Meet our own Cheryl and Ashley Cole. . .Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:37AMWHEN you are called Cheryl and Ashley Cole, you can expect to get a fair bit of attention.
Women lawmakers complain about Judiciary chairmanFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:29AMJoseph Vallario, they say, sets a tone of rudeness for the committee Women lawmakers angrily protested Thursday to House Speaker Michael E. Busch about the way a committee that handles sensitive crime legislation treats those who come to Annapolis to testify. In particular, the head of the women's caucus said, Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph F. Vallario Jr.'s "tyrannical leadership" has ...
Marriage of Convenience works for these KingsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:56AMFOR making quiet the new loud with their geeky, nostalgic brand of Scandinavian folk rock, Kings of Convenience have often been compared to Simon & Garfunkel.
Murder suspect says rage led to shootingFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:46AMMatthew Terrion claims he drew gun to scare estranged wife, but it went off Defense lawyers call death manslaughter
Annie's Mailbox: Brother-in-law acting immaturelyFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:08AMDear Annie: My sister died seven years ago, and within six months, my brother-in-law was dating. “John” stays in touch with my 96-year-old mother and gives her news of the grandchildren, now in their 20s.
Digested read: Solar by Ian McEwanMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:43PMCape, £18.99 2000 He belonged to that Salman class of short, fat, ugly, clever men who were unaccountably attractive to women. But Michael Beard was anhedonic; his fifth marriage was disintegrating and he should have known how to behave as his philandering had ended the previous four. This time, though, it was his wife, Patrice, who was having an affair with Tarpin, a horny-handed Essex builder ...
Job DetailsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:31PMTypical rehearsal schedule: Tues - Sun from 10 AM – 6 PM until tech begins. Performances: Wed - Sun, with matinee and evening shows, at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA, accessible by major routes and the #70 bus.
Women should cherish their lives: ScholarMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:56PMBEIJING: If a woman's happiness index includes the four areas of work, marriage, children and parents, few can be happier than Chen Yunying. In addition to academic achievement, she has been blessed with a happy marriage to a powerful man as well as children.
Viet bride goes missingMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:48PMKUALA LUMPUR: Instead of being excited at experiencing fatherhood, Goh Ping Ming is faced with the agony of his wife running away for the third time in the span of two weeks.
Jay Leno Makes 'Marriage Ref' Guest Appearance, Talks Being Back At 'Tonight Show'Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:53PMLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jay Leno stepped out on the red carpet on Sunday night with wife Mavis, hitting the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Los Angeles. He also hammed it up for the photographers on his way in, posing with NBC pal and fellow comedian, Jerry Seinfeld . And, Jay revealed to Access Hollywood's Tony Potts that he recently helped out with Jerry's "The Marriage Ref."
America's Hottest Husband 2010Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:26PMTwo local men are running for America's Hottest Husband of 2010 by Redbook Magazine. The two husbands are part of a group of 22 finalists.
A mother vanishes: Children seek fate of missing womanMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:25AMMartha Woollard balances hope during her search for the truth about the fate of her mother, Charlotte Rexroad. All Woollard and her three siblings know for sure is that their mother left a Canton hotel one night 40 years ago with her boyfriend. He returned, but Rexroad never was seen again.
'Recycling with an artistic component'Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:13AMCall it a second chance at love for an abandoned wedding dress. Once someone's most important outfit, the faded and frilly creation celebrated its big day long ago. It seemed destined to end its days hanging unwanted in a Salvation Amy thrift store -- until matchmaker Angie Geiss came along.[...]
Smith-McDowell House boasts complex 3rd ownerMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:06AM“My precious daughter,” wrote Asheville developer Robert Urey Garrett to Alexandra Garrett Johnston not long before his death in 1915, “your letter … has made me inexpressibly happy. … Just one thing now stands between me and complete happiness. It is that you and Robert (your husband) unite with us in the blessed hope of the Coming of the Lord.”
How Nelson Mandela betrayed us, says ex-wife WinnieMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:00AMMy husband and I have just crossed Africa. On the final leg of our journey we had finally come to South Africa - a place that now went hand in hand with the name Mandela.
Man-to-man: My history with my womanMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:11AMAlthough I usually respond to men's questions in this column, I decided to do something a little different. Since March is Women's History Month, I thought I would honor my woman and the history we've shared together. Ria and I met in 1980, when I was 19, with long hair and torn jeans. I transferred into her class on the second week of school. She watched as I spoke with the professor. Having ...
Feng Shui for the massesMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:55AMOn a nondescript street full of hairdressers, barbershops and the ubiquitous fast food at the corner, the store crammed with trinkets caught my eye. A row of shelves displaying Chinese good luck charms and little wax candles stood in front.
Man stopped keeping houseMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:02AMDear Abby: When I first met my husband of two years, "Phil," he owned his own home, kept it spotless and his yard neat, prepared his own meals and did his laundry. Those qualities made him stand out from the many spoiled "Mama's boys" I had dated. Now that we're married it's like he has amnesia. He has "forgotten" how to operate the washing machine, scrub a toilet or wash a dish. He washes only ...
