Palin Resigns Today, Future Clouded By Ethics Probes, Legal Bills, Dwindling Popularity
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin jokes with a picnic goers as she serves burgers at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, July 25, 2009. Several thousand people attended the picnic. Palin will attend one more picnic in Fairbanks on Sunday where
SF supervisor's living situation to be probed
San Francisco's public defender is pleading with city residents to oppose budget cuts to his office he says could lead to the loss of a dozen attorneys.
Public Defender Jeff Adachi used leftover funds from his campaign account to mail out 65,000
Fay Ripley: 'I need Botox... I don't want to be the wrinkliest woman on TV'
She may have had a steady run of work since she shot to fame in the '90s comedy drama Cold Feet.
But actress Fay Ripley says she is worried that she may stop getting offered television roles if she doesn't do something to stop the ageing process.
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Palin Faces Questions As She Exits Alaska Politics
... ANCHORAGE, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gained fame and to some infamy since she embarked on a vice-presidential bid less than a year ago. Her surprising departure from Alaska's top office is gaining her something else: questions over her motives and...
The triumph of a blind clothing designer
MEAUX, France ? The obvious impediment to Cyril Elong's success as a clothing designer is that he cannot see. But the blind creator of streetwear label Mason Ewing has won fame for incorporating Braille into his designs.
The less obvious impediment to
Housewife Kim sympathizes with Britney and M.J.
With the second season of Atlanta?s sauciest and most sordid reality show about to begin, real Atlanta housewife Kim Zolciak has one thing in common with such stars as Britney Spears and Michael Jackson, and we?re not talking about faux hair. Rather,
Preview: Galway Festival Day 1
The marathon Galway Festival gets under way at 5.10, with a feast of mouthwatering racing in prospect over the next seven days.
The carlton.ie/galwaycity (QR) Handicap is the most valuable race of day one, and the hat-trick-seeking Rajik will be trying
Can Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang smash musical barriers?
Adds Lang Lang: "For me and Herbie, it's a very meaningful tour. Hopefully this will open new doors to the music world in general."
Granted, there's an obvious commercial strategy behind any marquee that spotlights artists of Hancock's and Lang Lang's
Backstreet Boys turn to hitmaker behind Lady Gaga for new album
The group team-up with Moroccan- Swedish producer-songwriter RedOne after struggling to find direction when they started work on their seventh studio disc This Is Us.
RedOne, real name Nadir Khaya, worked on a number of songs for GaGa's debut album The
Soulfully mystic
The history of Konya ? a city as well as a district in Turkey ? dates back to 7000-6000 BC. But, Konya gained its real name and fame when, after his father Bahauddin Valad?s death in 1231 AD, Maulana (Turkish ?Mevlana?) Jalaluddin Rumi permanently
