Oct 27th, 2008 · It's only natural to worry as the value of homes and investments falls. But the financial crisis is hitting some people harder than others. In California, where the housing meltdown started early, some of the financial losses are turning into human tragedies.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · If you ever have the occasion to tune in to a Japanese radio station, chances are you'll find a mix of mostly unbearable pop songs, all of which can leave you thinking the West holds sole bragging rights to all things interesting in music. But Japan also has its own underground and alternative scenes (for lack of a better word) where some of the more inspired bands are at work. One of those is the group, Water Fai.
Oct 10th, 2007 · Since 1990, faithful readers have followed the cases of Easy Rawlins, author Walter Mosley's hard-boiled, Los Angeles detective. His new novel, Blonde Faith, is the 10th book in the Rawlins series -- and, Mosley says, the last.
Oct 28th, 2005 · Senior citizens are now beginning to think about enrolling in Medicare's private prescription-drug program. Options are plentiful and information is complex. Many are finding the process unbearable, and fear making the wrong choice.
Oct 13th, 2005 · British playwright Harold Pinter, who juxtaposed the brutal and the banal in such works as The Caretaker and The Birthday Party and made an art form out of spare language and unbearable silence, won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday.