The French author Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) was concerned with feminine independence in experiencing the joys and sorrows of love. She succeeded in translating a delicate sensibility into ...
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No other writer appears to have told so much about herself as Colette, to have plundered so markedly her own life in each of its stages in order to create her different fictional aliases: Claudine, Re...
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British-born actor Michael Evans, who wooed Audrey Hepburn on Broadway in "Gigi" and was the best friend to a billionaire on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless," has died. He was 87.Evans d...
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Michael EvansLOS ANGELES (AP) _ British-born actor Michael Evans, who wooed Audrey Hepburn on Broadway in "Gigi" and appeared on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless," has died. He was 87.Eva...
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Something else popped at the Boston Pops' opening night concert _ a brawl broke out at Symphony Hall.Before rocker Ben Folds appeared as a special guest Wednesday night, two men did some rockin' an...
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The entries in this year's Big Tex Choice Awards could entice State Fair visitors back to the deep fryer for breakfast, lunch and dinner.There are Deep Fried Lattes for a morning jump-start, plus f...
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TBILISI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Georgian police armed with batons
on Wednesday broke up a six-day protest outside parliament
calling for the resignation of U.S. ally President Mikhail
Saakashvili, but ...
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Dec 25 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 1 since 1900: 1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia came into being with
Edmund Barton as its first prime minis...
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Bye-bye bottled water. Hello eau de tap. A new trend is in the pipeline, with some upscale restaurants ditching packaged H2O in the name of conservation.The bottled water backlash, which recently s...
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