Wilson tries to finish his journey from the ‘B’ team to the Olympic team
December 22nd, 2009 Oly spots up for grabs at freestyle trialsSTEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Bryon Wilson was one of the outsiders, not as concerned about earning a trip to Vancouver as simply finding a starting spot in any major moguls race outside [...]
LOS ANGELES – Susan Boyle sings, and Simon Cowell and other celebrities sing her praises in a weekend TV special about the Cinderella story that has made her a best-selling recording artist.
All that’s lacking is a prince, but she says romance has to wait.
“Och, there’s no time for that now. I’m far too busy,” Boyle [...]
The Theater Loop RSS ABOUT THIS BLOGNews. Criticism. Gossip. The shows not to be missed and the shows to avoid at all costs. About Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris JonesNOW ON CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM SECOND CITY 5Oth FEST: Alums gather for a milestone show. | SLIDESHOW
BACKSTAGE with Tribune’s mark Caro. FIRST [...]
It seems impossible, but it was ten years ago tonight that the news business lost its collective mind.
(Update: For an opposing view go this blog)
Fueled by months of hype and ridiculous predictions, broadcast and print media tried to outdo each other with angles on the Y2K scare that in today’s light seem cartoonish.
The Flint Journal [...]
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) The celebrations have begun already in Sydney, Australia where 1.5 million people participated in massive fireworks displays and festivities. Final preparations are being made in Times Square, new York where authorities are expecting the largest crowd in the history of such new Years gatherings. At midnight, the ball will drop and [...]
By Jim Hamill
5:53 PM EST, December 29, 2009
a number of counties in our are planning DUI checkpoints on New Year’s Eve. Police expect the checkpoints to work well but maybe not how you would expect.
This New Year’s Eve police in Lycoming County will be cracking down on drunk drivers. that might not [...]
A number of years ago there was an atrocity of a movie called Young Sherlock Holmes. though it made a few gestures in the direction of the original Conan Doyle stories early in the film, it ultimately came down to young Holmes battling a bunch of Satan worshippers, or some such nonsense.
The opening scene of [...]
Rod Drawbaugh remembers it as an otherwise ordinary day in 1998. And, like most normal days, fears of global — or even local — catastrophes had not entered his mind.
Until his boss, then-York Hospital president Brian Gragnolati, approached him.
Have you ever heard anything about Y2K? Gragnolati asked.
Gragnolati explained: Most computer codes were not written to [...]
If you’re anything like Andy Rooney, you’ll be counting down the last hours of 2009 alone and miserable, nursing a single-serving of coffee ice cream and a year’s worth of regrets. Fortunately, the usual cast of New Year’s Eve television hosts will be available to shout at you from Times Square, throw to firework celebrations [...]
Sherlock Holmes movies are like city buses; you may miss one, but another will be following shortly. Since making his screen debut in 1905, Holmes has been the central character in about 150 theatrical and TV movies, portrayed by some 70 different actors (including Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Patrick Macnee, Charlton Heston, Edward Woodward, Michael [...]
