Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday.
President Obama said Thursday he intends to nominate a top Los Angeles International Airport police department official to head the Transportation Security Administration, the agency charged with protecting airplanes and other forms of transportation from terrorists.
We had a vacation house in Newport Beach, Calif., so I was always in and around the water and loved to surf. My dad was an importer, and on a trip to Japan he brought me home a movie camera. I started filming surfers at the local beach and then editing and splicing my own little surf movies. When I went to the University of Southern California's school of business, I helped pay my way by showing surf movies up and down the coast for $1 a ticket. "
They've revolutionized music for nearly five decades. Now, some of the Beatles songs are about to hit video-game consoles.
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
Kellee Santiago wants to tap into the kinder, gentler side of gaming.
A famous George Carlin observation goes, "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
In these economically tough times, the dream for every marketing strategist is buzz -- your product picking up ever more sales by word-of-mouth as customers talk to potential new customers, all costing your company not a cent.
Ever wonder how your fingers can tell that silk feels different from paper, which feels different from wood?
Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday.
President Obama said Thursday he intends to nominate a top Los Angeles International Airport police department official to head the Transportation Security Administration, the agency charged with protecting airplanes and other forms of transportation from terrorists.
We had a vacation house in Newport Beach, Calif., so I was always in and around the water and loved to surf. My dad was an importer, and on a trip to Japan he brought me home a movie camera. I started filming surfers at the local beach and then editing and splicing my own little surf movies. When I went to the University of Southern California's school of business, I helped pay my way by showing surf movies up and down the coast for $1 a ticket. "
They've revolutionized music for nearly five decades. Now, some of the Beatles songs are about to hit video-game consoles.
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
Kellee Santiago wants to tap into the kinder, gentler side of gaming.
A famous George Carlin observation goes, "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
In these economically tough times, the dream for every marketing strategist is buzz -- your product picking up ever more sales by word-of-mouth as customers talk to potential new customers, all costing your company not a cent.
Ever wonder how your fingers can tell that silk feels different from paper, which feels different from wood?
As the election approaches, we're learning more than we ever wanted to know about the presidential and vice presidential candidates. You even hear a lot about the potential first ladies -- I have somehow picked up the fact that Barack and Michelle Obama saw movie "Do the Right Thing" on their first date.
When Stephen Leach gave up his Rockaway, New Jersey, condo at age 48 to move back in with Mom and Dad, it was out of need -- his parents', not his.
One of the greatest learning experiences thus far was visiting the slums.
The World Health Organization reports that 88 percent of the 1.8 million deaths resulting from diarrhea can be attributed to unsafe water or inadequate hygiene or sanitation.
Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated population
What are you doing on your summer vacation? If you are an innovative student from the University of Southern California, the answer might be going to India, providing innovative water treatment measures to mitigate the spread of waterborne diseases, or educating locals on how to prevent oral cancer.
It is early morning at the large cafeteria hall of the Sunrise Ministry in Auburn, Calif., and Professor Paul Felix is giving an Olympic performance in the face of poor conditions. The volume on his body microphone is jumping from faint resonance to raised screeching to silence, and the veteran pastor isn't fond of his handheld mic. "Can we fix this?" he asks. "I like to talk with my hands."
Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic
College football is more like politics than any other sport in America. Think about it. This year's national champion, for instance, wasn't decided so much on the field but in the filibustering done by coaches, pollsters and assorted talking heads leading up to the game.
Anger, depression and stress can all raise the risk of heart disease -- but a new study shows that chronic anxiety may be even more harmful
Get something else to eat instead! Nutrition experts weigh in on what's healthy at airports.
Muncie, Indiana, ranks as the most affordable big football town for housing in the United States, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by Coldwell Banker.
Will Ferrell is auctioning a cameo spot in his new movie to raise money for a fraternity brother's cancer foundation.
Noted academic Elyn Saks hid her illness for years. Now in a new book she opens up about what it's like to have a severe mental illness
How is Emmy-nominated Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera biding her time before the Emmy Awards on Sept. 16? By house hunting with her longtime boyfriend, Ryan Piers Williams.
Matt Leinart's ex-girlfriend, Brynn Cameron, reveals that when it comes to parenting, she's the star quarterback.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart may be a bruiser on the grid, but fatherhood has turned him into a big softie.
The mental scars of war are often far more debilitating than the many physical injuries that servicemen and women pick up during combat. But a new virtual war simulation may help veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Want to pick up the check for every homeowner who got saddled with a risky mortgage? It's a big one - on the order of $120 billion.
