NEW YORK (AP) – Talk show host Charlie Rose underwent heart surgery in Paris on Wednesday after experiencing shortness of breath last week while in Syria, a spokesman said. He was in intensive care.Rose, anchor and executive editor of PBS’s “The Charlie Rose Show,” underwent mitral valve surgery at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital, spokesman […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The first lines spoken by Julia Roberts in her Broadway debut were drowned out by applause at an eagerly awaited preview of “Three Days of Rain.”The play, which started previews Tuesday and opens April 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is Roberts’ first major project since the birth of her […]

(KRT) – The latest iPod is a hit because Apple Computer added video-playback features to an already hot product. But that doesn’t mean the top handheld music device on the market is the best player for everyone. Creative Technology’s new, video-playing Zen Vision:M generally matches the iPod, feature for feature and adds tricks the minimalist […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Wrong song, Lisa.Sixteen-year-old Lisa Tucker was voted off “American Idol” on Wednesday, with viewers clearly agreeing with judges who slammed her rendition of 2002 Idol winner Kelly Clarkson’s ballad “Because of You.”Tucker’s ouster trimmed the hopefuls to nine. The final Idol will be crowned May 24.Judge Simon Cowell said during Tuesday’s […]

March 30: BRUNSWICK, the Improvibilities, Bowdoin College improv comedy troupe, will perform at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. Free 725-3375March 30: FARMINGTON, a free fish chowder luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church.March 30: FARMINGTON, Amos Music will perform at 8 p.m. at UMF Olsen […]

By Enrique Fernandez,The Miami Herald The time comes in a man’s life when he must put away childish things – the low-slung jeans, the funky hair, the rough manners – and act like, well, a gentleman. It’s all about romance (from courtship through marriage) and career (dress code for job interview).So here are some suggestions […]

(KRT) – I admit to having a love of some stupid humor and oh, do I get my fill on DVD. You can share the idiocy this week when “The Andy Milonakis Show: The Complete First Season” (Paramount, eight episodes, two discs, $26.99) hits stores. (The second season begins March 31.)The MTV sketch-comedy series stars […]

Over 11,000 immigrants arrived in the harbor of New York today on board seven steamships from European ports. This number is the record for a single day which has been made thus far during the annual spring in rush of immigration. The arrivals include 750 Portuguese. Heretofore immigrants from Portugal have been landed at New […]

On the outskirts of Hallowell is a large, old-fashioned looking building in which is made all the sandpaper that goes out of Maine. There is but one other factory in New England. The concern was swallowed up by the trust some five years ago, and is now a part of the American glue trust, as […]

March 29: LEWISTON, Harold Brown, critic of so-called megafarming, will speak on contemporary farming practices and abuses of animal rights at 8 p.m. at the Bates College Ronj, 32 Frye St. Free 777-7582March 29: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003March 29: LEWISTON, the […]