Karin Badt: Cannes 2012: Margarethe Tiesel Up for Best Actress: "I Am Not Proud"
21 May 2012, 10:55 am
The buzz at Cannes is that Margarethe Tiesel, the lead in Ulrich Siedl's Paradise: Love, may take the Best Actress award for her exuberant performance as the dumpy woman who comes to Kenya to pick up beach boys.

As many will attest, Belmont the toughest jewel in Triple Crown
20 May 2012, 11:27 pm
BALTIMORE — The late Woody Stephens used to tease Californians shipping horses into New York for the Belmont Stakes with the warning, “When you cross the Hudson, those buildings get awful big.” He knew what he was talking about. He won five straight Belmont Stakes, a record that may never be...

Political Notebook: Last day to register for primary elections is June 1
20 May 2012, 2:30 am
June 1 is the last day to register for the June 26 primary elections for state and county office.

Rotary to salute backcountry animal lover
16 May 2012, 1:02 pm
“This is my life” chortled 87-year-old Adie Von Gontard, Jr., as he shepherded a visitor around his backcountry farm in a golf cart flanked by four miniature horses and a cocker spaniel.

Roundabouts: potential safety solution for 51?
11 May 2012, 11:50 pm
Jeff Berens said the “R” word, and members of the Columbia County Highway Safety Commission chortled.

Letter: War on women?
11 May 2012, 3:00 am
Don Dunn: Re: Congressional leaders jeopardize lives of cancer victims that need lifesaving drugs.

Robbed of her purse, spry 91-year-old chases Surrey thief into waiting arms of the law
10 May 2012, 1:16 am
Wrong place, wrong time, wrong victim. A would-be thief who decided a 91-year-old woman with a walker was a good robbery target Tuesday got more than she bargained for.

It's Truly A Wonderful World!
6 May 2012, 4:40 am
''Water is fluid, soft and yielding. But water can wear away a rock. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will eventually overcome whatever is rigid and hard.'' - Lau Tzu sent in by Arch. Socrates Villegas who also urges us to ''be like water! Flow!''

I'll Have Another wins Derby from No. 19 post
5 May 2012, 10:02 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Besides Churchill Downs and Louisville Slugger baseball bats, this old Ohio River town's main claim to fame has been the whiskey industry. It's the kind of place where there's virtually a bar on every corner in the blue-collar neighborhoods. The great sportswriter Jim Murray once described Louisville as a "bourbon-soaked bar-rag of a town."

One of fashion’s taboos
25 April 2012, 4:10 pm
Posted in Fashion / Clothing & Accessories / Fashion blog / Fashion collections The fashion industry isn’t known for having taboos. In fact, it’s accused of the exact opposite and is probably second only ‘the media’ when it comes to receiving the blame for anything that goes wrong in society. What follows offers up little fashion, but highlights that words serve as taboos in fashion where The ...