By Chris Talbott - Associated Press
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Rebecca Hagelin
Who knew that I would be a victim of the oppressive attacks of the IRS on people of conservative values and Christian faith. But I have, and it is a personal stinging reminder of how terribly close we are to losing all of our freedoms. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Mesfin Fekadu - Associated Press
Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red-hot winner Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By David Germain - Associated Press
“Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Makeup companies have a new revenue stream: men. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
A Los Angeles sheriff’s spokesman says ‘Terminator 2’ star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Matthew Dicker - Special to The Washington Times
John Adams has been one of the best known and most admired composers of the past several decades. His famously minimalist yet emotionally maximalist music has served as an aggressive repudiation of the common stereotype that classical music is a form hopelessly stuck in a past in which wealthy patrons sit silently in lavishly appointed concert halls listening to the works of composers who lived centuries ago. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
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By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times
A legendary survival horror franchise serves up a terrifying port of a third-person shooter for veteran gamers to take part in another mutant virus outbreak. Published May 20, 2013
By Anthony McCartney - Associated Press
An accounting executive for AEG Live LLC says the company spent $24 million producing Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Yahoo's board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A California teenager has invented a device that fully charges a cell phone in 20 seconds flat, and leading technology firms, including Google, are turning interested eyes her way. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Talk about a computer error: One couple intending to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, was mistakenly taken to Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, which is 7,000 miles from their planned destination — and on a different continent. Published May 20, 2013
By David Wilezol - Special to The Washington Times
It's not hard to see that the $490 billion higher-education industry is failing America. One study showed that only 45 percent of students demonstrate any cognitive gains by the middle of their sophomore year. Only about 50 percent of students enrolling in a four-year college graduate within six years. Published May 19, 2013
By Philip Elliott - Associated Press
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Published May 19, 2013
By John Christoffersen - Associated Press
Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and into New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash. Published May 19, 2013
By The Washington Times
The latest film from firebrand social realist Ken Loach, the story of a rare whiskey heist pulled off by a gang of Glaswegian castoffs, shows the director mellowing with age, while retaining his essential bite. Published May 18, 2013
