving. Terry Martinez has been director of bands for 11 years at St. Charles West High School. He is departing for a similar position at O'Fallon Township High School in O'Fallon, Ill.

CHARLESTON - Hot coffee and lively conversation at McDonald's is part of the daily morning routine for many Charleston residents.

Families will enjoy "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," a production scheduled this Friday at Collinsville Christian Academy on Vandalia Street.

(AP Photo/Lucas Jackson) Eve arrives at the grand opening of the club Social Hollywood and to attend an auction held by Charlize Theron to benefit her Africa Outreach Program in Los Angeles, on June 27, 2006. Los Angeles prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges Friday, May 4, 2007, against her stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood on April 26. The rapper-actress, whose real name is Jihan ...

A ticket purchased in Charlotte County will share part of Friday night's $264,113.79 Fantasy 5 jackpot.

Charlton Athletic, who lie two points behind both Wigan and West Ham, host Tottenham Hotspur on Monday knowing it may become a must-win game should results go against them.

NEWPORT BEACH, Ca., May 4 -- Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson (R) offered a mix of conservative ideology, down-home charm and a call for bipartisan cooperation here Friday night -- but he didn't announce he is running for president.

When Charmaine Sutherland was a girl, growing up on Andrews Air Force Base, she watched the other kids playing kickball. The older kids wouldn't let her play, but after a while, she wore them down.

WOOD-RIDGE -- A borough woman who advertised herself as a "sensuous mystic," "prostate masseuse" and "interfaith minister" online and in newspaper classifieds was charged Monday with prostitution.

Women artists are fast making it to the Rs 1 crore mark at auctions Are the days when your gender defined what you could and couldn t do over? At least at auctions, a work of art now sells because it is good and not because it is made by a man or a woman. With Arpita Singh hitting the Rs 1 crore mark and entering the all-male charmed circle of sky-high prices, the stage is set for a dramatic ...

Ever since the David Sedaris reading Wednesday night, I can't seem to shake the one burning question that keeps me from sleeping, thinking or making deadline.

5 May, 2007 - Namgay Rettys 49th Day bagged three awards, the best movie of 2006, best music awards, best child artist at the 6th National Film Award held at the Clock tower square in Thimphu on May 2.

Around the middle of the Pegasus Players' wretched production of "The Frogs" (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), one starts fantasizing about acquiring a large hook and wrapping it around the neck of Charon, Boatman of the River Styx and one of many egregiously ponderous offenders in this dismal attempt at sardonic musical comedy. Such fantasies aren't unknown, of course, when unfunny, ...

Cable company Charter Communications reached a deal Friday with cable consortium In Demand to carry Major League Baseball's package of out-of-market games, a Charter official said.

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Imagine what it would be like to have no library. Thats what the members of the La Crosse chapter of the American Association of University Women hope people will do, just before they dig into their wallets to help people who dont have to imagine that.

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A judge jailed a 29-year-old man after Littleton police say he led them on a chase through town.

If you still need a little more money every month to get by, how about refinancing your second largest asset: your car?

PINK HILL - Chastity Amelia Sumner, the 7-year-old girl found dead in a ditch last week, died from being smothered. The cause of death was listed on her death certificate filed Thursday with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds.

Ontario's decision to add bullying to the list of offences for which a student can be suspended is long overdue, a Sarnia activist says. "It's about time," Joanne Klauke-LaBelle said of the move to make bullying an official infraction under the Education Act.

To celebrate the release of Mr Biffos Confessions of a Chatroom Freak today (what with Digitiser being the spiritual deity of this sites predecessor), heres out first and potentially last embedded Youtube video.

A FAMILY yesterday demanded compulsory webcams for internet chatrooms after a paedophile groomed a girl of 13 on a popular teenage website.

Actress Jessica Biel says since she has become famous, she cannot go anywhere without being recognized. "I can't even go to the dry cleaner by myself anymore," Biel says in an Elle magazine interview.

At the end of each full academic year, amid end-of-the-semester work, Chattanooga State holds its annual Hats Off To Excellence award celebration honoring excellence among students, faculty and staff. More than 200 people were recognized on April 24 in front of a crowd of more than 400 persons.

Don Houston for a visual treat this week with Mobster's Ball : Brad Armstrong has long been a major part of the success story known as Wicked Pictures . Despite those in the industry that complain about all of his advantages, the bottom line is that he focuses on high end projects that are supported by the company and fans alike; typically resulting in a level of porn far more interesting as ...