Home-hosted championship will continue to produce special memoriesTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:38PMThere is something undeniably special about the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship. And there is something extra special about one in Omaha. The NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship is a six-ring circus, and Mike Denney is the best ring master there is.
Venables: media frenzy masks causes of tragedyTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:02PMThe return of Jon Venables to jail for breaching his parole licence has created a storm in the right wing media. Venables and Robert Thompson killed two year old James Bulger in 1993, when they were just ten.
Should you tell spouse everything?Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:12AMI have two friends, a long-married couple, whose bathroom features face-to-face toilets. To hear them tell it, they generally start the day there together, trading plans, opinions, and last night's dreams.
The New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet: Four Seasons, Four PassengersTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:16AMComfortable: AIRCAP® automatic draught-stop plus AIRSCARF® Quiet: acoustic soft top as standard Safe: robust roll-over protection and new headbags The highly appealing and emotionally charged Cabriolet is the latest addition to the successful Mercedes-Benz E-Class line-up. The open-top two-door model, deliveries of which start from 27 March, features a classic fabric soft ...
Pataki: Pleasure wrapped in a tortillaTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:36AMHere's a sentence I never thought I'd write: One of the best lunches in Toronto is at a chain restaurant once partly owned by McDonald's.
Area ghost hunters to be featured on A&E showTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:23AMGhosts are their forte, but it's a full-body apparition of a confederate soldier they claim to have caught on picture that has the A&E television network interested in them.
Peter Goldsworthy on GravelMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:16PMGravel Peter Goldsworthy Hamish Hamilton March 2010 (Australia) 9781926428192 Gravel is Peter Goldsworthy’s new collection of short stories – amusing and moving - covering a range of predominantly white middle-class characters in conflict with their own egos. But there are also stories exploring erotic awakening (something Goldsworthy did well in Everything I Knew) and others where the drama is ...
Foreign Office Debut ReleaseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:33PMWelcome to the new decade. A time for change. Optimism. Hope. Or the stark realisation that's a load of shite, that we're still in the same position we were last decade.
Lunch Special: The best sports movies are web gemsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:20PMIn honor of Sunday night's Academy Awards — and spring training — today's "Lunch Special" features movies. What are the best five of all-time? Also, Rockies pitching coach Bob Apodaca is high on a Manuel Corpas comeback. And it find out what happened 39 years ago today.
The 40-something ski bum: blog 19Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:16AMOur columnist considers one of life's fundamental questions: does eating more chocolate make you happier?
Ghirardelli SQUARES(R) Chocolate Launches Million Moments of Timeless Pleasure(TM) SweepstakesMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:00AMGhirardelli SQUARES® Chocolate announced today its Million Moments of Timeless Pleasure⢠sweepstakes, which invites consumers to share their favorite "Ghirardelli moment" for a chance to win a trip or one of thousands of chocolate prizes.  Select moments will be broadcasted in the country's busiest intersection -- New York's Times Square â and also streamed live via an interactive Web site ...
2010 Oscars BlogMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:03AMHey, it's the BOP 2010 Academy Awards blog. We'll be checking in periodically during the red carpet goings-on. - Tony Kollath, 6:47 pm Welcome to the red carpet on the E! Network --a short man in a tux with a microphone talking with comparatively tall, reasonably glamorous, impractically fashionable people.
Eat, drink and live longerMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:37AMRajem M. IS there any other food or drink that has as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about its medicinal benefits since ancient times and they use it to treat everything from headaches to depression.
Bad Economy or Good Sense? Home-grown Smoke Takes OffMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:01AMPinetree Garden Seeds of New Gloucester, Maine is experiencing a “phenomenal rush” of gardeners wanting to grow their own organic, heirloom tobacco along with their veggies and herbs, according to Donna Childs, CEO of Pinetree. “Our customers are always looking for unusual plants for their gardens, decks and patios,” Childs notes, “And heirloom tobacco takes so little space for such dramatic ...
Pasadena experts say ecstasy use grows in popularitySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:27PMDay One Pasadena's forum on the dangers of the street drug ecstasy started with a series of confessions. "I'm Chris. I'm an alcoholic and a drug addict," said Chris Zelenak, 17, a recovering addict.
REGION: Hidden camera bill runs into roadblockFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:14PMA local legislator has run into trouble trying to pass a law that would require people to register as a sex offender if they are convicted of using hidden cameras to peek or take pictures for their ow
REGION: Hidden camera bill runs into roadblockFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:00PMA local legislator has run into trouble trying to pass a lawthat would require people to register as a sex offender if they areconvicted of using hidden cameras to peek or take pictures fortheir own sexual pleasure.
Winter, but an old man’s fancy turns to springFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:18PMWe have a good guy in the White House, a smart man of judicious temperament and profound ideals, a man with a sweet private life, a man of dignity and good humor, whose enemies, waving their hairy arms and legs, woofing, yelling absurdities, only make him look taller. Washington feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, as skittish as it is, full of happy blather, somehow has brought ...
Garrison Keillor: Amid dreams of baseball, early whiff of spring risesFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:54PMWe have a good guy in the White House , a smart man of judicious temperament and profound ideals, a man with a sweet private life, a man of dignity and good humor, whose enemies, waving their hairy arms and legs, woofing, yelling absurdities, only make him look taller.Washington, being a company town, feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, skittish as it is, full of happy blather ...
