Richard Phillips

Roy Rogers, who rode tall in halcyon days of kinder and gentler cowboys, was in Willcox, Ariz., over the weekend with longtime sidekick Pat Buttram and onetime rival Gene Autry....

Sobbing onstage in Leningrad`s Kirov Theater after an 18-year absence was ballerina Natalia Makarova, first Soviet dancer-defector ever allowed to return to perform with a Soviet troupe. ''I simply have...

Timothy Leary still drops one-liners, if nothing else. The onetime Harvard philosopher who made LSD an anytime cocktail and coined the `60s phrase, ''Tune in, turn on, drop out,'' now...

In supply-slighted Russia, even catty remarks stand in line. But meows over Raisa Gorbachev`s fancy clothes may abate somewhat with revelations about hubby Mikhail`s salary. According to the Soviet magazine...

Is CBS News correspondent Diane Sawyer jumping ship? Absolutely, says gossip writer Liz Smith, a close Sawyer pal. Papers were signed Friday, said Smith, adding that ABC`s Roone Arledge promised...

Poor Cartier. Described by Britain`s King Edward VII as ''the king of jewelers,'' Cartier of France has been booted royally. Seems that Queen Elizabeth, no longer a regular customer, has...

Call him a satisfied customer. Ten minutes after scooting out the door at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Vancouver, a bandit telephoned the scene of the crime. According to...

Of all of life`s bothersome criminals, robbers are known to be the most flawed. A case in point comes from Syracuse, N.Y., where Gary Leonard was arrested soon after a...

Even higher education has embarrassing moments. Informed of one only a few weeks ago, red-faced officials at the University of Wisconsin are quietly asking almost 4,000 May graduates to examine...

Plagued by news leaks, executives at Apple Computer Inc. produced an in-house film on loose lips for employee viewing. Quicker than you can say ''laptop Macintosh'' (another Apple leak of...