The Hit Farm

Thus, Epstein, Hoyer, et. al are not wiping their butts with Ricketts money, which I guess is a good first-winter strategy for an intended long-term relationship. If the new sheriffs right off the bat blow through a wad the way Hendry has the past 5

By JOSEPH EPSTEIN Meyer Levin is best remembered, if at all, as the author of the novel "Compulsion" (1956), based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case of the 1920s. But Mr. Levin (1905-81) wrote several novels, and one of them, "The Old Bunch" (1937),

AP CHICAGO — Commissioner Bud Selig will decide what compensation the Boston Red Sox will receive for Theo Epstein's move to the Chicago Cubs. Epstein left as Boston's general manager with a year left on his contract to become president of baseball

An exhibit titled "Intersections of the Man-Made and Natural Worlds," featuring the oil paintings of Jeff Epstein, opens Monday — with a reception scheduled for 5 to 7 pm Feb. 8 — and runs through March 2 at The Gallery at Chapin in Princeton.

It's a sad day for fans of the 70s classic TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. Robert Hegyes, the actor most known for his role as Jewish Puerto Rican.

Katherine Heigl's "One for the Money" is out in theaters (January 27).

UPDATED: Liam Neeson's "The Grey" firmly on course to win the weekend with $14 million-$17 million weekend; Katherine Heigl's "One for the Money" overperforming at No. 2.

UPDATED: Liam Neeson's "The Grey" firmly on course to win the weekend with $14 million-$17 million weekend; Katherine Heigl's "One for the Money" overperforming at No. 2. Friday brought more good news at the domestic box office as both The Grey and One

Though he plays a tough guy in One For the Money, Jason O' Mara is really a softie at heart, a fact we quickly discovered when he shared his real life love story with SheKnows.

Whatever she was paid, “One for the Money” wasn't worth it. For starters, she's disastrously miscast as a character beloved by fans of novelist Janet Evanovich. Brash, blue-collar Stephanie Plum lives in Trenton, NJ — described by Evanovich as “a good

S. Residents of an Antioch neighborhood say they're concerned about a new asphalt plant that would replace one already operating on Franklin Limestone Road. The plant is proposed for an eight-acre site on the road, just off Antioch Pike,

By Tom Lochner Contra Costa Times BEAR-Y BIG FANS: A piece of Antioch public art is officially on the San Francisco 49ers bandwagon for the team's playoff run. A pair of statues depicting an adult bear and cub at play on Hillcrest and Terrace View

S. Residents of an Antioch neighborhood say they're concerned about a new asphalt plant that would replace one already operating on Franklin Limestone Road. The plant is proposed for an eight-acre site on the road, just off Antioch Pike,

By Tom Lochner Contra Costa Times BEAR-Y BIG FANS: A piece of Antioch public art is officially on the San Francisco 49ers bandwagon for the team's playoff run. A pair of statues depicting an adult bear and cub at play on Hillcrest and Terrace View

Two people escaped injury after being shot at while waiting at a traffic light in Antioch late Wednesday morning, according to Antioch police.

The actor claimed he doesn't know who Glanville is but the reality star insisted that she was not telling a lie when she said she had sex with him. Whatever went down between Brandi Glanville and Gerard Butler, it's a one-way street.

Famously scorned woman and "Real Housewives" star Brandi Glanville played "Plead The Fifth" on "Watch What Happens Live" (Weeknights., 11 p.m. EST on Bravo) Monday night.

Confirming Us Weekly's reporting, she gives the hunk an "11" on a scale of one to ten.

