Children acting like children, making mischief and finding themselves in goofy predicaments as they play with their pals, has been a foundation for endless and ageless humor. This is precisely what producer Hal Roach had in mind when he began making...

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a long-lived series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, Our Gang...

DOUBLE DEAL The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and The Cop Who Was a Mobster By Michael Corbitt with Sam Giancana Morrow. 347 pp. $24.95 Organized crime tell-all accounts fall into two distinct categories, which can be...

Although teachers used to teach in the communities where they resided, they now commute to schools in other districts. For teachers who teach in districts that are culturally or ethnically different than their own, it may be a new experience of which to...

Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2007. There are 195 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 19, 1865, Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 17-23:June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 75. Singer Barry Manilow is 61. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 56. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 53. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary") is 49. Actor Thomas...