Washington Opera premieres new “Siegfried” production with 2 tenors teaming for title roleWASHINGTON — It’s one of an opera company’s worst nightmares: The star tenor loses his voice before opening night, and there’s no understudy to take his place on stage. Yankees manager Joe Girardi criticizes A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashed out Sunday at a potentially damaging biography of Alex Rodriguez, questioning why the book was written and its accelerated release date. Chuck Mangione, who lost 2 band members in NY plane crash, performs for victims’ familiesBUFFALO, N.Y. — Jazz musician Chuck Mangione has performed in upstate New York at a concert rescheduled after two of his band members died in a plane crash there in February. Other victims’ relatives attended. Yankees manager Joe Girardi criticizes A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashed out Sunday at a potentially damaging biography of Alex Rodriguez, questioning why the book was written and its accelerated release date. Should news organizations pay attention to think-tank scorecards on presidential coverage?NEW YORK — As President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms. Tired of sad songs that don’t pay so much, performers try again for royaltiesJack Ely, the singer whose 1963 version of “Louie Louie” still makes the rounds on oldies radio, lives with his wife in a mobile home on a horse ranch in Oregon. Ely says they share $30,000 a year from her teacher’s pension and his Social Security checks. They are paying down a mortgage. Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashes out at A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Joe Girardi is already sick of an unflattering biography of Alex Rodriguez, and the book isn’t even out yet. Jackman’s ‘Wolverine’ leads box-office pack with $87M; ‘Girlfriends Past’ does $15.3MLOS ANGELES — You can’t keep a good X-Man down. Jack Kemp, who went from gridiron to career as politician and tax crusader, dies at age 73WASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, the former pro quarterback who turned fame on the gridiron into a career in national politics and a crusade for lower taxes, has died of cancer at age 73. CDC optimistic new flu not as dangerous as first feared, but ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are cautiously optimistic that the new swine flu isn’t as dangerous as first feared, but urged people on Sunday to keep taking commonsense precautions — and they can’t predict if it will roar back in the fall. Times Co., Boston Globe unions resume negotiations, face another deadline to make concessionsBOSTON — Labor union leaders at The Boston Globe say the deep cuts in workers’ pay and benefits they’re offering should be more than enough to save the newspaper, which has been threatened with closure by its owner, The New York Times Co. |