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Another class-action lawsuit concerning the attention deficit disorder medication Ritalin bit the dust last week. Of the five such lawsuits filed in 2000, this is the fourth to be either dismissed or withdrawn. It’s no surprise. The plaintiffs’ lawyers apparently didn’t pay close enough attention to the credibility of the …

Sandra Bullock | Mark Green | Hollywood’s Next Generation | Pioneer Awards | John Travolta Sandra Bullock Is in the House — Every House And now to Sandra Bullock, orSandy as she likes to be called. Last summer I reported in this column that theextremely likeable and genial star was …

When the Environmental Protection Agency’s new chief, former New Jersey governor Christie Todd Whitman, announced in March that the Bush Administration would set aside the agency’s recently tightened regulations on arsenic in drinking water, environmentalists and health groups shouted out in disbelief. What kind of president, they asked, wouldn’t try …

Did this ever happen to you in school? You took a test and bombed — big time. But lo and behold, the rest of the class bombed too. What did your teacher do? Throw the test out? Probably not. Demand a retake? Possibly. Grade it on a curve? Very likely. …

First of five parts From Prada to Prison: The Dana Giacchetto Story Considering the original lived as a master showman, it’s fitting that the name of Dana Giacchetto‘s personal shopper at Prada was Ed Sullivan. Of course, not many money managers have personal shoppers, let alone at the boutique of …

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Pearl Harbor Jacko’s Rabbi Gets Meshugah on Court TV I appeared yesterday afternoon on Court TV in a segment following Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson‘s current Svengali, adviser and head of his charity for children. I was supposed to appear with Boteach, but he steadfastly refused …

If you watch this show with any regularity, you’ve probably heard once or twice that I hate whiners — people who complain. I figure there’s lots in life to complain about. Who wants to hear it? Actually, and I know this sounds goofy, but I think you can tell a …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s justices appeared to be generally satisfied Tuesday with the language of the nation’s child pornography law and the U.S. government’s claim that the 2003 PROTECT Act is constitutional. The justices actively engaged a challenge to the law with various scenarios questioning whether the act is …

DEL MAR, Calif. – Troyann Chappell needed help this week when she evacuated from Spring Valley to flee the fires. Not only did she have to get her 92-year-old friend Adele MacAdam out, she also had to take with her 14 cats, two dogs, three rats, a cockatoo and a …

Three weeks after the wife of an Alabama minister disappeared while attending a conference, her family is posting a reward while police are struggling to find clues to her whereabouts. The family of Mary Byrne “Beth” Smith is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to whereabouts or her safe …