Hiccups

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood — that is, anywhere near the Blue venue when charming and chipper Miss Hiccup is performing. From the first strains of her infectious (and omnipresent) soundtrack, before the show even properly begins,...

Not everything is new at the Orlando Fringe Festival this year. Some familiar faces will be back: •Chase Padgett's "6 Guitars" was a Fringe phenomenon in 2010. In the one-man show, Padgett plays a variety of guitarists who sharply and...

A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last  year said they were in favor of...

KILEEN, Tex. -- A soldier trying to scare another soldier out of hiccups shot his comrade in the face, killing him, authorities said Tuesday. Both soldiers, joined by a third man, were drinking alcohol and watching football at the time of the Sunday...

La Cañada High School usually receives the highest level of accreditation. However, in the most recent accreditation review, La Cañada experienced a hiccup. Well, more than a hiccup, actually. In 2007, La Cañada High received a six-year accreditation...

Briciola 937 N. Damen Ave. 773-772-0889 Rating: 2.5 (out of four) Take it or leave it The backstory: When I'm dining out, I try to enter each restaurant with an open mind. But when it came to Briciola, a new BYOB Italian trattoria in Ukrainian Village,...

The people at Townhouse want you to have a good time. They really do. As we walked into the new Harbor East restaurant, which opened in May, the hostess greeted us with an emphatic, "Welcome to Townhouse! I hope you have a FABULOUS time!" Our waitress...

During the otherwise nimble set, Odd Future's Frank Ocean was hampered by sound issues that got his performance off to a shaky start....

Prepare yourself. This is a column that will probably change your life — and possibly not for the better. That cannot be helped. In every great movement, there are unintended victims, and for that, I am sorry.  The word must reach the American...

MISHAWAKA -Talk about a sell-job. Ray Hinton, a strapping 6-foot-3, 220-pound tight end for Ball State’s football team in the late '70s, had the hiccups and couldn't shake them. His buddy and teammate Brady Hoke had a solution. "Brady told me...

NAME: Nala OWNER: Pam and David Lehmann HOW THEY MET: Nala was rescued from a high kill shelter in North Carolina and brought to Baltimore where we adopted her. AGE: Approximately 3 HOME: Baltimore BREED: Chow mix BEST TRICK: Can jump four feet...