Felicity Kendal: 'Barbara follows me around like a good fairy'Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:08PM"Do you ever feel," I ask Felicity Kendal, "a bit like Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha in Sex and the City?" To compare Kendal – lovely, lovely Felicity Kendal, still the nation's sweetheart 30 years after appearing as the doe-eyed, dungaree-clad Barbara in the BBC sitcom The Good Life – with an American actress best known for her role as an oversexed, foul-mouthed New York glamazon might be ...
Waking up with Donald TrumpSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:58PMIt had been a restless night. When you have the 450th richest man in the world ringing you at 6.50am you want to be sure everything is good to go. That the phone is working, that the recording device is plugged into the phone, that your questions are to hand and your alarm is set. OK, so he's not as rich as Oprah (234th) or Spielberg (205th) and he's forced to share his ranking on the Forbes ...
Mark Croft: Kerry's used goods..divorce is inevitableSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:48PMKERRY Katona's dumped husband Mark Croft today spills his venom over her romance with a Royal Marine she met at a fitness camp.
Rahul Mahajan weds Dimpy GangulySaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:55PMMumbai: Rahul Mahajan's hunt for a perfect bride on TV is over as the reality show star picked Bengali girl Dimpy Ganguly to tie the knot in true Bollywood style.
LI Mom's Bargain Hitman Was Actually a CopSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:13PMA Long Island woman lost her $500 down payment, after learning that the hitman she’d hired to kill her husband was actually an undercover cop. Though Susan Williams wanted her husband gone, she worried she didn’t have the funds to pay for a full kill. According to DA Kathleen Rice, "Initially it was, 'I want him hurt,' then it became, 'I want him gone.'” But when she was offered a bargain price ...
'My grandmother is like my sister'Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:52AMThe Sehgal family is so close knit,it makes perfect sense to say that behind every successful woman,there's often a woman ...
Fighting the Burma genocideSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:36AMAn incredible, in-depth look at the activists attempting to promote democracy in Burma and chronicle the human rights abuses occurring under the junta. Mac McClelland visits the Karen freedom fighters trapped in Thai refugee camps.
Engagements Feb. 26Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:29AMMr. and Mrs. R.C. Ryals of Lake City, Fla., are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Roberta (Bobbie) Houston, to Clifford J. Corcoran.
Bruce Willis ruled by daughtersSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:04AMBruce Willis will do anything for his three daughters - Rumer, 21, Scout, 18, and 16-year-old Tallulah Belle - because they “rule his emotions”.
Adults with depression and diabetes face increase risk of dementiaFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:55PMAdults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a study published in the recent Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Grieving wife now champion for police familiesFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:25PMAttorney Renee Maher, the first executive director of the Coalition of Metropolitan Police and Sheriffs, is a widow whose police officer husband was killed in 2003. She has lobbied lawmakers in Olympia to pass legislation important to law enforcement.
A STAIN ON THE SILENCEFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:31PMI will confess at the outset that I am not as familiar with the work of Andrew Taylor as I should be. He is one of those authors who I know better from reputation than actual reading experience.
Chapter OneFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:30PMJohn Christian Harrow had never much cared for the Iowa State Fair. He was uncomfortable around throngs of people, and the cacophony of chatter, ballyhoo, and music always put a crease between his eyebrows.
Wayward husband coming home in `The Good Wife'Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:43AMHad "The Good Wife" not succeeded in its first season on CBS, creators Robert and Michelle King would have been happy to let the final scene of their 13th episode stand as the series finale.
Bio of Katharine Hepburn is mostly in her wordsMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:38AM"I Know Where I'm Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography" (Simon & Schuster, 368 pages, $26), by Charlotte Chandler: The latest biography of Katharine Hepburn is very close to an autobiography, since much of the book comes from a series of interviews that author Charlotte Chandler recorded with the actress during the 1970s and '80s.
Around the remote: Television picks for the week of Feb. 28-March 6Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:17AM“THE MARRIAGE REF” — Yes, all those promotional ads during the Olympics got on our nerves — but they also piqued our curiosity. Why would Jerry Seinfeld, who led one of television’s landmark sitcoms, want to produce a goofy reality series that has celebrities serving as arbiters in marital disputes?
Simon Cowell plans English weddingMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:00AMSimon Cowell is planning to get married at a low-key English church in order to please his mother Julie.
Posh party is the icing on the cake for golden coupleMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:39AMA couple who had their first date in the local fish and chip shop have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a posh party.
Mom Hopes Simon Cowell and Mezhgan Hussainy to Wed in Britain ChurchMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:08AMAlthough publicist Max Clifford has dismissed marriage report between Simon Cowell and Mezhgan Hussainy, the music mogul's mother is still adamant and 'excited about the wedding'.