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As long as the locals can remember, Zorro has protected them when they needed him to, often in the most dangerous of situations.

The Coolidge Corner Theater will award its seventh annual COOLIDGE AWARD to Academy Award-winning filmmaker JONATHAN DEMME , who will accept the honor during a two-day celebration on March 1 and 2, 2010.

While the economy hasn't yet recovered from the recession, according to Vice President Joseph Biden, things are looking up.

Actor Bradley Whitford stopped by the show today to talk about the Hopenhagen Movement -- an international movement to drive action on climate change at the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December.

ANTONIO Banderas wants to ramp up production at his vineyard in the north of Spain and build a hotel there, the Hollywood film star said in an interview published on Sunday.

Standing a few feet away from actors Denzel Washington and Rosario Dawson is not how most Penn State students would expect to spend a cold fall morning in Centre County.

Billie Holiday is beaming in a 1956 photograph as she gazes at singer Billy Eckstine.

A decades-long dispute about whether to dig a deeper shipping channel in the Delaware River has centered on both environmental and economic concerns.

Malcolm is probably very happy to have his dad cheering him on in the crowds. Children - no matter how young or old- always like it when their parents show interest in what they do.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Area environmental organizations are joining New Jersey and Delaware to try to stop plans to dredge and deepen the Delaware River to improve shipping.

In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.

The word functionary has appeared in 19 Times articles over the past year, most recently in the article "In Philadelphia, Heroes With a Lunchpail" on October 31, 2009: Philadelphia sports fans are chronically misunderstood, especially by their New York counterparts.

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell says a tentative agreement could end Philadelphia's transit strike by Saturday night.

President Obama and his administration were busy this past Friday. The president signed into legislation The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, which according to CNN.com , "authorizes a 5 percent annual increase in federal support over the next four years.

Jonathan Demme acquired the rights to the book Zeitoun , which he plans to make into an animated film.

The November edition of America's most influential food-culture monthly started hitting mailboxes this week.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 6:53 pm US/Eastern Reporting Dave Carlin A lot is on the line in the "Turnpike Series." Fans have bet it all -- everything from cash to carbs .

Gov. David Paterson and Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell are offering a free getaway to a resident from the state that wins the World Series.

"Don't waste your time and be negative about anything, take it as challenge," says Myrlie Evers-Williams. Myrlie Evers- Williams fought injustice alongside her husband, civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers.

Actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith - currently seen Off-Broadway in Let Me Down Easy - will be presented with The 2009 Moth Award at its annual Moth Ball.