NEW YORK (AP) – Barbara Walters is back from vacation – and she’s standing by Rosie O’Donnell in her bitter battle of words with Donald Trump.Walters, creator of ABC’s “The View,” said Wednesday on the daytime chat show that she never told Trump she didn’t want O’Donnell on the show, as he has claimed. “Nothing […]

This is one of those great American stories of humble beginnings, soaring stardom and a fall from grace. And fries, of course.Diminutive Clara Peller was born in Russia in 1902. (Apparently. Age has always been a question.)She settled in Chicago, where she married, divorced and grew old. When she was wrapping up her 35-year career […]

AP Photo NY122NEW YORK (AP) – Lisa Ling, National Geographic Channel correspondent and former co-host of “The View,” got engaged to Paul Song, a Chicago-based doctor, over the holidays.Ling and Song plan to marry later this year in Los Angeles, Chris Albert, a representative for the National Geographic Channel, said in an e-mail to The […]

A bill which will be of much interest to many persons in this locality will be presented at the coming term of the Legislature. The bill will be for an appropriation for $1000 for a screen at the outlet of Sabattus Pond. Already $250 has been subscribed by people interested in the fishing at the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – An opera singer has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Hilton Hotels Corp., complaining that bedbugs bit her over her arms, chest, neck and face when she stayed in one of its Phoenix hotels in November.Soprano Alison Trainer says in court papers she had 150 bites all over her body, […]

Everyone, it seems, delves into the new year craving a fresh start – even television programmers.Resolving to boost their ratings, the networks and cable outlets use the month of January to usher in a number of new shows and welcome back some old favorites, including “American Idol” and “24.”The midseason rollout continues through February with […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge in the Anna Nicole Smith baby dispute has given the former Playboy Playmate until Jan. 23 to have her daughter undergo paternity testing sought by a former boyfriend, the man’s attorney said.Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider ruled in favor of the 39-year-old Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead last month. Birkhead […]

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) – Nobody does it better than Carly Simon. That’s what QVC officials are hoping when the singer promotes her new CD, “Into White,” on Friday.Simon, 61, will perform with her children, Ben and Sally Taylor – from her marriage to James Taylor – during a 30-minute broadcast on the cable home […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Few people can sing like Whitney Houston. But next week, anyone with some spare cash can dress like the Grammy winner, right down to one of her black velvet bustiers, and croon into one of her microphones.Those items and more than 300 others from a 1999 world tour, including grand pianos, […]

‘Jeopardy,’ ‘Fortune’ get lengthy renewals “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” two of syndicated television’s most reliable performers, have been renewed through 2012.CBS Television Distribution announced Tuesday that the long-running game shows received two-year extensions of their current deal for at least a third of the country, including ABC, CBS, Post-Newsweek, Hearst-Argyle and Sinclair station groups.By […]