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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

Updated: May 22, 2013 12:05am

By BETH J. HARPAZ

Associated Press

NEW YORK — It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college...

Kalas: Love is always there

Updated: May 22, 2013 12:05am

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<p>Associated Press</p><p>Chocolate-stuffed French toast is served with raspberry sauce.</p>

Healthy French toast with a hidden chocolate layer

Updated: Apr 30, 2013 12:07am

By SARA MOULTON

Associated Press

Time for a confession. As a child, I never once celebrated Mother’s Day. My parents thought the holiday was nothing more than a cheesy excuse to sell...

Navajo the chosen one for new ‘Star Wars’ dub

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 12:06am

By FELICIA FONSECA

Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — In the new translation of “Star Wars,” Darth Vader is Luke’s bizhe’e.

The classic 1977 film that launched a science fiction...

Lauren Hill says she signed with Sony to pay her taxes

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 12:06am

NEW YORK (AP) — Lauryn Hill says she has signed with Sony to pay her overdue taxes.

Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. The 37...

Free things to do in California’s Napa Valley

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 12:06am

By MICHELLE LOCKE

Associated Press

NAPA, Calif. — Love the lush and lovely Napa Valley but hate how expensive it can be? You’re not the first. In the late 19th century, writer Robert...

Hard-core hiking on Yosemite backcountry adventure

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 12:06am

By JOHN PAIN

Associated Press

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A few loose, fist-sized rocks tumbled by as we hiked down a steep mountain pass over unstable terrain, off trail deep in...

Even urbanites can navigate a park like Yosemite

Updated: Apr 28, 2013 12:06am

By KATHY MATHESON

Associated Press

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — We had been traveling for hours — six by plane from Philadelphia to San Francisco, then nearly four more in a car...

Pop singer Ke$ha heads to reality land

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 12:06am

By MESFIN FEKADU

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Ke$ha Kardashian? Not quite.

The wild and playful pop star is a huge fan of the swarm of Kardashian reality shows, but says her new...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>A model wears a creation from the Triya summer collection during Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p>

Bikinis of Brazil

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 12:06am

By JENNY BARCHFIELD

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Just how complicated can the Brazilian bikini, among the skimpiest iterations of the simple spandex triangle and string design,...

Gay marriage is a matter of justice, not morality

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 12:06am

Here’s how I read the sociocultural tea leaves: If you’re fighting in the army waging war against gay marriage, or, said another way, if you understand yourself to be fighting to protect and...

Leafhoppers & ohia trees

Updated: Apr 24, 2013 12:06am

Nick, thanks for another article on ohia dying. This seems to be a recurring subject of great interest to residents. In Leilani Estates, the symptoms are that small branches can die anywhere on...