When corporate grinches dress up as Santa: A holiday peeve
'Tis the season when consumer companies fall all over each other trying to show their charitable sides. No one should have anything against that. What's irksome, however, is when they try to enlist us, the customers, in their marketing efforts, as...
NBC plans encore airing of 'The Sound of Music Live'
Good news for Julie Andrews! The star of the 1965 film version of "The Sound of Music" told the Associated Press on Monday that she had not seen the live broadcast of "The Sound of Music" starring Carrie Underwood on NBC last week. Now the network has...
Pakistan's controversial chief justice steps down
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s controversial chief justice, who helped oust President Pervez Musharaf and broaden human rights even as critics accused him of overstepping his mandate, retired Wednesday.
The assertive Chief Justice Iftikhar...
Grace Hopper, Amazing Grace of computer history, gets Google Doodle
Grace Hopper, known as "the first lady of software," is celebrated for her computer genius, with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 107th birthday.
The doodle would have been deeply appreciated by Grace Murray Hopper. She rose through the naval...
Kobe Bryant is incrementally improving [Video]
Kobe Bryant almost tripped over a cable when he walked into the post-game interview room after Tuesday's game, stumbling, then mumbling under his breath how that would have been interesting.
At least the Lakers' superstar had better luck on the court....
Kobe Bryant is incrementally improving [Video]
Kobe Bryant almost tripped over a cable when he walked into the post-game interview room after Tuesday's game, stumbling, then mumbling under his breath how that would have been interesting.
At least the Lakers' superstar had better luck on the court....
New Iran sanctions? Not now.
Negotiating with Iran on a permanent agreement to ensure that it doesn't develop nuclear weapons is challenging enough. But the Obama administration simultaneously must deal with members of Congress who are determined to impose new economic sanctions on...
USC practice has different feel without Ed Orgeron
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Music blared during portions of USC's first bowl practice Monday, but the noise could not drown out a weighty,...
Eleanor Parker dies at 91; played baroness in 'The Sound of Music'
Eleanor Parker, a versatile leading lady of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who earned three Oscar nominations — none of which were for her best-known role as the baroness in "The Sound of Music" — died Monday in Palm Springs of complications of...
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