LOS ANGELES - Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Will Smith's preppy cousin Carlton on TV's "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," is splitting from his wife of four years.

Folks, to be honest, I didn’t give a rat’s patootie about the presidential election. In my book, it was a choice between “tweedle-dumb and tweedle-dumber.” On one hand we have a Socialist Wanna-Be, Barack Hussein Obama, and on the other hand a super-wealthy, out-of- touch, silver-spoon guy who took every draft deferment in the book to get out of serving his country. I could care less if it was legally legal or not. In my book, having someone carry “your” gun in time of war is morally wrong.

If you’ve ever turned on your TV or paged through Us Weekly or any of the other tabloids in grocery store checkout aisles, you know Paris Hilton. As an heir to the Hilton hotel fortune, she renders the old adage “born with a silver spoon in her mouth” absolutely bogus — Paris Hilton’s spoon was diamond-encrusted.

If you've ever turned on your TV or paged through Us Weekly or any of the other tabloids in grocery store checkout aisles, you know Paris Hilton.

June has proven to be a strong month for the Obama campaign. The president’s support for same sex marriage, his executive order on immigration reform and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare has put Team Romney on the defense as evidenced by Romney’s flip-flop on whether the individual mandate in Obamacare is a penalty or a tax.

Young Americans received unwelcome news this week when an April 23 AP report found 53.6 percent of college graduates under the age of 25 are jobless or underemployed, and there is little hope for improvement in the near future. This news is grim for young Americans as well as an administration in reelection mode.

The arrival of a new baby is one of the most unforgettable moments a family can experience. But purchasing the perfect present for the little one can be a bit of a challenge: How many stretchies, bibs and stuffed toys does an infant really need?

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jerry Springer, the talk show host who put wife-swappers, strippers and skinheads on the air and then watched the punches fly, will file papers to run for the U.S. Senate as early as Friday, advisers said.

David Yount: "The art of acceptance" could serve as the motto of every person who has ever approached strangers on behalf of worthy causes and needy people.

Tequila’s scent is unmistakable. The aroma is floral-sweet, sometimes edged with a subtle hint of vanilla. Occasionally a whisper of wet pine needles or even bittersweet chocolate. Maybe a little lime peel.

With just 12 days until Christmas, consider one of these great gift ideas when shopping for anyone who loves to spend time outdoors. And while you’re at it, pick something up for yourself.

Lisslotte Eckhoff's friends don't offer her coffee with dessert. They won't even make it in front of her for fear of doing something wrong.

June has proven to be a strong month for the Obama campaign. The president’s support for same-sex marriage, his executive order on immigration reform and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare has put Team Romney on the defense as evidenced by Romney’s “flip-flop” on whether the individual mandate in Obamacare is a penalty or a tax.

PHOENIX - Some downtown Phoenix businesses say they feel misled by Arizona State University's downtown campus enrollment numbers.

Growing up in Indiana, Labor Day traditionally signaled the end of summer and the start of school. The long weekend offered the year’s final chance for a neighborhood barbecue, a marathon game of Kick the Can and the last batch of fresh mosquito bites before the leaves started falling off the trees.

“To the (Mesa) school moms who think their kids were held hostage on the school bus, if you’d teach them how to behave in public in the presence of someone responsible for their well-being, it never would have come to this.”

The 16th annual Waste Not Celebrity Chef Challenge begins today. For those unfamiliar with this charity event, Waste Not is a competition that pairs local media “celebrities’’ with some of the Valley’s top chefs in a monthlong competition.

Wouldn’t you know it? Paul Hamm gets the short end of the spoon again.

September 26, 2004

(Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of columns from Allison Hurtado talking to representatives of the candidates running for Phoenix mayor in the Aug. 30 election.)

(Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of columns from Allison Hurtado talking to representatives of the candidates running for Phoenix mayor in the Aug. 30 election.)

Brad Heap mingled with NFL Pro Bowlers in Hawaii.

Watching Big Brown destroy the field a couple of weeks ago at the Kentucky Derby inspired me to go out and buy The Mrs. a big hat and myself a bottle of bourbon. On the way home I stopped at the grocery store and picked up some fresh mint and promptly mixed a few classic mint juleps.

Sometimes when you talk about wine appellations and terroir, it turns into an alphabet soup of AOCs, DOCs and other mumbo jumbo. The French made things super-confusing about 100 years ago with the creation of the Appellation d’Origine Controlee, a set of rules and standards for wine quality to a particular region of the country. Bordeaux has 50-plus appellations.