Jan. 8: DRESDEN, country western line and partner dance will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dresden Masonic Hall, Route 127. $3/$4 622-4884 Tomorrow Jan. 9: LEWISTON, pianist Frank Glazer will perform at 12:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 786-6135Jan. 9: NEWRY, the Nickelodeon Family Festival Night will be held […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Technophiles are eagerly waiting to learn whether the king of digital music can colonize an entirely new category of consumer electronics.Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer Inc., is expected to launch at least one revolutionary product Tuesday at the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. Speculation has focused mainly […]

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – A star burst of yellow glass cones hanging from an oak tree makes an unlikely forest chandelier. Red reeds rise from the cactus garden. And where the macaws fly low, the pink crags are piled like a massive tower of rock candy.Dale Chihuly’s work has transformed the Fairchild Tropical Botanic […]

ROCHESTER, Minnesota (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from the Mayo Clinic after undergoing successful hip replacement surgery, the clinic said.The 82-year-old former president was discharged from the clinic on Saturday, following the operation on his right hip that was performed Wednesday, the Mayo Clinic said on its Web site.He traveled […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to watch live TV over a network constructed by Qualcomm Inc.Verizon will launch its new service, dubbed V Cast Mobile TV, sometime in the first quarter, the company said Sunday at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Verizon said it would release details on pricing […]

“I would never have made my success in life, if I had not bestowed upon the least thing I have undertaken, the same attention and care I have bestowed upon the greatest,” Charles Dickens. Do you have that degree of focus and attention to detail? How can we train ourselves to match Dickens’ intensity? Here […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: David Yost, 38; Nicolas Cage, 43; Katie Couric, 50; Kenny Loggins, 59Happy Birthday: You will be offered help and wisdom from people who have greater experience. Be prepared to accept the changes that come your way. The less time you spend pondering over things you can’t change, the easier it […]

Slow-roasting mellows garlic, making it soft and buttery sweet. If you roast a few heads whenever you fire up the oven, you’ll always have a supply of what may become your favorite condiment.Mix roasted garlic into mashed potatoes, spread it on bread or pizza crust, swirl it into soups, add it to vegetables and pasta, […]

Serving up some foie gras and pomegranate spritzers sometime soon?Prepare yourself for some serious eye-rolling from hipster foodies. As they’ll no doubt inform you, fatty livers and anything pomegranate are so 2006. Bury them alongside the long dead turkey fryers, chocolate fountains and gaudy wine glass charms.For a taste of 2007, you’ll want to let […]

It’s a long winter afternoon, you want to stay inside, and the kids are raring to do something new.But you don’t have to put a movie in the DVD player to keep them occupied. There are oodles of easy projects that will entertain for hours, from indoor puppet shows to tea parties to homemade play […]