Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer, but holiday celebrations that were to include water activities on and around the St. Johns River are shaping up to be ones worth forgetting. ...more

August 31, 2008

Considering her singer daughter-in-law's well-known troubles with substance abuse and the law, it's no surprise that the outspoken Georgette Civil, Blake Fielder-Civil's mum, thinks Amy Winehouse ought to be in the big house. ...more

August 25, 2008

Days after news that Britney Spears will star as a lesbian killer in Quentin Tarantino's remake of Russ Meyer's classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!," it's been revealed that Brad Pitt will star in Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards," a loose remake of Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 WWII film, which was billed as a "dirtier version of 'The Dirty Dozen.' " Simon Pegg ("Hot Fuzz") and Nastassja Kinski are in talks for the cast. ...more

August 11, 2008

Tainted tomatoes highlight how Congress forfeited some food-safety opportunities in the new farm bill. ...more

June 11, 2008

Astronomers have discovered what may be the smallest alien planet yet - a rocky "super-Earth" only four times heavier than our home planet. ...more

May 31, 2008

Columbia, prepare to have a good laugh. The public is invited Sunday to the University of South Carolina Horseshoe, where Mayor Bob Coble will present Stephen Colbert - political satirist, presidential hopeful and Charleston, S.C., native - a key to the city and a proclamation that Colbert is truly 'South Carolina's Favorite Son.' ...more

October 28, 2007