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Roman Polanski might have well have said, “[Screw 'em] if they can’t take a joke,” about his film adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play “Carnage” because joke, after all, is what the film is — a short (not even 80 minutes long) little joke on upper middle-class civility that purports to show us what happens when [...]

Delaware College of Art and Design President Stuart Baron stands in front of the former Brandywine Suites Hotel, which will be turned into student housing in a plan announced Friday. / THE NEWS JOURNAL/WILLIAM BRETZGER

Overwrought headlines (like the one above) are the bread and butter of tabloid journalism, and accuracy comes second, editors of two of Britains most outrageous ragstold an ethics panel there on Wednesday. And while the editors of the Daily Star and sister paper Daily Express conceded theyd overstepped ethical bounds, their understated explanations of some [...]

After the end-of-the-year wave of prestige pictures and award-seasons hopefuls, the popcorn-movie machine is ramping back up. Case in point: Contraband, the new heist flick starring Mark Wahlberg as a reformed smuggler pulled back into the underworld to bail out his hoodlum brother-in-law. The film, a remake of the 2008 Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, is receiving [...]

A Union City high school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, the latest Bay Area educator to face sexual misconduct allegations. Peter Kolesnikov, a 38-year-old art teacher at James Logan High School, had a relationship with the student from March to November, said Union City police [...]

Obama hails Dallas Mavericks for first NBA title – President Barack Obama saluted Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks on Monday as NBA champions who staged a season-ending charge to beat LeBron James and the vaunted Miami Heat and claim their first title with a heart thats the size of Texas.   READ MORE Dallas Mavericks [...]

New research from the Queensland University of Technology provides some clues, and just might help settle some December squabbles. We all know men who walk into shops on Christmas Eve and get something for everyone on their list in under an hour. And they cant understand why it takes women six consecutive weekends at Melbournes [...]

On the campaign, we used to call Charlie Doc, because his last name was King and because this was the nickname that Dr. Martin Luther Kings close associates, such as Andrew Young and Ralph Abernathy, bestowed on their boss. Our choice of that moniker was also indicative of the relaxed soulfulness which Charlie King shared [...]

ARTS amp; ENTERTAINMENT JANUARY 13, 2012 Arts New Pecking Order Picasso and Warhol are being outsold by Chinese painters as a new wave of wealthy buyers reshapes the global market. Inside Chinas high-rolling art world.

Updated: January 14, 2012 8:09AM Legislation affecting Community Unit School District 300 by extending the economic development area around Sears Holdings Corp. headquarters in Hoffman Estates passed the Illinois House Monday afternoon. The legislation — an amendment to Senate Bill 397 — was part of a two-bill package aimed at keeping Sears and Chicago futures [...]