'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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There are some familiar NBA names lighting up college basketball courts this season.
A rare example of a grown-up story compellingly told from the perspective of children, "The Playroom" is a modest gem. This `70s-set drama depicting one tumultuous night in a suburban family's lives benefits from the admirably subtle approach by director Julia Dyer, working from a sensitive screenplay penned by her late sister Gretchen, with their brother Stephen serving as one of the producers. Unlike the dysfunctional one depicted onscreen, this family unit works together perfectly.
In a story July 31 about fans of the band The Who trading in tickets from a canceled 1979 concert, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the band's guitarist. He is Pete Townshend, not Townsend.
It was December 1979 when Emery Lucier learned the concert he was eagerly awaiting in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who had been canceled over safety concerns. The 17-year-old was so angry he knocked over a chair in his high school classroom.
It was December 1979 when Emery Lucier learned the concert he was eagerly awaiting in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who had been canceled over safety concerns. The 17-year-old was so angry he knocked over a chair in his high school classroom.

Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.
Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.
Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.
It took 20 years but the group Bruce Springsteen once praised as being almost as good as a lousy garage band is finally calling it quits.

Kevin Costner said his reputation was at stake as he defended himself against accusations that he cheated fellow actor Stephen Baldwin out of millions of dollars in a lucrative BP contract for oil-cleaning machines after the 2010 spill.

President Obama said he and the leaders of Canada and Mexico are launching a new bid to pare back regulation in hopes of boosting trade and creating more jobs.

A feud has erupted within the first family of reggae, with the widow and nine children of Bob Marley suing his half brother to stop using the Marley name to promote an annual Miami music festival and profit from other businesses in his native Jamaica.
A Connecticut woman who underwent a full face transplant after an attack by a chimpanzee wants to eat hamburgers and pizza again.

Paul Silas inherits a team with a bad record and little confidence from a coach whose frustrations had boiled over, all the while holding an interim tag.
Learning about the founding of our nation, and especially the creation of our Constitution, usually is limited to reading a dry textbook. However, thanks to a spunky former home-schooler and a father who wanted to help his son with a special history project, a new Web site will bring the Constitution to life in a whole new way.
Noting the William Orpen portraits of Sterling Clark and his brother Stephen, he writes, "Sterling in a high collar and dark suit, looks upright, prim, stern, and stuffy, whereas Stephen, slouching with a cigarette in hand, his seamed face half in shadow, appears somewhat louche and shifty. In fact, it was the other way around."
Silas snatched his son, Stephen, off Golden State's staff, then told his team to push the pace and start enjoying the game again.