[Times photos: Kinfay Moroti]
She's not the typical court-appointed guardian for kids, but 74 years of dealing with life's bumps have given her the strength of purpose that her first tiny client would need. Story
It's a start
Aasif Mandvi, a Chamberlain High graduate and onetime USF acting student, got his big break in a movie with a quality pedigree. And almost no one's seen it.
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STEVE EARLE, JERUSALEM (E-SQUARED/ARTEMIS RECORDS) Nashville outcast Steve Earle's take on the post-9/11 world has garnered a lot of attention for its tale of the American Taliban, John Walker's Blues. Earle has been criticized for being sympathetic to Walker and for being anti-American. Both charges miss the mark. Earle, no apologist for Walker, digs deeper than the easy label of traitor. His John Walker's Blues is a haunting song, told in Walker's voice, of a teen who has "seen all those kids in the soda pop ads/But none of 'em looked like me."
Sunday journal: Slow burn near the gas grill
We've never been what you'd call experts at outdoor grilling. We're your basic Weber kettle types, with dinner parties that have long gaps after the salad because Les runs into the kitchen to say that the fire's too hot, or not hot enough.
Hard news vs. happy talk
Two TV stations remake their approach to local news in markedly different ways. The big question is which one, if either, viewers will take to.
Star power helps a classic set sail
Tennyson's romantic tale of thwarted love, set to music by Richard Strauss, had nearly been consigned to artistic history. But with a shared vision and fresh perspective, pianist John Bell Young and actor Michael York managed to get Enoch Arden a record deal.
