Richard Phillips

A new twist in obstetrics is making the rounds at Vancouver`s Grace Hospital. Was it because Rick and Chantal Oakes were accompanied by their faithful guide dog into the delivery...

Elio Mas apparently couldn`t wait for his `86 Mitsubishi Mirage to die naturally. But no one was the wiser (including his insurance company) until police heard that Mas` allegedly stolen...

Count Lisa Malone among the discoveries of Discovery. Malone, 27, is NASA`s new voice of Shuttle Launch Control at Kennedy Space Center, which means the official chronicler of seconds for...

He`s at it again. Always on the prowl of artificial artistry (remember those pink polypropylene ribbons in Biscayne Bay?), Christo now wants to decorate roadsides in California and Japan with...

It`s the bum`s rushdie for Cat Stevens. The legendary singer, now known as Yussef Islam, became ungroovy at WXTZ-FM in Indianapolis after cheering Ayatollah Khomeini`s satanic plea for Salman Rushdie`s...

Perhaps you saw Oscar the lobster, who was spared from the cooking pot because Suzanne Brown flinched at a Valentine`s Day feast for her husband in Tacoma, Wash. Well, nationwide...

Love those California juries. One in L.A. has awarded Timothy Hutton $9.75 million in a contract dispute, ruling that MGM gave Hutton a bum steer in canceling a movie about...

A flash from above: Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has been saved again. His plea for donations to keep Jimmy Swaggart Ministries on the air past Sunday has been heard and rewarded....

A crash course in illusion is causing drivers in Southern California to slam on the brakes. Someone is littering freeways near San Clemente with $100 bills. The money is phony,...

Shed no more tears over John Connally. Bouncing back from bankruptcy, the onetime Texas governor and Nixon`s treasury secretary now is a consultant for Houston`s First City National Bank. That`s...