Astrological signs, also known as zodiac signs, feature prominently in the creation of horoscopes. Part and parcel of the American diet via the daily horoscopes found in the morning paper, astrology signs are also sometimes discussed in dating situations. As a matter of fact, birth signs play a deciding role in matchmaking efforts for those [...]

Bill Gwatney, who served stints as an Arkansas state senator, chairman of the state’s Democratic Party and as a party superdelegate, died Wednesday after a gunman burst into his office at the state party headquarters and shot him several times. He was 48.
Gwatney was fatally shot by Timothy Dale Johnson, 50, of Searcy, police said. [...]

The Atlanta Braves traded Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angels for Casey Kotchman in an exchange of first baseman, two days before the Major League Baseball trading deadline.
Atlanta will also receive minor-league pitcher Steven Marek, Braves spokesman Adam Liberman said in a telephone interview today.
Teixeira was batting .283 with 20 home runs and 78 [...]

Tall buildings shook in Los Angeles last night as a strong earthquake struck near the city.
The quake, measuring about 5.4 on the Richter scale, was centered 29 miles from downtown LA, near Chino Hills, in San Bernardino County, at 6.40pm - late morning in the city. It was felt as far south as San Diego, [...]

Marybelle Rivas, a floral designer at Chino Hills Floral Company, first sensed the earthquake in her feet. She ran into a doorway in the back room as the ground jolted. When the quake hit its peak, glass vases started falling from shelves and displays, and the mirror paneling on the ceiling began to warp.
“It got [...]

Every so often in this crazy celebrity gossip world, a story hits that is so sand or so shocking that it knocks the wind straight out of you, leaving you scratching your head and wondering what, if anything, you can count on.
This is not one of those stories.
In fact, it was the biggest The-Hollywood-Gossip-told-you-so of [...]

Shayne Lamas and Matt Grant have issued a joint statement that their engagement is over. See photos and video here. No one expected the reality show romance to last very long, but it ended in record time - just long enough to milk as much publicity as possible.
Just about everyone who watched the finale of [...]

One of the Memphis area’s best known television news personalities died suddenly this morning.  Brian Teigland, Chief Meteorologist for ABC24 and CW30’s Eyewitness News Everywhere, became ill at his home.  Paramedics from the Memphis Fire Department worked to keep Teigland alive and took him to Germantown Methodist Hospital where he later died. 
Teigland was a mainstay [...]

An amazing thing happened on Hardball last night.  Heather Wilson, Republican congress-babe from New Mexico, was a guest on Chris Matthews’ show and the other guest was Robert Wexler, the representative from Congress from down in Boca, although he doesn’t have a house there.  We just learned this.  He lives in Maryland.  His official residence [...]

Gas prices may be up, but the music is going down close to home this weekend — at the Capitol Hill Block Party.
No worries, no driving. No need to head to The Gorge or Marymoor Park or any other distant venue. It’s right here in Seattle’s backyard — perfect for a rock ‘n’ roll “staycation.”
The [...]