The world is steamy and smoking in many corners on this hot summer day in the thick of July. Some of the red heat this morning came off the nose cone and leading edges of the shuttle Discovery as it broke through the atmosphere on its way to a screeching …

Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone, but experts tell WebMD that there could be many reasons why. Wire reports say that 30-year-old Landis tested positive for what is being called “an unusual level of testosterone:epitestosterone” during the three-week race. “This is huge news,” …

Paris Hilton | Sting | National Board of Review Paris Hilton: No More Singing Well, it was a fun idea while it lasted. But Paris Hilton’s debut album has sold a paltry 120,000 copies. It’s already pretty much off the charts, too. With new releases from Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Janet …

“Are you watching closely?” That’s the catch phrase for magician Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) in Christopher Nolan’s latest flick “The Prestige,” also starring Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson. And indeed, if you do not watch closely, you’re bound to miss something along the way. But if you’re looking …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Censured but Reelected Former Republican Congressman Mark Foley resigned in disgrace after revelations of his lewd computer messages to a former house page became public — and has been universally disavowed by the GOP. But a Democratic congressman who actually had a …

If you think you’ve been seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, you’re not alone. Last month, in honor of the 16th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, style and substance came together in an explosion of fuchsias, magentas, garments and gadgets. From Yoplait yogurts and Hershey’s chocolates to Clinique cosmetics, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Network’s Problem? Former CBS News president Van Gordon Sauter (search) says that in the aftermath of the report on CBS’ now-discredited Bush National Guard story, the network’s biggest problem is “it has no credibility. And no audience, no morale, no long-term emblematic …

KHAO LAK, Thailand – Foreign volunteers in Thailand — many of them tourists who came here to vacation — are an essential force working hard to restore normalcy to the country’s tsunami-hit south. There are volunteers from all over the world and much of their work is grueling and gruesome. …

Michael Jackson | ‘SNL’ Baby Crisis’ | Carly Simon Jacko District Attorney: Sore Loser? Believe it or not, the Michael Jackson case is not over. Even though it lost the case, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office is still refusing to return evidence it seized from Jackson’s Neverland Ranch …

Halloween 2005 looks a lot like a cross between a sock-hop and a “Star Wars” convention. Breakout movies of the 1970s, like “Grease” and “Star Wars,” are the inspiration behind many of this year’s Fright Night costumes, thanks to Americans’ ever-growing nostalgia as well as the success of “Star Wars: …