NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Commentary: The only viable solution to the Mideast conflict is a two-state solution, with Israel and a Palestinian state, to be established on the West Bank and Gaza, co-existing peacefully side-by-side.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Maya Angelou, one of America's most revered authors and poets, has gone commercial at last in a genteel way that suits her image as a writer with a message.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The Vietnam War movie has attracted the considerable talents and even grander egos of legendary filmmakers, ranging from the operatic (Francis Ford Coppola of t
WHAT?S IN A NAME? Enron Field is no more. The home of the Houston Astros will be known as Astros Field for the time being, until a new corporate naming sponsor is found.
SLICK ADVERTISING University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz has become Johnson & Johnson's paid lubricant queen -- touting a new line of K-Y friction-busters for the pharmaceutical giant.
OSCAR BALLOTS IN THE MAIL Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officials made the short trip from their headquarters to the post office in Beverly Hills on Wednesday ...
GRAMMY AWARDS The 44th Annual Grammy Awards turned out to be a big night Wednesday for the neo-soul of Alicia Keys and the old-time sound of bluegrass ...
DESIGNER CHEMISTRY Warwick Effect Polymers Ltd. (WEP) has already begun to produce to order designer polymers for high-value applications such as inkjet printer ink, hairspray and shampoo, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, biomaterials and medical devices ...
TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Thurs., Feb. 28) Jim Denny, music executive and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, was born in 1911. Audrey Williams was born in 1923.
DISABLED WORKERS Does the Americans with Disabilities Act force employers to hire disabled workers for a job, even when the position could cause injury or death to the worker?
ZAP ?EM United Airlines will soon begin training its 9,000 pilots on the use of the advanced Taser gun for cockpit security as it awaits federal approval to put them aboard airliners.
FAJITA CHICKEN STRIPS RECALLED
S & C Beef Processors LLC of Montgomery, Ala., has recalled 30,700 pounds of cooked fajita chicken strips because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The products were sold under the Pierce brand name and
Today is Feb. 28. The Branch Davidian standoff began on this date in 1993 when federal agents attempted to serve warrants on the religious cult's compound near Waco, Texas.
Today is Feb. 28. Trumpeter and bandleader Lee Castle was born this day in 1915 in New York. He was a featured soloist with many of the major jazz big bands.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The 44th Annual Grammy Awards turned out to be a big night Wednesday for the neo-soul of Alicia Keys and the old-time sound of bluegrass as Keys and the soundtr
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Here is a list of winners at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, which were presented Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, in ceremonies televised by CBS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- A man with one of the most difficult jobs in Russia will visit Washington this coming Sunday: Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Moscow's first Catholic Archbishop since 19
