Steven Van Zandt did not mince words. “I want to spend just a minute on a topic that never ever gets discussed in the music business — the music,” the Bruce Springsteen guitarist and “Sopranos” star said in a speech to the SXSW music and arts festival in March
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Priest in compromising photos admits two-year affair
An internationally known Catholic priest who was shown in photographs last week embracing a bathing-suit-clad woman on a Florida beach has admitted they had a two-year affair.
Florida priest removed after beach photos with woman published
An internationally known Catholic priest sometimes called "Father Oprah" has been removed from his posts in Florida after published photos showed him lying down bare-chested in an embrace with a woman on a beach. The Rev. Alberto Cutie (pronounced koo-tee-AYE) — who got the nickname “Father Oprah” because of the advice he gives on Spanish-language media — remains a priest
Here Come the Fiats: Vrooom
The tiny Fiat 500 is one of the first cars Chrysler hopes to build in North America through its new alliance with Fiat. “It’s highly, highly likely that the Fiat 500 will be built in the NAFTA region,” said Chrysler vice chairman Tom LaSorda after the deal with Fiat was completed as part of the company’s structured bankruptcy.
In Buner, Fear Remains After the Taliban Retreat
It isn’t hard to recognize a Pakistani Taliban fighter. Most of the thickly bearded men are barely in their 20s — members of a new and fiercer generation of jihadists
Couple pay off $46,000 in debt, throw party
For Sherrie Muldoon, the credit card debt was $46,244. On Sunday, a number of distinguished writers, including Gore Vidal, Annie Proulx and E.M
Amazon in gay writing censorship row
Online retailer Amazon has found itself at the center of a storm after it removed a number of gay and lesbian-themed books from its sales charts. On Sunday, a number of distinguished writers, including Gore Vidal, Annie Proulx and E.M. Forster, suddenly lost their best-seller ranking — which is the number that Amazon uses to show how well one title sells compared with another
Chocolate Sales: A Sweet Spot in the Recession
It is just days before Easter and housewife Laure Bertini walks the aisles of the Manor supermarket in downtown Geneva, looking for holiday treats. “Chocolate will always be at the top of my shopping list, regardless of the economy,” she says, filling her cart with gold-foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies from the Swiss maker Lindt
Smokers feeling abused as federal tax hike hits
Larry Jukes said he remembers when he could buy 10 cigarette packs for $2.50.
Risk rewarded for Cuban restaurant owner
Former mortgage broker Alberto Gonzalez is doing well in this economy — so well that just six months after opening his first restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, he is doing the unthinkable: expanding. His second restaurant is scheduled to open in May.