Who sang best on ‘American Idol’ on Wednesday?
In some ways, this is one of the most important weeks of the "American Idol" season. With 11 contestants about to be trimmed to 10, the singer sent home this week is the last one left off the summer...
View ArticleThree hours that make a difference in a child’s life
If you are a kid in the United States with both parents working, you do not often get to go home when your school day is ended. In this country, many children between the ages of 5 to 14, mostly in...
View ArticleWho Really wants to buy a new home?
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” More evidence surfaced today that the housing market is sputtering: Sales of new homes sank to a record low in the U.S. in...
View ArticleSenseless war still rages against masturbation
Dear Straight Talk: This sounds like a Seinfeld episode, but my mom came home unexpectedly and caught me masturbating (something I normally do under the covers). She believes sex is immoral except for...
View ArticleMarch 24 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slide show. SEE CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS...
View ArticleCatherine Deneuve at 67: Still beautiful, still French
At 67, Catherine Deneuve is still beautiful. She is still elegant. And she is still ... French. News of her beauty and elegance preceded her, even before she joined me in the garden of a Sunset Strip...
View ArticleCounting calories in Sonic's new hot dogs
It’s been a while since I welcomed a new pledge into the Healthy Living One Thousand Calorie Club. Inspired by Carrie Fisher, I joined Jenny Craig, lost a few pounds and then gave that up. Now I’m back...
View ArticleNCAA Sweet 16: What to watch
For the second straight year, the NCAA tournament had a wild first weekend filled with upsets, buzzer beaters and virtuoso performances by star players. And, for the second straight year, people across...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: Obama’s slippery stance on oil
Also: California's real fallout threat; Right and Left centered on impeachment
View Article'Sucker Punch' is one wild ride
Director Zack Snyder is a master when it comes to creating visually stunning films. His latest, "Sucker Punch," is an explosion of imagery and audio stimulation that's almost too much for the normal...
View ArticleHootenanny 2011 lineup strongest in years
Name a better one, Johnny Psychobilly. You sure won't find many to top it from the past few years. Last year's headliners were a bust, you might recall, and as with the Mike Ness/Tiger Army 2008...
View Article'American Idol' messes with Motown
Once upon a time, Motown Records was known as The Sound of Young America, not to be confused with The Sound of Philadelphia or The Sound of One Hand Clapping. But that was back before young Steven...
View ArticleWho will leave ‘American Idol’ on Thursday?
James Durbin, pictured above, might have nailed the strongest performance of the Top 11 singers on "American Idol" on Wednesday, but the question here is which of the contestants did worst -- at least...
View ArticleDuran Duran rousing as ever at star-studded L.A. show
After three decades together, Duran Duran still causes hysteria. On Wednesday night, it happened at the Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, where the influential synth-pop group performed a special...
View ArticleFountain Valley crime: Suspicious woman goes door-to-door
A selection of crime calls to the Fountain Valley Police Department.
View ArticleAnaheim seeks 1,000 kind letters for Japan
ANAHEIM – The city hopes to extend its campaign of kindness across the Pacific to quake-ravaged Japan. The Sister City Commission, led by 18-year-old Danielle Vargas, has launched a campaign to collect...
View ArticleO.C.'s quirky Aquabats to star in new TV series
Years before Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz created "Yo Gabba Gabba!" the hit Nickelodeon kids show, the Orange County friends had a different idea: to develop a TV series based on the Aquabats,...
View ArticleO.C. students struggle on fitness test
Most Orange County public school students are either obese, inflexible, weak, or have too little stamina to pass every section of the state's fitness test, figures released Thursday revealed. Results...
View ArticleO.C.'s top 25 high school sports programs (so far)
Slide show: OCVarsity counts down the top 25 Orange County high school sports programs for the 2010-11 school year based on what they have accomplished in the fall and winter seasons. If you're on a...
View ArticleLetters blog: The Obamacare examination is past due
-TUSTIN, W.A. Sauvageot: Register writers Landon Hall and Martin Wisckol are mistaken about the health care bill passed by Congress last year. The former asserts that the young are beneficiaries of the...
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