Thousands of French, mostly young, demonstrated in Paris on Tuesday demanding the government withdraw a law that would allow French companies to fire workers under the age of 26 who have less than two years on the job. The demonstrators apparently believe that an employer should not have the right …

Steely Dan: ‘You, Me and Dupree’ Stole Our Character | Ring Wraps; Cole Cuts You, Me and Steely Dan Is the new comedy “You, Me and Dupree” ripped from the lyrics of Steely Dan’s song, “Cousin Dupree”? The guys who comprise the Dan — Walter Becker and Donald Fagen — …

The fancy cars? Gone. The two fancy vacation homes? Sold. The really fancy, schmancy main home? In foreclosure. The precious family heirlooms? Being bid off. Even the modest wine collection… being sold off. Once the vital playthings of a hot-shot executive, now just auctioned off remnants. You see, the hot …

Halloween only happens on Oct. 31, but dead celebrities draw crowds all year round. Long after the rich and famous depart this mortal plain, their larger-than-life personalities live on, thanks to gravesite tourism. Each year, thousands of Americans make pilgrimages to cemeteries from coast to coast, paying their respects to …

Yesterday, North Korea set off some kind of nuclear device in violation of the spirit of international law. Today, the president said this: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The North Korean regime remains one of the world’s leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers …

The secretary of defense was the latest casualty of the Iraq war, which gravely wounded the Republican Party in Tuesday’s vote. Let’s take a look at it. Talking Points believes most Americans revere the U.S. military. Most of us feel terrible when Americans are killed or wounded on the battlefield, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Not Headline News? The John Kerry flap may have been the major political story yesterday, but you might not have known that from the newspaper coverage. Not a single front-page headline in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal or …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Monday night’s interview with Jon Woods was a difficult one. If you watched, you know that he had just heard 24 hours earlier that his young adult daughter had been murdered. A short time earlier, the …

WASHINGTON – If it can give a welcome surge of energy to a U.S soldier in the Iraqi desert, then it should do the trick for a runner, a hiker, a third-shift worker or even an on-the-go mom. The Army even calls it “warrior-tested.” The new HOOAH! Bar, an energy …

When a pregnant Britney Spears (search) showed up at the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” premiere wearing a tank top that read, “I have the Golden Ticket,” the Cheetos-lovin’ songstress had little idea that she had created one of this year’s hottest Halloween costumes (search). Celeb-mania has reached a new …