Santa Monica smoking laws favor non-smokers, yet leave smokers fuming.

Campaigning candidates content to knock competition down in lieu of raising awareness of own political platforms.

Gov. Schwarzenegger eliminates personal-use pot prosecutions, yet undermines bid for outright legalization.

Proposition 23: a dirty energy initiative plucked straight from the pockets of oily-executives.

"Expert witness" Stephen Colbert stays in character, testifying before congress, championing migrant workers' rights and confounding republicans.

Bronx grade school teacher, Melissa Petro, suspended after Internet disclosure of her former career as a call girl.

Editor and Publisher of the Portland Press Herald in Maine, very good at bad decisions.

Republican gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, smashes personal campaign funding record.  

Opinion: NFL football team in Los Angeles  

This week Lauren Walsh finds a restaurant that serves up her favorite type of food: Mexican! Tere's Mexican Grill is the place to be, find out why here.

Fame tops on the priority lists of generation Y.

This week Cristina Maxwell takes the initiative to find a store that carries all of our fashion faux pas fix-it accessories. As a result she reviews local clothing store Starfish.

For the next month, Corsair writer Stephanie Forshee will help guide you in the world of television. This week: Comedies and sitcoms. Which shows are funniest?

Text messaging destroys grammar but breathes life into literacy.

In honor of Mexican Independence Day Ale takes a note from a co-worker and cooks up chicken enchiladas.

 Military brass prefers the pull out method.