James Williams

The record high gasoline prices reached just a week ago in Maryland and much of the nation might seem like a bargain compared with what many experts say could occur at the pump once the effects of Hurricane Katrina are felt in the coming days. The...

News and notes from the upfronts: Seen and heard at the upfronts Friday, May 19 - We got some more music at the upfronts Thursday, thanks to The CW and the Black Eyed Peas. Some of it was even live. The hip-hop stars did two songs for the crowd at...

As has been previously entered into evidence, I watch TV like it's my job. But sometimes I like to think about what shows would I absolutely watch each week -- even if I didn't have to. That's how I came up with my personal Top 10 TV shows of 2006. It...

James Anthony Williams will spend the next 35 years in Prison for the murder of Shannon Harps. Williams stabbed Harps to death on New Year's Eve 2007 as she walked back to her Capitol Hill apartment from a neighborhood grocery store. Williams pleaded...

As Chris Rock was watching episodes of his show "Everybody Hates Chris" Thursday night at the Museum of Television & Radio's Paley Festival, he was making note of the events in the show that really happened to him. "It was weird," he later told the...

A layover disguised as a film, "Unaccompanied Minors" tells a John Hughes-ian tale of six kids stranded at an airport over the holidays. It comes from a story (a sharp nine-minute number called "Babysitting," by Susan Burton) originally broadcast on the...

The teenagers of America still love "The O.C." and "Smallville," and they're fans of Jack Black and Johnny Depp too. At least, that's what the adults who pick the nominees for the Teen Choice Awards believe. A typically inscrutable batch of Teen...

Guess who's coming to dinner? Hint: It's not Sidney Poitier. "Celebrity Duets" host Wayne Brady will visit The CW for the Thanksgiving episode of "Everybody Hates Chris." The episode, entitled "Everybody Hates Thanksgiving," features our favorite song-...

BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS June 8 - Wayne Shorter Quartet, 7:30 p.m. •Call for tickets. Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. Information: 860-987-5900; www.bushnell.org. GREAT CONNECTICUT JAZZFEST 2002 July 25 - Special event:...

Two early possessions in the Bears' 19-14 exhibition loss Saturday night to the Baltimore Ravens provided an ominous look backward, to the kind of performances the Bears hoped they had left behind. The Bears were pushed around, couldn't push a very...

Unofficially, the 2000 Bears season expired when still another Shane Matthews pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage Sunday, this one on fourth-and-3 with 1 minute 40 seconds remaining. But this was a game and a season that died many deaths. It...

At any time, across the country, legions of clandestine operations of a particular sort are afoot. They are assignments of utmost importance that usually require lies, covert maneuvers and the highest order of secrecy. Success is crucial. Fail, and...