Dominic West elated at winning BAFTA for controversial Fred West role - ITV
28 May 2012, 1:20 am
Dominic West said he was delighted at winning the BAFTA for leading actor, especially against such a strong field. After the ceremony, he joked about having to make a speech, but he was elated at being chosen for the award. The actor ...

Jim Kerr: Thanks, soldier with my name - PennLive.com
28 May 2012, 1:20 am
Memorial Day is meaningful in so many ways, especially for those of us with a family connection. Honestly, I don't have any relatives who were killed in American wars, but I like to think I have a family connection just the same. Some 15 years ago ...

Gasoline is American obsession, especially on Memorial Day - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
27 May 2012, 11:54 pm
NEW YORK • It's Memorial Day weekend, and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again. We'll spend a little less at the pump than a few weeks ago, but that won't stop us from muttering to ourselves, griping to friends and ...

Angels, Albert Pujols, winners of six straight, are surging - CBS Sports
27 May 2012, 6:32 pm
At the start of play on Sunday, the Angels had won six straight. This is especially noteworthy given the Angels' rather famous struggles earlier in the season. On the strength of a 16-10 record in May, the Angels have pulled to within a game of the

CEOs pinning their hopes on IT, especially social media: IBM survey - ITBusiness.ca
22 May 2012, 2:56 pm
With sluggish global economic conditions still lingering beyond their control, CEOs are looking to technology to boost their businesses over the next three years versus waiting for markets to improve. CEOs around the world say information technology will ...

Leslie Baruch Brent on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: 'He inspired my love for lieder, especially those of Schubert' - The Guardian
21 May 2012, 11:08 am
Like thousands of others, my lifelong love for lieder, especially those of Franz Schubert, was inspired by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the 1950s. I was deeply touched by the interview he gave earlier this year to the BBC in connection with their ...

Apple, L.L. Bean—and especially, Amazon—Score Big in Online Shopping Satisfaction - Time
14 May 2012, 6:19 pm
In an annual study tracking customer satisfaction ratings with the top 100 online retailers, perhaps the biggest takeaway is that Amazon is the world’s biggest e-retailer for a reason: It just plain makes customers happier than the competition.

Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy - YAHOO!
14 May 2012, 3:27 pm
ATLANTA (AP) — Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her ...

A mother’s work is never done (especially with 4 kids under 3) - Chicago Sun-Times
12 May 2012, 11:58 pm
In four cribs nearly filling the small dark back bedroom of a modest, two-bedroom brick home on a quiet street in Skokie. Four little daughters: Malynn, the oldest, who turns three next month, plus triplets Annette, Samantha and Cecilia.

Bad day for Obama, unions in NC, WV, and especially WI - Hotair.com
9 May 2012, 9:42 am
Looks like Tuesday was a bad day for Barack Obama, Democrats in general, and particularly the unions.  Three states held primaries, and in each, voters rejected positions and/or candidates associated with all three, in embarrassing vote totals.