LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Champion skater Rory Flack Burghart isn't out to revolutionize figure skating, but she is working on adding "a little bit more flavor to it," as more and more blacks skaters join her on the ice.
The American theater faces the New Year in flux as Broadway continues to surrender its leadership role to Off Broadway, and regional theater and the theater community strive to build a younger audience to keep the stage alive and lively. Part of UPI's Spe
(In this Christmas homily, the 86th installment of the UPI series of sermons, the Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson, senior pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, reflects on the terrifying effect of Christ's glory on the shepherds of Bethlehem
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Amid continuing preparations for a war against Iraq aimed to neutralize Saddam Hussein and his potential weapons of mass destruction, the United States Institut
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The dying days of an old professor named Morrie Schwartz were the subject of a runaway best-selling "uplift" book published five years ago that now has been dra
In an effort to have every classroom in Mississippi have a computer with Internet access, high school students learned to assemble computers themselves, The New York Times reports.
La Libre Belgique newspaper ponders whether Belgians annoyed are with the Father Christmas. A survey by the Deloitte & Touches finds Belgians to be among the least generous in Europe.
Lie back on the couch, Dr. Will Miller is in the house this Christmas. He tells us that impulse to buy expensive items for others and ourselves is actually an attempt to compensate for a lack of truly close relationships in our lives.
"Operation Just Cause" began on this date in 1989 when the United States invaded Panama to oust Manuel Noriega and install the duly elected civilian government. 23 U.S. troops were killed in the military action. Noriega initially eluded capture, however,
Grammy-award winning artist Shakira and her foundation Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet) and The Reebok Human Rights Program announced they will partner in a year-long project to distribute l0,000 pairs of Reebok shoes to Colombia's neediest children, beginning
"Chicago" led the field with eight nominations as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced nominees Thursday for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Two FBI agents say they were taken off criminal investigations into a suspected terror cell linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network, ABC News reported on its Web site.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The trouble with trying to write about singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb is that she is just so darned uncomplicated -- to the point that she's almost impossible to f
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- It may not contain literally everything you always wanted to know about movies, but a new book published by the American Film Institute is pretty loaded -- according to no lesser an authority than Clint Eastwood. "You're likely to find just about any basi
Today's birthdays include Blood Sweat and Tears drummer Bobby Colomby, who was born in 1944 (age 58); Peter Criss of Kiss in 1947 (age 55); and "Little" Stevie Wright of the Easybeats in 1948 (age 54); Anita Ward and Billy Bragg, both in 1957 (age 45); an
Guitarist Eddie Condon opened his famous jazz club on this day in 1945 in New York's Greenwich Village. The Chicago-style jazz joint had three locations before closing for good in 1985, 10 years after Condon's death.
The problems consumers are having with pesky telemarketer calls have led to new calls for action. The telemarketing industry is pondering what has happened on Capitol Hill this week and consumer groups are smiling.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, joined by Rose Mary Sabo-Brown participate in a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC, on May 28, 2012. UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar/Pool
