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THEATER REVIEW: "Louis Slotin Sonata" ★★½ Through Oct. 24 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $25-30 at 312-943-8722 or www.aredorchidtheatre.org We have a fascination with the men who built the bomb. It's........

Danny Brown can't clearly articulate how or why he started calling himself "The Hybrid." He was clouded at the moment of its creation, smoking on "that ninja turtle," and writing punch lines like Conan O'Brien if he'd come up selling......

One of the big surprises of last year's auto show season was the enthusiastic reader reaction to Kia's redesigned Optima. Fast forward five months and we finally get to see if the car lives up to the promise it held......

In a movie landscape heavily populated with dude flicks such as "The Town" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Hollywood got a welcome shot of estrogen Wednesday night with the premiere of "You Again." Kristen Bell, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis,...

Earlier today, the nonprofit watchdog group Free Press filed a complaint with Federal Communications Commission based on Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey's complaints about hidden advertising embedded in newscasts. Over the last week, Rainey has...

Miley Cyrus is absolute sunshine, like, God's gift -- that according to Billy Ray Cyrus on "The Miley Cyrus Show" on "Saturday Night Live," where of course neither Cyrus actually appeared. New "SNL" cast member Vanessa Bayer did her Miley to fellow newbie...

Reigning ASP World Tour champion Mick Fanning bested current ASP Tour No.1-ranked Kelly Slater Saturday to win the Quiksilver Pro France, victorious in a hard-fought final on pumping 6- to 8-foot barrels at Les Culs Nus Beach. "That was difficult,"......

Proposition 19 is poorly thought out, badly crafted and replete with loopholes and contradictions. Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States. Seventy years of criminal prohibition, “Just Say No” sloganeering and a federal dr...

The Stephens' kangaroo rat, native to Riverside and San Diego counties, has been blamed for halting residential development and freeway construction and increasing the risk of fire because federal law makes it illegal to destroy its habitat. The U.S....

Three fragrances bearing the familiar Beverly Hills brown shield logo will be unveiled Tuesday, reports our colleague Catherine Saillant. According to the story, Dan Walsh, executive director of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, declined to...

The Japanese village notorious for the dolphin hunt documented in the film "The Cove" has slaughtered a pod of dolphins but spared the youngest animals, activists said Tuesday. Most of the dolphins caught by residents of the seaside village of......

We're not sure of the circumstances behind YouTube user yukichibutyou's shockingly cute video of two rabbits animatedly twitching their noses while sitting in paper cups. Why are the rabbits in paper cups? And just how calm and gentle must they......