LOS ANGELES (AP) – The globe-trotting thriller “Jumper” leaped to a box office win with $27.2 million on a weekend when Hollywood offered something for everyone, with new films for action fans, teens, family audiences and the date-movie crowd.Starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson in the tale of a man who can teleport himself […]

NEW YORK – Fewer than a half-million people were watching MSNBC when David Shuster made his comment that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign had “pimped out” daughter Chelsea by having her make political phone calls.Among them were monitors at Newsbusters. The Web site posted video of Shuster 10 minutes after the show was over, beginning a […]

DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) – Owners of The Carpenters’ former home aren’t feeling on top of the world about the legions of fans who keep stopping by to pay tribute.The five-bedroom tract house, where siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter lived and penned some of their greatest hits, was featured on the cover of their 1973 hit […]

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – First-time director Paul Sorvino doesn’t understand why his investors are so jittery.More than two years ago, Lackawanna County agreed to partner with Sorvino on “The Trouble with Cali,” an independent film the “GoodFellas” star is producing and directing in northeastern Pennsylvania.Shot in the Scranton area in 2006, the low-budget movie has […]

Do you know how easy it is to neglect your partner in a long-term love relationship?The answer is it is much too easy. In the vast majority of situations, the neglect is unintentional. We get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget about what is important.Neglect is a lot like procrastination, lying […]

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.”- Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”We understand, Walt. We’re complex characters, we humans.And sometimes we change our minds.We vote for Democrats, then switch to Republicans. We change our minds about jobs, houses, spouses. And with each new shift in thinking […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m having a problem with the older sister of my daughter’s best friend. I’ll refer to the girl as “Cassie.” Cassie is 16 or 17, and she’s attracted to my significant other of 19 years, “Adam,” who is 42.Adam and I are friendly with Cassie’s parents. We socialize with them at school sporting […]

One of my favorite things to do is borrow my granddaughter, Lucy, and take her for a walk. Her mommy bundles her up and sends us on our way over the bumpy sidewalks of downtown Bath. As Lucy lounges in her stroller, taking in the sights and sounds, I imagine she feels like the world […]

FORT WORTH, Texas – It’s hard not to succumb to the mattress sales pitches that seem to promise the moon: less stress, deep sleep, no more lower back pain. And if you were just starting to wrap your head around the concepts of a Sleep Number bed versus a Tempur-pedic, along come new buzzwords: Coil […]

Give yourself and baby some much-needed snooze time with these easy tips: Clear the clutter Make sure the nursery is designated as a room for sleep. Keep the area around the crib free of toys and other fun knickknacks. “Crib distractions confuse your baby,” says Conner Herman, sleep expert for TheNestBaby.com. “They’ll make him wonder, […]