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The first time we see Whitaker as Idi Amin in director Kevin Macdonald's film, he handles a relatively uncomplicated scene very well. Amin, the new leader of Uganda, is on an outdoor stage, exhorting his followers and promising them "a government of action, not of words." The big man clowns around, pretending to aim an i...

Daniel Craig's performance is as powerful as anything he has done on the screen, including Bond

Quality of ingredients and precision in the cooking were unassailable and service was quick and efficient

This production admirably displays the work's virtues - we are left washed out, touched and thrillingly appalled

This film was so lame it makes Wild Wild West look like an Osc...

Call these the adult version of the 'tween years -- when men and women are no longer single, but not yet parents. When they've moved out of the bridal magazine set, but aren't quite ready for the backyard swing set.

With the average age of marriage creeping into the high 20s (and a good number of couples putting it off until their 30s) the 'tween years can cause trepidation. Particula...

21 January 2007 MY FOOTBALL STAR PARTNER OF 12 YEARS WENT OUT FOR A PAPER AND NEVER CAME BACK EXCLUSIVE FIANCEE'S HEARTACHE OVER CAPTAIN KARLBy Victoria Raymond

Devastated: Tanie says Duguid walking out on her and their children came 'like a bolt from the blue' (Pic: Philip Coburn)

FOOTBALL star Karl Duguid walked out on his fiance and their two children without warning after 12...

Cara and Gibson Reynolds, whose newborn died last year from a genetic condition linked to dwarfism, pose on the porch of their home in Collingswood, N.J. Cara says she is outraged by opposition to using embryo screening to allow dwarf people to have dwarf children. A recent survey of U.S. clinics offering embryo screening suggests it's already happening.

CHICAGO ? The power to create ?pe...

As the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland comes to Second Life on January 26, it's time to embrace the creative side of the next digital divide and realize--for better or worse--that an irrevocable change in global society has taken place. The theme of this year's forum is "Shaping the Global Agenda: The Shifting Power Equation," and so it isn't surprising that Second Life would be i...

Provided By: The Associated Press Last Modified: 1/20/2007 9:53:27 PM

HONG KONG (AP) -- Angela Yiu and Stella Cheng spent weeks meeting with fashion stylists and photographers before deciding on the mini skirts and high heels to wear in their promotion campaign.

They're not models peddling perfume or sports cars. They're English tutors who earn good money helping secondary school ...

This undated photo released by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 shows Neil Havens Rodreick II, 29. Authorities allege Rodreick, a convicted sex offender from Oklahoma, allegedly conned two Arizona men into believing he was a 12-year-old boy, moving into their home and having an ongoing sexual relationship with them, sheriff's officials in Yavapai County said Friday, ...

TAMPA - The Tampa City Council is considering banning sex offenders from moving anywhere within the city limits.

"These crimes are disgusting and despicable," said council member John Dingfelder, but he cautioned against passing any ordinance that might be unconstitutional.

"We have a delicate balance to be walking," he said.

The latest move came months after first raising th...

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Amid all of the talk about drugs, sex, infidelity, revenge and recrimination swirling around the Brooksville City Hall, one question stands out.

Did police Chief Ed Tincher abuse his power when he arrested human resources director Ron Baker on drug charges?

Baker, 71, a cancer survivor and the father of an ado...