The Scoop: Vampire Diaries, Kardashian divorce, Free Comic Book Day

The Scoop: Vampire Diaries, Kardashian divorce, Free Comic Book Day CW orders more ‘Vampire Diaries’ Ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers, the CW announced early pickups for “The Vampire Diaries,” “90210” and “Supernatural” – that’s right, the Winchester brothers aren’t going anywhere. For those keeping tabs, that’ll put “The Vampire Diaries” in its fourth season, cult favorite “Supernatural” in its eighth season and “90210” in its fifth. No word on the fate of freshman series “The Secret Circle,” “Ringer,” “Hart of Dixie,”...

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Community Corner: Free Comic Book Day, warthogs' zoo debut

Community Corner: Free Comic Book Day, warthogs' zoo debut Community events for May 5-6, 2012, include Next 50 Water & Habitat Weekend at Seattle Center; the Medieval Festival at Camlann Medieval Village in Carnation; and low-tide walks at Puget Sound beaches. Next 50 Water & Habitat Weekend Information, displays and interactive activities for all ages on water and watersheds, community ecosystems and local habitats, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, Next 50 Plaza, Alki Courtyard and Intiman Playhouse, Seattle Center;...

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Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch's musical legacy: Changing all games, all the time

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch's musical legacy: Changing all games, all thetime Adam “MCA” Yauch’s death today leaves a Beastie-size hole in pop music. Though the trio were not the most prolific legends on the landscape (over the course of 25 years, they released only seven proper albums), their impact has been gigantic. Starting with 1986′s Licensed to Ill, the Beastie Boys rewrote the rules for commercial hip-hop, the mainstreaming of hardcore punk, the state of sampling, and the treatment of the old school. Licensed to Ill, one of the early full-lengths...

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'In Plain Sight' series finale: Sweet satisfaction

'In Plain Sight' series finale: Sweet satisfaction Spoiler Alert: Five seasons of witness wrangling, crime-stopping tales came to end on tonight’s series finale of In Plain Sight. While it’s gloomy to see it go just as the season hit its stride with Mary (Mary McCormack) dealing her impromptu decision to keep little baby Norah and still being a kick-ass U.S. Marshall, the show’s swan song gave us so much to be happy about. Albuquerque WITSEC is staying put, Marshall (Frederick Welller) and Stan (Paul Ben-Victor) both got promoted, Mary made peace...

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Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with ‘bourbon slush’ mint julep

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with ‘bourbon slush’ mint julep The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow, marking the high holiday of one of the Great American Cocktails, the mint julep. It’s essentially a bourbon slush: a big splash of bourbon with a dash of simple syrup poured over plenty of shaved ice that cones up over the rim of a traditional silver julep mug and is then topped by a by sprig of aromatic mint that tickles the nose with each sip. It’s also pretty damn good in a mason jar, too, which is how I serve them on Derby Day. Either way, great stuff. With...

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Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day -- How to Save Money in May

Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day -- How to Save Money in May May is in the air! As a child, the month of May was my favorite because I knew the end of school was near. I still cherish it since, for my family, it marks the beginning of summer and taking a small break from work. There are three big events going on this month: Cinco de Mayo, Mother's day and Memorial Day weekend. With this in mind, I want to share the best money-saving options. Cinco de Mayo is Saturday and you'll see supermarkets having sales around products like salsa, tortilla chips,...

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Report: Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch dies

Report:Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch dies Adam "MCA" Yauch, a member of the groundbreaking New York rap trio Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone magazine reported Friday afternoon. Yauch revealed in July 2009 that he had surgery for a cancer in a salivary gland and a lymph node. Information on the cause of Yauch's death wasn't immediately available. Yauch's death would come less than a month after the Beastie Boys were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Because of his fight with...

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Kentucky Derby: Trainer Bob Baffert has sentimental attachment to Kentucky Derby favorite Bodemeister

Kentucky Derby: Trainer Bob Baffert has sentimental attachment toKentucky Derby favorite Bodemeister Bob Baffert calls his son, Bode, over for the cameras. The boy, a shy 7-year-old, relents as his mother brushes a mess of brown hair from his eyes. Then the boy shows what he's learned from his father, the witty trainer whose hard-driving style has led to three trips to the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby. "Who are you rooting for?" Bode is asked as he stares at a giant microphone hovering near his head. "I don't know," Bode says, scratching...

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Brooklyn Mourns Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

Brooklyn Mourns Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Adam Yauch of Brooklyn's Beastie Boys, who went by the stage name MCA, has been reported dead by Russell Simmon's site globalgrind.com. He was 47. Yauch had been battling cancer of the salivary gland since 2009. He is survived by his wife Dechen, daughter Tenzin Losel, and parents Frances and Noel Yauch. Yauch, the only child of a Catholic father and Jewish mother, and the rest of the Beasties played their first show in Midwood at Edward R. Murrow High School. Reaction from the community was immediate...

