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On March 24, MTV’s “The Hills” returns to television screens and there is some emotional drama in store for fans of embattled couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
As fans of the reality show will know, last season Heidi called off her wedding to Spencer. Now, a new interview with Us magazine has fans […]
Iván Pedroso speaks from the heart
IVAN Pedroso, five-time World champion in the indoor long jump, has yet to include the word “retirement” in his vocabulary, although he knows the name of his successor, Panamanian Irving Saladino, for whom he predicted great success.
“Retirement!!” Pedroso exclaimed as he began a conversation with Granma International at the stadium […]
Idol judge is a member of the judged
SIDEMAN’S STAR TURN “Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1″ Randy Jackson (Concord) Somewhere, Simon Cowell is smirking.
His fellow “American Idol” judge, Randy “Dawg” Jackson, steps front and center on “Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1,” an album that fails to prove that he should be considered more important […]
Those elected, please get down to work tomorrow
THERE is something I must say about this general election. It’s boring - to me, at least.
Gone are the days when I used to get excited about elections. Maybe then, I was looking forward so much to changes for the better. But elections after elections, it was hoping […]
Rascal Flatts, Pickler together in SLC
Kellie Pickler isn’t stupid.
Whether by calculation or luck, Pickler has managed to open for arguably the two biggest country tours of the past two years.
Last year, Pickler was the opening act for Brad Paisley’s megatour across the country, and now she is the warm-up for Rascal Flatts at […]
Lucky in Berlin: Three lottery players win big during February
They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. But in Berlin, luck struck three times.
The Diamond Mini Mart and BP had a very lucky February, with three people winning a combined $80,000 from lottery tickets they purchased at the store.
“You always hear about winners in […]
Energy saving idea may have seen better times
Daylight saving time disrupts our circadian rhythms, which disrupts sleep patterns — perhaps throughout summer. And it causes 10 percent more traffic crashes the week after the time change.
And that’s not the half of it.
Total energy costs actually increase. Which means more air pollution and more allergies, illness […]
County music concert caps first day of RGV Livestock Show
Country music, beer and cowboy hats capped the first day of the 68th annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show on Friday.
Bundled up for a nippy night, hundreds of people gathered in the sandy dirt of the rodeo pit while others lined the stands to hear […]
The Medium and the Message
Ah, those great enemies, Word and Image! Their battle rages on in a thousand editorial offices, through the pages of newspapers and glossy magazines. The partisans of Word denigrate their adversaries as dumbers-down, seeking to replace depth and nuance with cartoons and dingbats, encroaching ever farther on their precious line counts […]
Fashionably green
Big party plans? Try an eye-catching dress like this Milly ruffle popped-collar dress. Solid green and the asymmetrical shape make a statement. The necklace compliments in both tone and contrast with green jade and chalcedony briolettes. Make-up tip from Amber: Simple emphasis to the eyes will have them at your feet.
Elegance
If simple elegance is […]