Record prices fail to cool Calif. market
Home buyers hit California's residential real estate market at a record pace in November even though the median price of a single-family house soared an annual 23 percent, to $473,260,...
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Donovan, Gators trying to lose `overrated’ label
It was less than five years ago that Billy Donovan was building the next great power in the Southeastern Conference. Florida lost to Michigan State in the 2000 NCAA championship...
TV carpenter finally finishes his own project
The yard had always been the main attraction of Eric Stromer's Calabasas, Calif., hillside home that he shares with his wife and two young sons. But that all changed when...
BIG in 2005
OK, so Martha Stewart will leave the clink and go straight into hosting a new "how-to" show on NBC. But before she's free, CBS is launching a show of its...
DVDs give studios another chance at profit
When wondering about the top-selling DVDs of 2004, blockbuster titles such as "Shrek 2," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Passion of the Christ"...
Reel movie cheer can be found here
A couple of months ago, we complained about how Hollywood was trying to stretch the holiday season by releasing a Christmas movie before Halloween ("Surviving Christmas"). Had we foreseen the...
Vivid poinsettias bring warmth to the yuletide
If poinsettias had a distinctive fragrance, the scent in Dudley Davis' greenhouses would overwhelm visitors. Under canopies filtering sunlight and sheltering them from severe temperatures, tens of thousands of the...
“Million Dollar Baby” (PG-13)
Who's in it: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel What's it about: After a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) has been unwilling to...
Sources: Majerus takes job at USC
USC will introduce former Utah coach Rick Majerus as its next basketball coach Wednesday after reaching a contract agreement, according to sources. Majerus, 56, won't start coaching the Trojans until...
Sigourney Weaver wants to revisit ‘Aliens’
Sigourney Weaver wants to resurrect her signature character of Ripley in another "Alien" film. The actress was nominated for a best actress Oscar for the 1986 sequel "Aliens" and was...