• GREENVILLE – Cracksmen, who after blowing open the safe in the Canadian Pacific station at Greenville Junction early today were frightened away by a burglar alarm before reaching the inner section of the safe, are being tracked by peculiar calked boot tracks. Before entering the station, they stole a revolver from the office of […]

AUGUSTA, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky museum dedicated to George Clooney’s late aunt just wanted the actor’s helmet from the movie “Leatherheads.”Turns out, the museum for singer and actress Rosemary Clooney will get the leather headgear and the rest of the football uniform.“This will be a nice addition,” curator Steve Henry said. “In the future […]

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – Oscar-winner Jessica Lange bashed the Bush administration and denounced the war in Iraq during a commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College.The star of “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky” was applauded by students Friday at the small liberal arts college after comparing the conflict with the Vietnam War. She said the graduates have […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Indiana Jones unearthed box office gold at domestic theaters with a performance that puts the film on track to become the second biggest Memorial Day movie opening ever, according to studio estimates Sunday.The fourth installment of the whip-cracking professor’s exploits, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” grossed an […]

“The Andromeda Strain” is full of surprises.Every time you think it’s merely bad, boring television, it offers up a moment of such exquisite stupidity that the existential bounds of the universe seem to shimmer and remake themselves before your very eyes. My personal favorite bit was when a biologist, told by a fellow scientist that […]

It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone’s looks… but then he’s not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he’s a cat. “People come in and say, I had a black and white tuxedo cat before, so that’s what I want,” says Jim Monsma of the Washington Animal Rescue League […]

If your local shelter doesn’t use a formal program to rate a cat’s personality, you can still use some objective criteria when choosing one to adopt:• First, remember that cats differ in behavior and personality. Don’t choose a cat like a coat: There’s more to it than color, texture and size!• Observe a potential pet’s […]

“Outside cats” are a politically incorrect breed these days. A myriad of concerns – from communicable diseases such as Feline Immunodeficiency Virus to the possibility of being hit by a car – prompt responsible cat owners to keep their kitties in the house.But, as common sense should tell us, there’s no indoor substitute for fresh […]

On the first date, the guy should have worn yellow. Yellow caution tape.But Cleveland jewelry designer Susan Scaparotti had no idea. She’d met him online. He was a successful medical professional, had owned five dogs and invited her to his suburban country club for a bite to eat.“I thought, “Wow, this guy is a dog […]

CANNES, France (AP) – With all of his Academy Awards and other Hollywood honors, Clint Eastwood is not necessarily in the market for more prizes. He’ll never shy away from a contest, though, including the one at the world’s most prestigious film showcase.Eastwood’s missing-child drama “Changeling” was among 22 movies in the running for the […]