CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Billy Zane, 42; Eddie Murray, 52; Helen Shaver, 57; Edward James Olmos, 61Happy Birthday: A little will go a long way this year. Put your attributes to work for you. Focus on relationships – home and family and building a strong and secure future. Getting things out in the open […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – The pregnancy comedy “Juno” was chosen as the year’s best independent film and won two other honors Saturday at the Spirit Awards, including best actress for Ellen Page.The ceremony was a warmup for Hollywood’s big show, Sunday’s Academy Awards, where “Juno” and Page are in the running for the same […]

LOS ANGELES – No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on.It was a nail-biter for weeks as a Hollywood writers strike threatened to decimate today’s Oscars, with stars and filmmakers indicating they would not cross picket lines if the labor quarrel remained unsettled.In […]

LEEDS – For Vickie Hartford, cooking is a family affair. She attributes her love of cooking and her talent in the kitchen to her mother, Rita Hartford. “She always did home-cooked meals, and we grew up having fresh vegetables and ones that we canned ourselves,” said Hartford.If Hartford ever runs into problems with a recipe, […]

A recipe calls for unsalted butter and then says to add 1/8 teaspoon salt. Why can’t I just use salted butter?You could use salted butter if you really wanted to, but there are reasons to stick with unsalted butter for baking. First, you don’t know how much salt is in the butter, so it’s difficult […]

“Hey, how about dinner?”I had answered my cell phone in my car.“Oh, I’ve already eaten,” I replied.“Where did you eat?”“In my car.”“That’s sad.”Now, every time I pull into a parking lot and brush the crumbs off before getting out of the car, I remember that conversation.I plead guilty to the American way: eating as multitasking. […]

DEAR MR. DAD: My 6-year-old has suddenly become completely untrustworthy – lying, cheating and stealing whenever she gets a chance. What can I do to nip this in the bud?Answer: Between the ages of 3 and 6, children develop an understanding that lying, cheating, and stealing are wrong and they begin some innocent exploration of […]

Denmark, a low country lying between two seas, has plenty of wind and it is utilizing it on a scale that has never been used for time out of mind to pump water and to grind grain. Their appropriation of unlimited power rushing by them has been restricted as it has not been possible to […]

LEWISTON – As an antidote to the pervasive midwinter chill, the folk band Zhok Therapy will serve up a spicy smorgasbord of music from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Balkans and beyond Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Lewiston Public Library.The free public event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Callahan Hall […]

LEWISTON – Called “an undiscovered American treasure” by The Associated Press, the eclectic Holmes Brothers will close the 2007-08 Bates College Concert Series with a performance Saturday, March 1.Rooted in blues and gospel, the trio’s impassioned three-part harmonies, energy and musicianship mix Saturday night’s roadhouse rock with the gospel fervor of Sunday’s church service.Described by […]