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Facebook IPO will make Mark Zuckerberg richer than Microsoft CEO

Facebook IPO will make Mark Zuckerberg richer than Microsoft CEO Facebook Inc.’s $11.8 billion initial public offering will cement the status of 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg as one of the world’s richest men and put his social network among the highest-valued companies in the U.S. Facebook is offering about 337.4 million shares for $28 to $35 each, according to a regulatory filing yesterday. At the upper end of that range, the co-founder’s stake would be $17.6 billion, making him richer than Microsoft Corp.’s Steve Ballmer and Russian steel billionaire...

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Bryce Harper Helps Nationals Beat Diamondbacks 2-1

Bryce Harper Helps Nationals Beat Diamondbacks 2-1 Bryce Harper showed why his manager put him in the No. 3 spot for his fifth career game. The 19-year-old phenom hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the sixth inning, lifting the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. Ross Detwiler (3-1) did his part as well. The left-hander allowed one run and three hits over 6 1-3 innings in his longest outing this season. He retired the first eight batters he faced and didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning. Ian...

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Happy Star Wars Day! …and Avengers Day! …and Almost-Free-Comic-Book-Day Day!

Happy Star Wars Day! …and Avengers Day! …and Almost-Free-Comic-Book-DayDay! Ahh, May 4th, christened Star Wars Day because of its homonymic qualities in common with the phrase “may the force:” the one day of the year when the Avengers comes out and then we all get free comic books. While I can’t be entirely certain that this is the geekiest weekend of the year, seeing as how we’re still waiting on two more superhero bockbusters this summer, and eventually, you know, part one of The Hobbit is going to come out just shy of the...

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Super Moon, Solar Eclipse, Meteor Shower From Halley's Comet On Tap In May, 2012

Super Moon, Solar Eclipse, Meteor Shower From Halley's Comet On Tap InMay, 2012 The month of May looks to be a promising one for skywatchers around the world, with the largest full moon of the year — a so-called "supermoon" — kicking things off this weekend. But the moon is just one of several tantalizing sky events this month, which include a meteor shower from Halley's comet and the first solar eclipse of the year. The skywatching action starts with a celestial double-feature. On Saturday and Sunday (May 5- 6) a "supermoon" of 2012 and the...

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Devils Top Flyers, Kings Beat Blues in 2nd Round of NHL Playoffs

Devils Top Flyers, Kings Beat Blues in 2nd Round of NHL Playoffs The New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime and the Los Angeles Kings topped the St. Louis Blues 4-2 in the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs. Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his first goal of the postseason 17 minutes, 21 seconds into overtime at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, to give the Devils a 2-1 advantage in their best-of-seven series. Brayden Schenn gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 6:08 into the first...

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Skylar Laine's ready for Nashville

Skylar Laine's ready forNashville Skylar Laine's personal idol didn't win her talent show, either. Miranda Lambert, the singer the 18-year-old from Mississippi views as a musical role model, finished third on Nashville Star back in 2003. So Skylar knows she's got something to look forward to, even though viewers eliminated the young country singer Thursday. "That is a comfort," Skylar said by phone Friday morning. "And Kellie Pickler didn't win American Idol. And look where they are. I want to follow in their footsteps." That path, of course,...

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Hicks: Linda Evangelista battling Salma Hayek's husband

Hicks: Linda Evangelista battling SalmaHayek's husband Supermodel Linda Evangelista and ex-boyfriend Francois-Henri Pinault, a French business tycoon now married to actress Salma Hayek, faced off Thursday in Manhattan family court over child support for their 5-year-old son. She wants the court to make Pinault pitch in for child-rearing expenses she has tallied at nearly $50,000 a month -- for armed bodyguards and round-the-clock nanny, among other costs. C'mon -- most of us don't pay anywhere near that much for our children's armed bodyguards...

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"The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison splits from wife after 18 years

"The Bachelor" hostChris Harrison splits from wife after 18 years   Not even the host of "The Bachelor" lives happily ever after. In Touch Weekly reports that Chris Harrison and his wife of 19 years, Gwen Jones, have split. The two have been broken up for a significant amount of time, but are committed to being there for their two young children, a source tells the magazine. "They are still really close and remain the best of friends," the source says. "They've been taking turns with their kids so they can both see them as much as possible....

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Mariano Rivera Injury: An Injury Mars a Favorite Routine

Mariano Rivera Injury: AnInjury Mars a Favorite Routine On the surface, Mariano Rivera’s injury seems to have come doing something reckless or at the very least pointless. The legendary closer tore up his right knee Thursday as he was sprinting to chase down a fly ball during batting practice. The initial reaction from many quarters has been a raised eyebrow: Why exactly would a 42-year-old relief pitcher be out there chasing flies at top speed? The reality is that Rivera, an exceptional athlete, has been shagging flies in the outfield before...

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Kentucky Derby: From Mexico to the Biggest Stage

Kentucky Derby: From Mexico to theBiggest Stage Jockey Mario Gutiérrez expects “the fastest two minutes in sports” to be the longest two minutes of his life. That’s because the 25-year-old will be riding I’ll Have Another in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. “Those two minutes, I believe they’re going to seem forever to me,” Gutiérrez said. “I know it seems like a short time, two minutes, no big deal, but those are going to be the most important two minutes of my life so far.” For Gutiérrez, a native of Veracruz, Mexico, the road to the Kentucky...

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