At the nexus of food, art, and soulFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:04PMROSES - Standing in the kitchen of what may be the best restaurant in the world, I shake hands with Ferran Adrià, the chef behind it all. Every year, it’s said that millions try for the few thousand seats at his restaurant, El Bulli, for the six months it’s open. The odds are not in their favor.
The red carpet dietFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:54AMEverywhere you look, celebrities are oozing glamour and gorgeousness on the red carpet. Get your body into its best-ever shape and become a glamour queen with these fab celebrity diet tips!
Misery loves cinematic companyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:10AMThe 82nd Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, and one of the forerunners for Best Picture is “Precious.”
BEN AROUND: Burton losing his fastballFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:40AMby Ben Flanagan Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice,” “Batman” and “Edward Scissorhands” played essential roles in opening my young eyes to the idea of a visionary filmmaker. Watching loads of films unrelated to favorite Saturday morning cartoons at an early age might give a child some sense about visual style and thematic material...
Garrison Keillor: An early whiff of springThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:11PMWe have a good guy in the White House, a smart man of judicious temperament and profound ideals, a man with a sweet private life, a man of dignity and good humor, whose enemies, waving their hairy arms and legs, woofing, yelling absurdities, only make him look taller. Washington, being a company town, feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, skittish as it is, full of happy blather ...
He said, she said: Relationship adviceThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:08AMBy: ANTHONY MITCHELL and KATIE HUNT Q: Where do you draw the line between friends and “friends with benefits?” He said: The friend zone is one delicate stage. Sometimes you benefit from breaking out of it; sometimes leaving it can end in pure disaster. If you don’t want th...
Love is in the air and it smells deliciously goodThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:32AMAT a recent cooking class of Doña Elena Cuisinera Club, a community of individuals who appreciate good food and put a premium on their health, the atmosphere was teeming with the aroma of appetizing romance as attendees learned how to prepare sumptuous meals for their sweethearts and lovers.
Schirn Kusthalle Opens Major Retrospective of the Work of Uwe LausenWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:32PMAn employee of the 'Schirn Kunsthalle' hangs a large-sized painting of Uwe Lausen entitled 'Grand Prospects' (1967) to a wall of the museum in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. From 04 March to 13 June 2010, the 'Schirn' presents the exhibition 'Uwe Lausen - All's fine that ends fine'.
Top ScoopsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:38PMHave you seen too many experimental, devised dramas this Fringe? Are you in need of a thoroughly entertaining, affordable night out? Then Ben Hur: The Epic is most certainly for you!
Letters to the editor for March 2, 2010Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:07PMTo the editor: When I was a youth two giant stores, Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward, did not want to be near each other, fearing the competition.
Open the stadium door and get a whiff of springWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:36PMWe have a good guy in the White House, a smart man of judicious temperament and profound ideals, a man with a sweet private life, a man of dignity and good humor, whose enemies, waving their hairy arms and legs, woofing, yelling absurdities, only make him look taller. Washington, being a company town, feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, skittish as it is, full of happy blather ...
'Now is the time to invest in infra bonds'Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:16AMIn a chat on rediff.com on Wednesday, banking and insurance expert G V Nageswara Rao replied to Budget-related tax queries.
The Spider of the Future As Seen By PininfarinaWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:20AMFor those who still like to dream in a car. For those looking for a mixture of vanity, entertainment, and the pleasure of life in the open air. For those who love icons as the greatest expression of the age we live in.
Ann Powers: The men, in their own worldWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:15AMForced to perform a day earlier than expected, "American Idol's" remaining male hopefuls came closer to finding themselves.
Thinkwriting about Don DeLillo | Darragh McManusWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:17AMDon DeLillo's fierce, complex love of language should inspire all of us who are struggling to write fiction About a year ago my wife wrote to Don DeLillo on my behalf, and without my knowledge. I was in that periodic slough of despond familiar to unpublished novelists: that witches' brew of angst, lethargy, self-doubt, self-pity. She asked the greatest American writer of his generation to gift ...
DVDs Nuts!Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:17PMBeaches of Agnès It’s to my detriment, and to the credit of this documentary about the life of the grandmother of French New Wave, that I have not seen any of Agnès Varda’s films except this one, but my Netflix queue is now full of them.
Play ball!Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:59PMCome April, Minnesotans will be watching the Twins in the sunlight, in a beautiful little bandbox of a new ballpark
Vail baking: An elegant treat from IrelandTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:20PMVAIL, Colorado - Ireland, I thank you. The incredible beauty of your country and the delightful appeal of your people have brought immeasurable pleasure to me and so many others. And, if that's not reason enough for gratitude, so has your cream liqueur. No, indeed, let's not forget that ...the perfect blend of real cream and Irish whiskey creates a drink that's memorable, haunting, downright ...
Community steps in where insurance left offTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:26AMWhen valley residents found out that their neighbor, Jack Grubb, was one of just 3.3 people per 100,000 to be diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and needed a bone marrow transplant, they stepped up.
Susan Isaacs: He "Will Be Missed." Yeah, By Whom?Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:05AMOur culture is so celebrity-obsessed that for individuals to show they matter, they need to display their intimacy to fame. Family and friends barely have time to begin weeping before the public bewailing begins.
SOMER LOVING FOR PROUD THORNTONTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:23AMRobert Thornton was surprised to come in for the ride on Somersby in the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy at Cheltenham.