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Erin Brockovich University to Offer a B.S.|New York Mag Eats; Alicia Treats Erin Brockovich University to Offer a B.S. We’re just catching up to it today, but on Thursday, Universal Pictures announced it was donating $100,000 to UCLA in honor of the real Erin Brockovichand her attorney/partner/mentor Ed Masry. Erin, …

SAN FRANCISCO – Back when liquor was outlawed during this country’s Prohibition movement, Americans found clever ways to dodge police and have a drink in secrecy and safety. Today, booze is legal —but in California restaurants and bars, cigarettes aren’t. Three years ago, voters passed a ban to protect employees …

WASHINGTON – President Bush is cashing in on the high marks he earned over the first 100 days of his presidency, this week rolling out the next phase of his agenda — a couple of conservative policy issues that will weigh just how much political capital he has accumulated. Wednesday, …

Last Thursday, I gave the keynote speech at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists down in Philadelphia. Now I don’t usually do that kind of thing because it’s a hostile environment as many newspaper people despise FOX News based upon their own left wing ideology. But Philadelphia Daily News columnist …

Naval academy attendee and attorney Andrew Speaker knew he had a contagious form of tuberculosis, but put his own needs above those of other people and refused to quarantine himself in Italy. Instead, Speaker and his new wife Sarah Cooksey flew from Rome, to Prague, to Montreal and then drove …

The three boys who star in “The Kite Runner,” a new film with Oscar potential, will be moved from their homes in Afghanistan to new ones in Dubai thanks to Paramount Vantage, the studio releasing the movie. The boys, two aged 11 and one 12, plus their parents, are going …

A Minnesota couple is worried about their American granddaughters after Italian authorities placed the children in foster care while their mother, an Air Force staff sergeant, was on a mission last week. On Oct. 13, police in Pordenone, Italy, took away Staff Sgt. Kris Wylie’s daughters — Leighlora, 7, and …

Radio jock Don Imus’ comments last week regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team were deplorable, there’s no arguing that. However, the notion that he should quit or be fired over those remarks is questionable. While I’m not defending Imus for comments — not worth repeating here — during a segment …

In Westchester County, New York, three John Jay High School junior girls promised Principal Richard Leprine they would not quote explicit lines from the play “Vagina Monologues” at the school’s open mike night. The principle made the request because younger children would be in the audience. Despite their promises, the …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Just for Men The Bush administration spends a reported $50 million a year on a program aimed at reducing the number of deadbeat dads by helping fathers build job skills and connect better with their children. It’s called the Promoting Responsible Fatherhood …