WASHINGTON _ U.S. officials and Iraqi defectors say that Iraq has stepped up work on a nuclear weapons program that was just months away from perfecting a bomb before the 1990-1991 Gulf War.No one is yet suggesting publicly that Iraq has an atomic bomb. The scientists that Iraqi leader Saddam […]

Could you please provide me with an e-mail address of someone in A&E, to whom I could send a press release regarding a new book on college life? Thank you.

I was 20 years old the first time I watched The Supremes perform. I happened to stumble upon one of those black-and-white shows on Nickelodeon at a ridiculous hour. I was entranced from the very first note. Three young ladies with voices like angels, modestly dressed, singing about the highs […]

Incoming freshmen in 2002-2003 school year may have to complete 30 hours of community service per semester in order to graduate.Student Government Association President Andre Hammel proposed the idea at the board of trustees’ first meeting Sept. 6Hammel said student involvement as his top priority prompted him to make the […]

Samuel L. Jackson said recently that he was tired of people from the musical side of the entertainment industry taking the big-screen roles from seasoned, formally trained actors.In nearly the same breath, two rappers who’ve traded in their mics for scripts fill enough seats in their film’s opening weekend to […]

Will Smith tries to eat breakfast at least three times a week. But on those days when he can’t, he’ll go into the afternoon without any food. “Sometimes I don’t have the time or money to eat,” said the fourth-year computer information systems student from Flint, Mich. “That’s when I […]

When Sunshine Anderson came on the scene with “Heard It All Before,” who knew that she would foresee the anthem for the No. 1 grossing film, “Barbershop,” an abysmal comedy about big-butt jokes, fried chicken and women with bad blonde weaves? Ice Cube is Calvin, the son of longtime barber […]

Dietitians and fitness advocates have been abuzz about the new guidelines for nutrition and exercise released by the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine on Sept. 5. The guidelines recommend people should participate in an hour of moderate physical activity every day to maintain good health. That is twice […]

Unhealthy, bacteria-laden meat has been implicated in so many deaths and illnesses, it should be on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.Just last month, Minneapolis-based GFI American Inc. recalled 717,000 pounds of frozen ground-beef products nationwide because of possible E. coli contamination. GFI’s recall comes right on the heels of ConAgra […]

Once again Florida reigns supreme as the only state in the nation that doesn’t seem to want to get their election right. It hasn’t even been two years since Florida officials realized that they needed to step into the 21st century and put some funds toward updating the more than […]