If your idea of a robot is a metal-plated humanoid jerkily walking into walls then think again. Scientist are creating a new generation of "soft" machines that can change their shape and size, move in ever more agile ways and even split themselves into smaller robots.
It's wartime, and an enemy doctor is conducting painful and inevitably fatal experiments on children.
The mysteries of the human mind have tantalized and frustrated philosophers, poets and -- more recently - psychologists for centuries, yet new breakthroughs in neuroscience could mean the brain is finally starting to give up its secrets.
We've seen plenty of political moments at the Oscars before. But on Sunday, we could see the most unusual political moment ever.
1. Some baseball traditionalists are upset that MLB is replacing the traditional wool caps with a new polyester blend. But what's the big deal? Why should the hats be all-natural when the hat sizes aren't?
Jennifer Aniston is rejoining Courteney Cox on prime time, but this time they're anything but friends.
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He is, among other achievements, responsible for a generation of movie goers being terrified of swimming in the sea; for ensuring that every child's toy collection contains at least one plastic velociraptor; and for transforming the image of archaeologists from boring, bearded academics to bull-whip-cracking tough guys, and that of aliens from homicidal space monsters to cuddly extra-terrestrial playmates with long fingers that glow in the dark.
As well as being one of the most glamorous industries going, the film world also has a popular reputation for financial recklessness, reinforced every time a multi-million dollar blockbuster sinks without trace at the box office.
Few topics we've addressed here recently have inspired as much reader comment as the column a couple of weeks ago, in answer to a newly minted English major who wondered if her degree would turn out to be useless in the job market.
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is known principally for the musical accomplishments of its 28 members. Based in New York City, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble performs Mozart and Stravinsky to rav...
Rory Moore, semiretired and a self-described "Dabbler" in real estate, bought his neighbor's house in Los Banos, Calif. last May for $499,000. Make a few fixes, he figured, and flip it a couple of months later for a six-figure profit. But then the property, listed at $699,000 in July, failed to attract even one buyer in the first 30 days. "I could feel it in my gut that the market was changing," says Moore, 54. "The market had been crazy here, with 25% appreciation in a year. I could see the handwriting on the wall." By December, Moore had dropped his asking price twice, to $565,000, and he was dangling incentives like covering a year's worth of gas or utilities and 12 months of lawn service. He's given up the notion of making a profit on any deal. In fact, he's eager to be rid of the place: "I don't want to get stuck with a property that's a financial drain on the family. We'll do what we have to do to get it sold."
Rory Moore, semiretired and a self-described dabbler in real estate, bought his neighbor's house in Los Banos, Calif. last May for $499,000. Make a few fixes, he figured, and flip it a couple of months later for a six-figure profit.
Two college football powerhouses met in the national championship game Wednesday night, and one of the programs was superior in more ways than one.
Imagine Congress holding hearings to examine what to do about cheap gasoline prices or a U.S. trade surplus, or even more unbelievably, an efficient government program.
If you've dreamed of investing in real estate but don't want to miss out on the kids' Little League games, partnerships may be the answer.
If you've dreamed of investing in real estate but don't want to miss out on the kids' Little League games, partnerships may be the answer.
Video gaming reached official academic status Tuesday when Electronic Arts endowed a chair at the University of Southern California for the study of interactive entertainment.
SALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Forget Trump. Next week, student teams from a dozen business schools will test their real estate savvy in the third annual Real Estate Challenge.
When this year's incoming freshman class moved into their dorms during the University of Southern California's orientation week, they were able to meet new roommates, buy textbooks -- and register to vote.
Benjamin Beatty, a University of Southern California alumnus, voted for former Green Party candidate Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election and is definite he made the right decision -- then.
Editor's note: Campus Vibe is a feature that provides student perspectives on the 2004 election from selected colleges across the United States. This week's contributor is Gina Goodhill, student reporter at the Daily Trojan, the University of Southern California student newspaper. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or the University of Southern California.
With the obesity epidemic on the rise, U.S. teenagers are encouraged to participate in sports, but a recent study reported in the American College of Cardiology says that for some teens, playing sports without proper medical screening can be deadly.
Worried about a housing bubble in your hometown? Well, just think how Los Angelenos must feel. Los Angeles and its environs are coming off back-to-back years of 20 to 30 percent increases in home prices.
LCD, CRT, LED -- they're all ways of displaying graphics, pixels, images, you name it. Even if you don't know their abbreviations, you see their output every time you look at your computer or cell phone.
