Tag: Entertainment

This image taken on Sept. 26, 2011 in Concord, N.H., shows a blend of star anise, cinnamon, and sugar, cooked with banana to create a syrup served over pancakes. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

Star Anise: What it is and how to use it

J.M. HIRSCH · June 12, 2012 4:01 pm

This image taken on June 5, 2012 shows cherry cola shaved ice, left, a mocha shaved ice, right, and coconut-lime shaved ice in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

Shaved ice is this summer’s hot chilly treat

Michelle Locke · June 12, 2012 3:38 pm

FILE - This Feb. 12, 2012 file photo shows LL Cool J reciting a prayer for the late Whitney Houston at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Host LL Cool J said addressing the Grammy audience at Staples Center after Houston's death was "definitely the most challenging moment I've faced in my career." This and other last-minute changes made to the 54th annual Grammy Awards are chronicled in a new documentary, "A Death in the Family: The Show Must Go On," which premiered Monday at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

New film shows how Houston’s death changed Grammys

Sandy Cohen · June 12, 2012 3:37 pm

ND hotel construction booming with oil activity

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 2:49 pm

FILE - This June 9, 2012 file photo shows Zac Brown performing during the CMA Fan Fest, in Nashville, Tenn. The Grammy-winning country group will be doing a special on-field performance at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City ahead of the Home Run Derby on July 9. ( Photo by/Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

Zac Brown Band to perform at Home Run Derby

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 1:12 pm

FILE - This Feb. 24, 2012 file photo shows Usher during a guest appearance at a Romeo Santos concert at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Usher, nominated for video of the year, will also perform at the upcoming 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Usher, 2 Chainz, Big Sean to perform at BET Awards

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 1:10 pm

Judge grants Jeff Goldblum 3-year stay-away order

Anthony McCartney · June 12, 2012 12:48 pm

Mini-golf course coming to DC’s Nat’l Bldg. Museum

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 11:10 am

Wyoming House for Historic Women opens in Laramie

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 11:01 am

Museum explores 80s, 90s music recorded in Madison

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2012 9:01 am

Executive chef Stephane Baloy stands on a mound of rich soil, made from scrap food compost, at the Ferncroft Country Club in Middleton, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. The country club is among a few places in the nation trying an obscure form of composting called bokashi. Based on an ancient Japanese farming practice, food waste is covered with a mix of microorganisms, which suppress its smell and eventually composts to produce soil. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Japanese composting may be new food waste solution

Jay Lindsay · June 12, 2012 7:27 am

FILE - In this June 6, 2012 file photo, Japanâs all-girl pop idol group AKB48 member Yuko Oshima reacts after winning the annual AKB48 popularity poll in Tokyo. Oshima, the winner two years ago, returned to the top seat in the vote - by almost 1.4 million fans this year - to determine who gets to record their next single - which inevitably becomes a hit. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Japan’s music sensation: a group ranked by fans

Mari Yamaguchi · June 12, 2012 7:04 am