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Winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida

One of the tickets sold in Florida for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn.

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.

War in Europe comes alive in ‘Guns at Last Light’

“The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-45” (Henry Holt), by Rick Atkinson

Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II. Often characterized as our last “good war,” it combined a sense of purpose with universal public support and ended decisively with good triumphing over evil.

Movie Review: No passing grade for ’English Teacher’

Craig Zisk moves from TV to big screen with the story of a teacher played by Julianne Moore who sleeps with a former student.

Music Review: PJ Morton gets personal on ’New Orleans’

“New Orleans,” PJ Morton (Young Money Entertainment)

PJ Morton’s major label debut, “New Orleans,” offers an introspective take on his life and internal desire to return to the roots of the music that made him happy years ago. To that end Morton has made the album he set out to make.

For stars, ’Hangover’ series was a game changer

Four years ago, Bradley Cooper had built a solid reputation as a scene-stealing supporting player. Ed Helms was best known for his sweet but buffoonish Andy on “The Office.” And few, besides comedy-club bookers and his own family members, could wrap their mouths around the last name of Zach Galifianakis.

Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.

Dale Kushner’s debut is ’50s coming-of-age tale

“The Conditions of Love” (Grand Central Publishing), by Dale M. Kushner

The child of wayward parents, Eunice is a bright, often headstrong girl who makes few friends her own age as she grows up in the small-town environs of the upper Midwest in the 1950s.

Movie Review: ’Trek’ goes not so boldly into rehash zone

“Star Trek Into Darkness” is like fan-boy fiction on a $185 million budget. It’s reverential, it’s faithful, it’s steeped in “Trek” mythology.

Music Review: Rapper Eve delivers unimpressive new album

Eve, “Lip Lock” (From The Rib/RED)

With her first studio album in 11 years, Eve returns with an unimpressive, unfulfilling new offering, “Lip Lock.”

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