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So, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Brandi Glanville claims she's been having mind blowing sex with Gerard Butler, or at least she's claiming th

Kansas City StarConn. home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky is sentenced to deathCBS News(CBS/AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Joshua Komisarjevsky was sentenced on Friday to death for killing a woman and her two daughters during a

Joshua Komisarjevsky was formally sentenced to death Friday for the home invasion attack that left Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Micahela, dead in their Cheshire, Conn., home in the summer of 2007. "May God have mercy on your soul

By NewsCore NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A judge on Friday formally sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death for his role in the 2007 Connecticut home invasion murders of a mother and her two daughters. New Haven Superior

By Randall Beach, Register Staff NEW HAVEN — Joshua Komisarjevsky has written another letter from his prison cell to his New Haven pen pal, expressing bitterness and anger over receiving the death penalty in the Cheshire triple homicide.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them? For more than four years, a nation both disgusted and

Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, if we have a big election with truly historic big choices, that we can defeat Barack Obama by a huge marginit will be an

But Obama is as cool as Alinsky was hot, as conservative in his tactics as Alinsky was outrageous. The headline online was "Saul Alinsky would be so disappointed: Obama breaks 'Rules for Radicals'." The charge against Obama did not begin with Obama as

Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, if we have a big election with truly historic big choices, that we can defeat Barack Obama by a huge marginit will be an

Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, if we have a big election with truly historic big choices, that we can defeat Barack Obama by a huge marginit will be an

On the night of his triumph in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared that “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” That reference and subsequent references to Alinsky

Whatever she was paid, “One for the Money” wasn't worth it. For starters, she's disastrously miscast as a character beloved by fans of novelist Janet Evanovich. Brash, blue-collar Stephanie Plum lives in Trenton, NJ — described by Evanovich as “a good

Whatever she was paid, “One for the Money” wasn't worth it. For starters, she's disastrously miscast as a character beloved by fans of novelist Janet Evanovich. Brash, blue-collar Stephanie Plum lives in Trenton, NJ — described by Evanovich as “a good

Movie doesn't flatter book series on which it is based.

Though he plays a tough guy in One For the Money, Jason O' Mara is really a softie at heart, a fact we quickly discovered when he shared his real life love story with SheKnows.

Movie doesn't flatter book series on which it is based.

By Tony Gordon An Antioch man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he collected child pornography on his computer and molested a 5-year-old girl. Nicholas Jones, 29, has been in the Lake County jail on $1 million bond since his Dec. 22 arrest.

Timothy Staples, 57, of the 27000 block of Wilmot Road in unincorporated Lake County near Antioch, is free on $50000 personal bond after being arrested earlier this week, Antioch Police Chief Craig Somerville said Friday. Advertisement

In his second year as principal at this Antioch school, Green said about half of the classrooms have been adopted. "It has been fairly successful. The adoptions have come from our parents who adopt their own child's classroom," he said.

In his second year as principal at this Antioch school, Green said about half of the classrooms have been adopted. "It has been fairly successful. The adoptions have come from our parents who adopt their own child's classroom," he said.

Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio, is waiving the tuition for all its students, who enroll in the next three years. How much are these freebies worth? The value of the free tuition for the current year is $26500. The scholarship, based on that

[Hollywood Reporter] • Robert Hegyes – an actor best known for playing Juan Epstein, one of the “Sweathogs” on the '70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” – has died at the age of 60. [Chicago Tribune] Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the

The actor reportedly suffered a heart attack in New Jersey Thursday morning.

After some lean years, Travolta's career rocketed back following his role in the 1994 film “Pulp Fiction.”

One of pop culture's better known TV stars from the '70s, Robert Hegyes, has died. Most known for playing Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein in the hit show Welcome Back Kotter, Robert passed away from a heart attack.

Actor Robert Hegyes, one of the stars of the 70s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" died today of an apparent heart attack.Hegyes was best known for his role as…

Facebook, the largest social-networking site, may file for its initial public offering on Feb. 1 and is close to hiring Morgan Stanley to handle the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people. The company is considering a

(Gary Reyes / Mercury News) After more than a month of public trading, San Francisco social-gaming company Zynga on Friday finally ended a trading session with a stock price higher than what original investors paid in its initial public offering.

The Wall Street Journal has just reported that Facebook may file for its long-awaited IPO as soon as this Wednesday, but notes that the “timing is still being discussed”, according to an anonymous source. The article says that

The Wall Street Journal's golden box of anonymous sources has rattled once more, this time with news that Facebook is finally going public. Now that's cooler than a million dollars.