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One of the legacies of Barack Obama 's presidency is a certain indifference to the messy, time-sucking work of courting Congress.

Stylist discovers why Scandal's Kerry Washington is shaking up America. Words: Colin Crummy There are certain indicators in life that suggest you have made it.

Joey Lopresti, 19, skates with Mini Abe on Wednesday during Skate Street DeKalb.

Ron Carly's used his impeccable likeness to one of the United States' fondest presidents to create quite a stir when he's out in public.

That voice is Arkansas actress Natalie Canerday 's trademark, which she attributes to cigarettes and years of yelling on the high school drill team.

The alley next to Ben's Chili Bowl in Northwest D.C. is awash in yellow, green and red paint.

It's tempting to frame Anya Ulinich's "Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel" in terms of its antecedents: Bernard Malamud and Anton Chekhov, on the one hand, both of whom are referenced in the narrative, and on the other, graphic novelists such as Marjane Satrapi and Harvey Pekar, whose work is rich, allusive and alive with words.

The Founding Fathers had good reasons for explicitly barring government from inserting itself into matters of religion.

The Mt. Pulaski Courthouse register signature book showed ninety-nine visitors that stopped by today to wish Wally Kautz a "Happy Birthday" and to thank him for all his years of service as Mt.

Denzel Washington will be honoured with the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain this September.

When Philip Seymour Hoffman died from a drug overdose last February at the age of 46, we lost not only an immensely talented and diverse actor, but also the cinema's preeminent portrayer of sweaty men in dirty white T-shirts.

July 22, 2014: Silverstone Auctions is offering the opportunity to own a unique and very special car, with connections to one of the most famous women of the 20th Century, in its sale at Salon Prive on 4thSeptember.

English screen and stage actor Gary Oldman is the latest celebrity to perform a cover of Iggy Azalea's hit song "Fancy."

July 22, 1967 The Doors appeared on Dick Clark 's American Bandstand for a final push to put " Light My Fire " over the top to hit the #1 position on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 list.

On July 22, 1934, one of America's most notorious bank robbers was gunned down outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.

Philip Seymour Hoffman appears in 2013's "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." Hoffman played the role of Plutarch Heavensbee, the head gamemaker in the film.

AS STROUD celebrates the centenary of writer and poet Laurie Lee , a thoughtful book by another Slad poet forms a worthy tribute.

Members of the Legislature's transportation study committee submitted their recommendations to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles Tuesday afternoon.

LAURIE LEE'S Slad Valley has been saved a day after the same developers had been given the green light to build 150 homes in Leonard Stanley - three miles away.

Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher is coming to the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.