Contra Costa Times

Once viewed as junk that could rot impressionable brains, comics now are considered hip, hot and smart. Even critics at the buttoned-up New York Times are singing the praises of...

Dwight Schrute, the nerdy paper salesman played by Rainn Wilson on NBC's sitcom "The Office," has an endless supply of off-the-wall opinions, and he's not afraid to foist them on...

If you hope to watch Frank Thomas play in an exhibition game in the Valley of the Sun, the chances aren't good, unless you find him on a remote field...

Amazing pill that kills the cravings! Go all day without being hungry! Lose weight by losing the urge to snack! The spam ads that fill in-boxes and the TV commercials...

When "My Name Is Earl" star Jaime Pressly traveled to her native Kinston, N.C., for the holidays in December, she didn't know exactly what kind of reaction she'd elicit among...

The video image showed two alpine skiers speeding down Austria's famed Hahnenkamm course side by side. Then came a turn, and suddenly one skier veered wide to take a slight...

"Brokeback Mountain" is being touted as one of the first mainstream movies centered on a gay love story, but it's not the first with gay characters. From the victim to...

Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt has called for a land-use policy that would balance the needs of both land development and preservation. "If present trends continue, conservation...

It has taken hockey slightly more than one week to do what it took baseball four years to accomplish. Baseball didn't fully recover from its lockout until Mark McGwire and...

University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma barks out instructions to his team, pulls an underperforming player out of a game or does some teaching on the bench. No...