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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for more than 20 years. I joined an online social network to keep in touch with family, friends and my kids who are in college. I love the convenience, but I’m in a quandary. A number of men from my past (some I dated and some not) have […]
Rebecca Black tops all YouTube videos in ’11
NEW YORK (AP) — Rebecca Black’s infamous “Friday” video has topped all other YouTube videos of 2011 with 180 million views. The Google Inc. video-sharing site announced its mostviewed clips of the year Tuesday. The 14-year-old Black was turned into a viral video celebrity after her parents paid a production company to make the music […]
Is this winning?
Historians are usually able to look back and pinpoint the factors that caused the greatest of nations to fall into decline. If it ever comes time to dissect what happened to the United States, they will likely boil it down to one word: WINNING. Yes, folks — when a Charlie Sheen manic outburst becomes an […]
No surprise: Adele tops list of best albums
H ere’s the AP’s list of the best albums of 2011: 1. “21,” Adele: A predictable choice, to be sure. But when an artist has delivered an album that is as close to perfection as “21,” where else would it fall? Inspired by heartbreak, Adele’s sophomore album stirs more than just melancholy: Songs such as […]
Writers pick top 10 films
A ssociated Press reviewers Christy Lemire and David Germain saw the same films in 2011, but they clearly weren’t seeing the same pictures. They usually have a fair amount of overlap in their top 10 lists, but this time, they agreed on only one film. Here are their picks. Lemire’s top films 1. “Martha Marcy […]
Arts in brief
Bob Marley plans new holiday show PORTLAND — Maine’s “Guinness World Record Holder” comedian Bob Marley returns to Merrill Auditorium with a brand new holiday show to wrap up 2011. The five shows will be at 7 p.m. on Dec. 29, and 6:30 and 9 p.m. on both Dec. 30 and 31. Tickets are $48 […]