Years

This is the first of three senior articles, which will run during the holidays. Read More

Defying doomsday predictions of a technological meltdown, the millennium dawned in relative calm. Read More

High schools must now show how they increase both college enrollment and the number of students who complete at least a year of college. Read More

NEW YORK | The 85-year-old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor was sentenced Monday to as many as three years in prison for exploiting her mental frailty to plunder her fortune.

But the legal saga surrounding the society doyenne's wealth will persist with planned appeals.

State Supreme Court Justice A. Kirke Bartley sentenced Anthony Marshall to one to three years in prison — the minimum term his conviction required — for looting the riches of his mother, who gave away nearly $200 million to institutions and charities before she died at age 105 in 2007.

The judge noted Marshall's World War II service and the possibility that the late Astor herself would have been aghast to see her son imprisoned, but he added that the law left him no choice but to impose a prison term.

Prosecutors described Marshall as an unrepentant thief who deserved punishment. Read More

There were 30 plus people around the table. Read More

I don't know about you but I think it's about time to put your party bells on. Read More

Of course, Brown has gone on to host "Iron Chef America" and become a spokesman for Welch's and Diamond Crystal Salt , but it is "Good Eats" that garners him perhaps the greatest culinary respect. Read More

Perez Hilton bluntly asked if Murphy was "all hopped up on the crazy happy pills" at the premiere and said she was "lookin' a little Abdrool-y" -- a pet name he's given to Paula Abdul. Read More

You know who has more liberal cred than all of you? Read More

Now if only there were an easier tool for eating non-liquid food — perhaps some sort of four-pronged stabbing device that's also capable of scooping? Read More