University of Miami's party school rep drops

"I know a girl everyone calls Firecrotch," drawls Alex, a blond, 21-year-old surfer chick wearing flip-flops and a loosely braided side ponytail. "And it's not because she's a redhead." "She was at a house party, was really tanked, and about to piss her pants. The line for the bathroom wa...

A look at new offerings by Katy Perry and 'Camp Rock 2' crew's Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers

By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Friday, August 27, 2010 REVIEW: Katy Perry, 'Teenage Dream' K aty Perry has no illusions about her place in the pop-culture universe. She's a sugar-spun confection, background music for spin the bottle. And to show she's silly and self-aware — a winky antidote to art-pop's Lady Gaga — the saucer-eyed Perry scents her new album, Teenage Dream, like cotton ...

Beyond student humour

With literally thousands of shows on offer, Fringe trawling is always a lottery.

Officer shot near Grand America Hotel; gunman shot and killed

A man in full combat gear — including body armor and hundreds of rounds of ammunition — opened fire on a Salt...

Salt Lake officer shot; dead shooter in military uniform carried many ammunition clips

A Salt Lake patrol officer was shot and injured Friday afternoon near the Grand America Hotel — the third Utah officer...