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Jewish comedians made racist jokes about him. Some Black audiences booed him. But his faith was genuine.

Sammy Davis Jr.'s often-mocked conversion to Judaism reflected his view that Blacks and Jews had similar experiences of oppression.

Plus, what really healed Seth Rudetsky after his hernia operation and where you can see him live this month.

I’m unsure how the box and its contents came into my possession, but that crumpled cardboard container, I discovered, yielded untold precious memories.

One of the delights of the first two "Back to the Future" movies was the way the story moved dizzyingly through time. Paradoxes piled on top of paradoxes, until we had to abandon any attempt to follow the plot on a rational level, and go with the temporal flow.

Just about every resident has an opinion about the special events held in our town each year. The different events will be the subject of our Fountain Hills history lesson for this week and at least the following week. We have had a number of celebrities as a result of the financial support provided by the developer, McCulloch Properties, and later, MCO Properties. The developer gained exposure for its properties. The clubs expanded their treasuries by selling food items at the larger events. �...

This week’s Fountain Hills history lesson is about the community’s first special event. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as I did in writing it. It brought

Sedona Red Rock News Actors Pat Buttram, Harry Carey Jr. and Dub Taylor play cards in "Back to the Future Part III." Old mining towns have roads designed by miners. Sedona, despite all its former CEOs also appears to have a traffic plan designed as a comedy by actors playing miners playing traffic engineers. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures We would like to hear from readers about potential solutions for fixing the traffic problems in the Sedona area. Backups along State Route 1...

While Lincoln wont get any fresh snow for Christmas, according to the National Weather Service, we still technically will have a white Christmas.

Christmastime at Gateway Mall in the early years. PHOTO COURTESY OF EDHOLM & BLOMGREN COLLECTION My fondest memory was waiting for Santa and Mrs. Claus to arrive at the mall via helicopter. I stood in anticipation with my husband and daughter and all the other families anxiously waiting for them to land. I was so proud when they landed and stepped out and was happy to see them as they were there in all their glory … my Mom and Dad, that is. Yes, they were Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus...