Birthday Cake

I’m glad I have smart friends. The one I brought to this screening told me what “arbitrage” meant. It had something to do with buying and selling the same thing in the stock market. She was a little more detailed, but I’m lazy...

HURON - South Dakota Farmers Union, a nearly century-old family farm organization, will sponsor a wide range of activities during 'Farmers Union Day' at the South Dakota State Fair Saturday, Sept. 1. Activities the annual Farmer's Share Luncheon, a debate...

What's your reaction to this? The owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood (Colorado) refused to bake a wedding cake for an interfaith couple, and now people are pushing a boycott against the owner. Shop owner Jack Phillips probably didn’t......

Gloria and Paul Weisz had a marriage that stood the test of time, firmly rooted in love, respect and their shared sense of adventure. They traveled the globe as a military couple and family, and found their greatest joy in their relationships with...

Harry Nicholas, who celebrates his 90th birthday Saturday, drives round-trip twice a week from southeast of Fresno to Los Angeles area farmers markets, where he is likely the oldest farmer to participate actively. As if that weren't enough, he's got the...

Opening Wednesday night with Wes Anderson's oddly endearing “Moonrise Kingdom,” the Cannes Film Festival is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and marking that milestone by embracing all kinds of opposites: old and young, dramatic...

Any time you stumble across paintings as lush and full of texture as those of Nicole McCormick Santiago, knowing where to start isn't the problem. Instead it's figuring out where to stop. Her vibrant palette usually offers a good beginning — and...

A mama bear and her two cubs who lounged in an Altadena neighborhood tree all Thursday have scampered back into the wilderness, the sheriff's department said....

Turns out the tree-napping mother bear spotted near Altadena was eating some leftover birthday cake when she was first spotted early Thursday....

Volunteer connections Raven Hill Discovery Center is partnering with Char-Em United Way's Alternative Breaks program. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, student volunteers will work outdoors in the center's ancient world exhibit to...

Speaking to Ryan Seacrest on his morning show, Rihanna explains her decision to work with her ex Chris Brown, saying, "it's music... it's innocent."...

From the start, Rihanna and Brown have asked that the public allow them to move beyond their turbulent past — but here they are flaunting it, in dull yet reckless approximations of edgy individuality, on two different songs....