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Apres Midi, August 8: Acadian Culture Day at Vermillionville; "On/Off the Wall" Exhibit at the ACA

Interview 1: Jolie Johnson & Loubert Trahan Present Acadian Culture Day, Which Is taking Place August 11 at VermilionvilleInterview 2: Mary Bate, Rick…

The typical romantic comedy might end with the wedding, but for Josh (Rafe Spall) and Nat (Rose Byrne), that's just the beginning of the story of <em>I Give It a Year.</em>

For Two Mismatched Newlyweds, A Very Odd 'Year'

What are you left with when you peel away all the cheerful elements of the rom-com genre? I Give It a Year — a semi-serious story about two newlyweds slogging through their first year of marriage.

U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Jamesa Euler delivers mail in the rain in Atlanta in February.

Can Congress Figure Out How To Rescue The Post Office?

The U.S. Postal Service lost some $16 billion last year and continues to bleed red ink. Congress has been unable to agree on a plan to turn things around. The latest proposal would allow the post office to end Saturday delivery in a year, and enable it to ship wine and beer.

The White House cited Oprah Winfrey's philanthropy and work to expand opportunities for young women in awarding her a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Bill Clinton, Winfrey Receiving Presidential Medal Of Freedom

President Obama named 16 recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor. Loretta Lynn, Gloria Steinem and Arturo Sandoval are also on the list.

Fukushima Nuclear Plant Leaking 300 Tons Of Tainted Water Daily

The Japanese government has announced that radioactive groundwater is leaking from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. To try and stop it, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which owns the plant, has proposed building an underground wall of frozen earth around the reactors. The ice wall is supposed to keep groundwater from flowing in and radioactive water from leaking out, but nobody knows for sure whether it will work.

Tasked with repainting road stripes in a fire-ravaged rural Texas, the comfortably introverted Alvin (Paul Rudd, right) and the talkative but not-too-worldly Lance (Emile Hirsch) aren't the most natural allies — but in <em>Prince Avalanche</em>, they'll manage to connect at least a little.

Alone Together, And Learning What That Means

David Gordon Green fuses oddball comedy and carefully observed drama in an intimate character study featuring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch as two roadworkers at large in the Texas wilderness, where a more figurative exploration is also underway — of what it really means to be alone. (Recommended)

Fabrice Tourre, outside the courtroom. "We didn't feel any malice toward him," one of the jurors said.

Tourre Juror: 'We Saw Goldman As The Bigger Problem'

"We didn't feel any malice" toward Tourre, a juror said. "We felt sympathy at times."

Colorful covers of menus from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (left) and the Monarch Room Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

Old Hawaiian Menus Tell Story Of Local Fish And Their Demise

An ecologist wondered if Hawaiian menus might help explain what happened to Hawaii's sea turtle population. But the menus revealed another marine tragedy: that local fish numbers had dropped to about a tenth of what they once were.

To teens today, cars aren't important in the same way they were in <em>American Graffiti</em>, the 1973 film directed by George Lucas.

The Changing Story Of Teens And Cars

When you're a teenager, there are many things you desperately want to find: friends, fun, a future, freedom. In American Graffiti, the iconic movie about teenagers set in 1962, the kids find all of that just by getting in their cars. But today, teens say they don't see cars the same way.

Ho Van Lang, found in the jungle of central Vietnam 40 years after he and his father fled the war.

Father And Son Coaxed From Jungle 40 Years After Vietnam War

Ho Van Thanh fled the Vietnam War with his infant son in 1973. Father and son returned to civilization this week.

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