By Lewis Beale Newsday Forty-three years, six TV series, 10 feature films, numerous video games and hundreds of novels later, “Star Trek” is still with us. Director J.J. Abrams’ film, opening Friday, is an origins story, in which the young Kirk and Spock meet, fight, bond and eventually take over the running of the Enterprise. […]

By Robert W. Butler McClatchy Newspapers As rousing as a Klingon war chant and more fun than an engine room full of tribbles, “Star Trek” successfully reboots the venerable franchise. It will please diehard fans and suck in newbies like a black hole. This happy romp from director J.J. Abrams takes us back to the […]

By Wina Sturgeon Adventure Sports Weekly (adventuresportsweekly.com) It doesn’t matter that the sun is shining and the birds are singing. Don’t take your bike out until you get it ready to roll. When you head out ready for the wind on your face, only to be forced to push your bike many miles back to […]

By Mark LaFlamme Staff Writer Dr. Ralph Harder knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. Given the extent of his expertise and the apparatus that goes with it, he might even know if you’ve been bad or good. Harder is the director of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center’s Sleep Clinic. He is […]

28 charged at party raid Headlines like these always rile me. I know it’s important to bust up teenage booze fests and spread the word that drinking is not appropriate until you are over 21, at which point you can apparently drink all you want until your nose starts to look like a road map […]

By Tim Barker St. Louis Post-Dispatch So I’m back in the office after spending a week at home, working on turning my attic into something more than a place to store junk. Just before I left, one of the big stories in the tech world revolved around Apple’s curious decision to include an app in […]

By Charli Penn WeddingChannel.com Once you’ve selected your wedding gown and picked the right hairstyle, veil and accessories, there’s really just one style item left to choose–wedding day makeup! Here are a few easy wedding beauty tips based on brides’ most-often-asked questions from Emmy award-winning celebrity makeup artist Eve Pearl. PRACTICE UNTIL YOU’VE GOT IT […]

BC-NEWS2USE-HEALTH2:OC _ lifestyle (300 words) Getting fat? Blame the recession By Mary Ann Milbourn The Orange County Register (MCT) Nervousness over the economy is sending Americans straight to the pantry, with four out of 10 workers reporting a weight gain, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey. Of 4,435 workers responding between Feb. 20 and March 11 […]

By Bonnie Washuk Tough People Smart Money Writer GREENE — HGTV’s got nothing on Christie Labrie. Judging by what she’s done to her own home, she could star in her own show, “Decorating on the cheap with Christie.” But her home looks far from cheap. It appears to be full of designer touches. When Labrie […]

By Jenny B. Davis McClatchy Newspapers Need a new outfit? Don’t worry about driving to a crowded mall. Just call up a friend, schedule a time to meet and swing by her house to shop at your leisure. That’s the idea behind Etcetera, a line of women’s clothing sold exclusively through private appointments in private […]