Happily, Metallica took time out on its recent visit to Buffalo to catch piano man Jackie Jocko at the Hyatt. Unhappily, the admiration was not mutual. Jocko said an “old fogey” from Metallica said: “Holy #$*&, can that guy play the piano ...

Shoreline firefighters retreat down their ladder as flames quickly approach during the early-morning fire which destroyed N.W. Discount World near Aurora Avenue and N. 170th Street in Shoreline. CLIFF DESPEAUX / THE SEATTLE TIMES Firefighters at the ...

The Red Sox season is over. They went out with a whimper, pathetically losing three straight to the Angels. Most fans take the off-season to forget about baseball for a while and focus on the Patriots, Celtics and Bruins. The players are resting and ...

The fact that a single cat came down with the H1N1 is fascinating to scientists, veterinary infectious disease researchers and human virologists, but is this truly significant at all? Here's what happened: A 13-year old cat in Iowa that was acting ...

Ladbrokes : The bookmaker has closed its loss-making casino in Paddington, West London, with the loss of almost 100 jobs and has agreed a sale of the licence to Quek Leng Chan, the Malaysian tycoon who owns the Thistle and Guoman hotel chains.