DEAR ABBY: Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Please invite your millions of readers to observe the National Moment of Remembrance by pausing wherever they are at 3 p.m. in honor of our fallen.Memorial Day (first called Decoration Day) began in 1868 to remember those killed in the Civil War. Since World War I, Memorial Day has […]

May 22, 23: BAR MILLS, Maine’s champion fiddlers will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road. $14/$12 929-6472May 22: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, William Feasley, classical guitarist, will perform at 8 p.m. at Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. $15/$20 633-5159May 22: […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Starched shirts by day, tattered flannel at night? Network television anchors Brian Williams and Dan Harris have unusual new side gigs as music bloggers. Williams’ “BriTunes” – a name he quickly found was already in use by a 27-year-old blogger – launched last week with the NBC News chief anchor’s talk […]

NEW YORK (AP) – “Angels & Demons” took the box office from “Star Trek” by earning $48 million in its first weekend of release. The haul was far less than the earlier Dan Brown adaptation “The Da Vinci Code” – which earned $77.1 million when it opened in 2006 – but still enough to topple […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Hoping to do for the written word what iTunes did for music, the online document-sharing service Scribd is opening an Internet store that will offer new sales opportunities for authors and publishers, and possibly spawn more bargains for book lovers. Scribd’s commercial channel, scheduled to debut Monday, marks the first time […]

Who invented the Richter scale? Or the Fahrenheit scale? This sounds like a “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?” joke, but it’s no joke. People named Richter, Doppler, Fahrenheit and Celsius really did exist, and they invented devices to help people measure heat, cold and the weather. Fahrenheit and Celsius lived mostly during the 1700s; Doppler […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Reality star Holly Madison is done dancing with the stars, but she’s keeping her shoes fresh for a burlesque show on the Las Vegas Strip. Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend has signed a contract to replace actress Kelly Monaco in “Peepshow,” a topless revue at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Officials say […]

CANNES, France (AP) – Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution. Amenabar’s historical epic “Agora” premiered Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Amy Poehler returned to “Weekend Update” for the star-studded season finale of “Saturday Night Live.” After a season infused by politics and Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin impression, “SNL” wrapped up its 34th season – one of its best-rated ever – with cameos galore. Along with host Will Ferrell, making appearances were […]

Monmouth Middle School will present “Murder in the Wings,” by Pat Cook, this weekend at Cumston Hall in Monmouth. Shows will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, and Sunday, May 17. Donations will be accepted at the door. All proceeds will go to MMS Drama. Cast members, above, are Addie Ortiz-Burnham, Kerstin […]