People in love do pretty strange things. Case in point: the fictional Cyrano de Bergerac, who helped another man win the heart of the lovely Roxane. Case in point: Vincent Van Gogh, who snipped off ...

MARY’S CORNER, Wash. – There are many ways to end up on the proverbial funny farm, that place people are sent when society has no other option for them but a secure, padded room. Call it a morbid ...

“Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals” by Laurie Zaleski (St. Martin’s Press) As its title promises, Laurie Zaleski’s memoir about how she came to found and run a large animal rescue ...

MARY’S CORNER, Wash. — There are many ways to end up on the proverbial funny farm, that place people are sent when society has no other option for them but a secure, padded room. Call it a morbid ...

Before he was the scene-stealing old guy on NBC’s Community, Chevy Chase was one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. Between 1978’s Foul Play and 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, ...

The image of two mangled, abandoned calves set the tone in “Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals” by Laurie Zaleski. Immediately, the author pulls you into a tragedy full of poverty ...

Something shocking happened near the end of our gabfest with Paula Poundstone: Her phone rang. Wow – right? Had you heard the ringtone, you would've thought so. You see, the quick-witted comedian, who ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.