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• Lung ailments emerge after service in Iraq

  For Dina McKenna, Christmas 2009 was a happy time. Her husband, who had twice been deployed in Iraq during earlier holiday seasons, was at home for the holidays. But the good times didn't last."Christmas Day, 2009, we were walking together by the river i   Read more »

• Brentwood school celebrates Three Kings Day

  The normal after-school routine of snacks and homework at Shepherds Gate Academy in Brentwood was broken up recently by a music-filled Three Kings Day celebration.Assemb. Philip Ramos (D-Brentwood) attended the ceremony, which was hosted by local Hispani   Read more »

• LIers keep barbershop sound alive

  Now that Christmas and New Years have passed, its time to look forward to Valentines Day, the next holiday to provide some warmth during winters cold reign.An old-fashioned serenade from a barbershop quartet is a romantic and unexpected alternative to th   Read more »

• Shopping sales surge after Christmas

  A flurry of post-Christmas bargain shopping helped drive sales higher in the last week of December, according to a report Wednesday from a shopping mall trade group. Increased gift card use, mild weather and a federal holiday the Monday after Christmas a   Read more »

• AP: Embers moved for Santa before fatal Conn. fire

  Smoldering embers blamed for a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents had been taken out of a fireplace so the children would not worry about Santa Claus coming down the chimney, two officials told The Associated Pres   Read more »

Around the web

• Harry & David: good holiday season

  Christmas sales season was good to gift and gourmet retailer Harry & David Holdings. The Medford-based company saw a big boost in profits in its first holiday season since coming out of bankruptcy protection. Harry & David says it earned $34.75 million in 2/14/12 from Corvallis Gazette-Times Read more »

• Bouncer Communes with the Pinatas at the Latin American Club

  you read that story about the Christmas tree that was adorned with decorations and looked on with adoration? The conifer that finally felt appreciated and loved? Then the holiday ends and he is stripped down and thrown on a garbage heap, abandoned and hurt? 2/14/12 from SF Weekly Read more »

• Valentine's statistics: let us count the ways

  Day, like Christmas, is a holiday defined in part by consumption. And wherever there is consumption, there is an economist commenting. "At a time when all things financial have many of us feeling cold, economics tells us it’s OK to love Valentine’s Day for 2/14/12 from Deseret News Read more »

• The Bless of Christmas 1.1.1

  Bless of Christmas is a little freeware shooter game, where your mission is to restore the true meaning of Christmas. Nowadays, Christmas has become too materialized, and thus everyone only thinks about presents. Therefore, the man behind this "presentism", 2/14/12 from Softpedia Read more »

• Billy Bob Thornton Says ‘Bad Santa 2′ Planned For Fall Shoot; Plans to Direct Road Movie ‘And Then We Drove’

  to take away or add and he’s doing that. The plan is to shoot that in the fall. The idea at the moment is to release the film at Christmas 2013, but we’ll see how that works out. Meanwhile, there’s the road movie. Variety initially announced the project, saying 2/14/12 from Slash Film Read more »