In 1945, scientist Vannevar Bush famously proposed the idea of the Memex, a mechanized recording system for the mind. It's taken almost six decades, but researchers are finally closing in on techno...
This fall, Chris Barrett and Luke McCabe will become the first corporate-sponsored college students. First USA Bank will pay their tuition at Pepperdine University and the University of Southern Ca...
A.I., Steven Spielberg's new film about a robot who can love, seems to have about as much verisimilitude as his dinosaur movie. It features Jude Law as a robot gigolo, and David, a disturbingly lif...
After three years as CEO of Lucent, Rich McGinn, 54, is out of a job. Under his leadership the company soared and then crashed--hard. In the past year, Lucent lost business to competitors like Nort...
The prospect of freezing people and later thawing them out has long factored large in the American imagination. It's a staple of science fiction novels. It's been a plot device in numerous movies, ...
If you could single out one piece of information that would give you the best insight into a mutual fund's chances of outperforming its peers, what would you choose? Five-year performance? One-year...
Here's one more reason to dislike the federal income tax code: It discriminates against women. Ed McCaffrey, author of the new book Taxing Women (University of Chicago, $29.95) and a University of ...
Turning 50 this year? So are Bill Clinton, Linda Ronstadt, Connie Chung, Sylvester Stallone ... (and let's not forget Cheech Marin). Never mind all the stuff you may have heard about how unemployab...
William Davidson has spent six years studying some 70 businesses that have achieved major business breakthroughs--spectacular gains in growth, speed, service, efficiency, or product development. A ...
As students begin their senior year of high school, most parents think that their kids are already lagging behind in the college admissions game. (If your child is savvy enough to want to get an ea...
Daniel Grossman squirmed on the horns of a career dilemma. The small toy company he worked for had been taken over by industry titan Mattel, and he had been offered a great job at the new parent. A...
CORPORATE AMERICA is having a hot love affair with teams. And why not? When teams work, there's nothing like them for turbocharging productivity. Beguiling examples abound: Scores of service compan...
The U.S. may play host to a record number of foreign visitors this summer, as the booming U.S. tourist industry gets an extra kick from the World Cup. And while the overseas guests enjoy their own ...
Your finances may be in great shape. Your friends and co-workers may be encouraging you. But are you emotionally ready for retirement? Our quiz, prepared by retirement specialist Helen Dennis at th...
IT'S A BIT like watching a scientist develop a drug to cure a serious illness. But the patient is American business, the hoped-for cure is a new, improved MBA, and the scientist at the moment is Jo...
A JANITOR hauling trash from a Brooklyn apartment building this spring found one bag suspiciously heavy and opened it to find the body of a small boy, 3 to 5 years of age. He was dressed in pajamas...
To learn whether you have the temperament and financial wherewithal to retire early, take this 10-question quiz, prepared with the assistance of Helen Dennis, a retirement consultant and lecturer a...
After a rewarding love affair with homeownership in the Seventies and Eighties, some people feel they've been jilted in the Nineties. Those who bought at the top in California and the Northeast suf...
If job hunting were baseball, Steven Froot, 25, would have gone down swinging. Strike one came when, seeking any job the baseball team had available, the 1990 Florida State graduate sent his resume...
Faced with a stagnant job scene, unemployed managers, career changers, and freshly minted college graduates are finding new ways to hunt for work. Big corporations still look good to many, who floo...
Marketers worried about consumer frugality in the years to come will be pleasantly surprised by the emerging baby-busters -- as materialistic a crowd as you could hope for, says demographer Richard...
NOTICED many pregnant women in your office the past few years? Lots of strollers in the local park? It's what number crunchers call anecdotal evidence -- you see something that looks like a trend, ...
It's New Year's resolution time. You're back in the office, a little apprehensive about tough times but all the more dedicated to honing your organizational skills for the year ahead. And there, st...
In just 27 months at Gerber and 18 at Campbell, David Johnson has established himself as one of corporate America's turnaround masters. Speaking in the cadence of his native Australia, he shared so...
Captain Queeg. Mr. Dithers. Harold Geneen. Frank Lorenzo. Just about everyone carries with him an image, cartoon or otherwise, of the boss from hell. A disconcerting proportion of employees -- near...
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Those 60-hour weeks can really wear down a manager, even in the soothing environs of Vermont. So Fred ''Chico'' Lager, 35, is retiring as CEO of Ben & Jerry's Homemade, the $60-million-a-year compa...
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