Thu, Jul 2nd, 2009 | Entertainment |

Celebrate the Fourth of July at any of the following events: Fireworks at the Greenbelt Independence Day Celebration will begin about 9 p.m. and will be preceded by a children's craft tent from 3 to 6 p.m., a performance by the ...Read More

Thousands Squat for World Toilet Day

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | World |

Thousands Squat for World Toilet Day Don't be alarmed if you spot people today popping a squat in office buildings, schools and public spaces. It's all part of World Toilet Day, which is internationally recognized on November 19 as a celebration of the importance of sanitation ...Read More

Afghans want Obama to hold Karzai's feet to the fire

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | World |

On Afghanistan's independence day in August, my friends in Kandahar were puzzled. Why was the government bothering to celebrate the holiday? With 100,000 or so foreign troops occupying our country, how could we consider ourselves independent? When my American friends and ...Read More

Second-half surge propels Ravens

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Sports, Top Stories |

Second-half surge propels Ravens CLEVELAND -- In a game that caused as much concern as celebration, the Ravens capitalized on the Cleveland Browns' mistakes in the second half for a much-needed 16-0 win. After being held scoreless for the first 32 1/2 minutes, the Ravens ...Read More

With overdue win, expectations return for Wie

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Sports |

ST. LOUIS — From a hotel suite in Honolulu overlooking the golf course where Michelle Wie first showed her awesome potential, she looked at newspaper photos from various stages of her youth and realized those days were behind her. She was ...Read More

NFL looking into reports of obscene gesture by Titans owner Bud Adams during celebration

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Sports |

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NFL is looking into reports Tennessee owner Bud Adams made an obscene hand gesture from his luxury suite and from the field while celebrating his Titans' 41-17 win over Buffalo. WTVF-TV reports Adams flipped the middle ...Read More

Hawaii's Wie in 1st LPGA victory

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Sports |

Hawaii's Wie in 1st LPGA victory Fittingly for a child of the 'aina, Michelle Wie's long-awaited celebration began in the sand. Wie, 20, finally won a golf tournament yesterday, clinching a two-shot victory in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Guadalajara, Mexico, with a spectacular bunker shot on ...Read More

'2012' is no disaster at weekend box office

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

There's cash in cataclysm. At least in Hollywood, which saw the apocalyptic thriller 2012 rake in $65 million, according to studio estimates from box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI. The debut was $5 million more than many analysts projected and finished an ...Read More

'2012' explodes at boxoffice

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

'2012' explodes at boxoffice Moviegoers said give us the apocalypse now as Sony'send-of-the-world epic topped the weekend boxoffice with a heaping $65 millionin opening domestic coin. Directed by Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day"), theeffects-filled actioner cost $200 million to produce. But with a$225 million worldwide haul from ...Read More

'2012' Breaks A Global Total Record With Weekend Box Office

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, Top Stories |

'2012' Breaks A Global Total Record With Weekend Box Office LOS ANGELES — Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide. The Sony Pictures action saga tells the story of a scramble to ...Read More

'2012' Takes Top Spot With Box Office Bang of $65M

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, Top Stories |

Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide. The Sony Pictures action saga tells the story of a scramble to save remnants of ...Read More

Disaster film "2012" strikes worldwide box office

Sun, Nov 15th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

Disaster film LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Moviegoers worldwide welcomed the apocalypse a little early as the disaster movie "2012" swept through theaters during the weekend with one of the best openings of the year. The latest end-of-days picture from "Independence Day" director Roland ...Read More

Will federal court be right arena for Mohammed?

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

When two planes struck the Twin Towers in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was sitting in an Internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan, monitoring the attacks. At first, Mohammed later told CIA interrogators, he was disappointed. He said ...Read More

Hamas makes U-turn over Palestinian national day

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | World |

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas authorities did an about face on Saturday and dropped a plan to keep schools in the Gaza Strip open on a Palestinian holiday founded by the rival Fatah faction. An official with Gaza's Education Ministry said schools ...Read More

Review: 2012 Displays Childlike Glee Amid Destruction

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Entertainment |

Review: 2012 Displays Childlike Glee Amid Destruction 2012 is Roland Emmerich's best movie since Independence Day. Take that however you please. The German director is a filmmaking Peter Pan. He won't grow up. Like most kids, he undoubtedly created horrible scenarios with his toy train set. Unlike most ...Read More

EXCLUSIVE: 'Independence Day' Sequel To Be Two Movies, Possibly Called 'ID4-Ever'

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Entertainment |

More than thirteen years, Bill Pullman gave a goose-bump-inducing Fourth of July speech about freedom, willpower and how a few ugly aliens needed a good beatdown – and honestly I'm still pumped up. On the strength of that patriotic presidential speech ...Read More

Roland Emmerich Talks Independence Day Sequel(s)

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Entertainment |

Roland Emmerich Talks Independence Day Sequel(s) We reported last month that the reason we haven't seen a sequel to the mega successful sci-fi blockbuster, Independence Day, is because 20th  Century Fox is apparently stalling because of money. Personally, even if the first film's star, Will Smith, ...Read More

Swift gets peer support after CMA Awards

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Entertainment |

Swift gets peer support after CMA Awards Taylor Swift was predictably flummoxed when she got on the phone Wednesday night with the Los Angeles Times, a few minutes after becoming the youngest person ever, and the first female in nearly a decade, to be named entertainer of ...Read More

Hamas calls off Independence Day declared by Arafat

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | World |

Hamas authorities have called off annual Palestinian Independence Day celebrations in the Gaza Strip, ordering its schools and offices to remain open as usual when the holiday falls on Sunday, officials said on Friday. The decision pointed up the tensions between ...Read More

Movie review: '2012' is a perfect disaster

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

If a film critic awards four stars to a movie directed by Roland Emmerich -- Hollywood's reigning king of catastrophe, the critically scorned director of "Independence Day" and "Godzilla" -- will the world come to an end? That's a question ...Read More

'2012' movie review: Roland Emmerich ends the world ... again - The Star-Ledger

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Entertainment |

'2012' movie review: Roland Emmerich ends the world ... again - The Star-Ledger Columbia Pictures/SonyPlanes fly through falling -- highways -- in Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic new film "2012." "2012" Movie Review -- Remember "Independence Day," that alien invasion movie with great special effects that made a ton of money? You don't remember it half as ...Read More