Launched on Sept. 27, 1908, the Ford Model T is celebrating its centennial this week. More than 16 million were sold during its 19-year production run, making a fortune for Henry Ford and changing the face of the automotive landscape around the world. In the 19 years Ford owned Jaguar, …

LOS ANGELES – Ashley Dupre became a household name after the exposure of her alleged sex-service relationship with New York’s former governor, Eliot Spitzer. But while his life and career appear to be in ruins in the wake of the randy revelations, Dupre’s bank balance may soon be booming. One …

LOS ANGELES – It’s no secret that Beyonce has been donning designer furs for several years, and she even used fur in her fashion line House of Dereon. However, it seems as though the hip-hoppin’ hottie has had a change of heart. Beyonce was ambushed by PETA back in 2006 …

New York, NY – The potentates who run the taxpayer-subsidized Corporation for Public Broadcasting have an exquisite sense of timing. • Don’t miss a brand new episode of War Stories: “Leave No One Behind” Sun., July 6 at 8 p.m. ET To honor America’s 232nd birthday, PBS is bracketing our …

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a high-resolution imaging tool that can identify patients at risk for glaucoma decades before the disease claims their eyesight. “This new instrument that we have designed in collaboration with biomedical engineering allows us to look at the drain structures of the eyeball …

Tonight I’ve got bronchitis, which made me think: Like me, many other celebrities have serious illnesses and I feel bad for them. But I hate the other ones who can’t stop talking about it. You’re already rich and famous — do you really need the public to identify with your …

An analysis of century-old bottles of absinthe — the kind once quaffed by the likes of van Gogh and Picasso to enhance their creativity — may end the controversy over what ingredient caused the green liqueur’s supposed mind-altering effects. The culprit seems plain and simple: The century-old absinthe contained about …

Call her Mrs. Cannon. Mariah Carey indeed married actor Nick Cannon last week down in the Bahamas. Even though there were several unsourced reports at the end of last week, I can now confirm the wedding did take place. Carey, according to her friends, is “blissful.” “She’s never been comfortable …

WASHINGTON – Republicans aren’t letting up on their assault on Senate operations as a means of supporting President Bush’s judicial nominees. In the name of confirming a handful of Bush’s remaining picks for the federal appeals courts, in recent days the Senate GOP has jammed up the Democratic-run floor by …

Once again, Hillary Clinton fails to knock down Barack Obama. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” The debate last night was pretty much standard fare. Both candidates want comprehensive immigration reform, universal health care, and will turn the economy around. Nothing new there. In fact, the …