"Serious readers should be reading [Scott] Turow, because he is not just one of our best crime novelists; he is also one of our better novelists," declared writer/critic Wendy Lesser in the New York Times Book Revie w. Lesser went on to...

Thor is the Viking god of thunder, and he lends an appropriate name to this restaurant/bar/lounge that has opened on the Lower East Side. In fact, the name’s an acronym for The Hotel On Rivington, the narrow, high-rise that stands out of scale with the...

An illegal immigrant who sought sanctuary in a Chicago church for a year to avoid deportation and separation from her 8-year-old American son was arrested Sunday, the church's pastor said.Elvira Arellano was arrested before 3 p.m. outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church on L.A.'s...

Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma bristled after the Huskies' 76-45 win Saturday over Syracuse was referred to as a tuneup for Monday's showdown with second-ranked North Carolina.A win, Auriemma said, is a win, no matter who it is against."If we win Monday night, we don't get...

On his new album, the Blue Carpet Treatment, Snoop takes it back to the streets and shows plenty of West Coast unity. In the midst of serious violence on the Left coast between Blacks and Latinos, Snoop shows solidarity by bringing in Cypress Hill’s frontman...