Procol Harum's 1967 classic "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" is the most-played song in public places in Britain over the last 75 years, the music licensing body said Monday. Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was second, while The Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is Dream" came third in a chart released by Phonographic Performance Limited, which licenses recorded ...

Christmas Chestnuts

Seven picks to expand your watching, listening, and reading options this holiday season.

By Nora Barry,  December 21, 2008

Christmas exerts a powerful (some might say lethal) tug on all of us to maintain and uphold age-old holiday traditions, and that includes hauling out the ...

What a year. The markets are in mayhem. The economic outlook is dismal. Our IRA and 401(k) balances are disappearing before our eyes. With Thanksgiving approaching, it seems there isn't much to be thankful for when it comes to our finances. However, try thinking of it this way, as did Bing Crosby in the 1954 musical White Christmas ...

Because of the asinine way holiday movies are programmed, tomorrow night's probably your only chance to watch White Christmas (Lifetime, 9 p.m.). For anyone keeping count: that's forty-eight hours after Thanksgiving dinner, about sixteen days until a weather report predicts white snow or unseasonal warmth on Christmas morning, and twenty-six days before meteorologists are proven right or ...