...million - has been enough to strain a bipartisan deal in the Senate on immigration reform, showcase the power of big labor and splinter a once-chummy group of elite tech leaders hoping to make inroads in Washington."A lot of people agree that employers should...

...called the greatest hitter ever, and he was. "The Splendid Splinter," who homered in his final big league at-bat, died Friday...Teddy Ballgame and The Kid. But none stuck like "The Splendid Splinter," a reference to his skinny, 6-foot-3 physique. Williams...

...unsure of specific details about Roscoe Fawcett's photo with Williams, in which Roscoe is presenting a bat to the Splendid Splinter, but she believed it was taken in the 1950s. "It was at some kind of dinner," she said. "Ted was the guest of honor...

Opens Monday, Feb 13, 2012 Synopsis: Papua New Guinea is a nation that in many respects is still catching up to the present day: The country didn't gain its independence from Australia until 1975, subsistence farming remains the dominant trade, and most of the nation lives in poverty, without electricity or running water. One thing Papua New Guinea does have is a beautiful coastline, and while body surfing has been popular among the locals for a long time, surfboards were unknown there until 1980, when an Australian pilot mistakenly left his behind during a stop in the city of Vanimo. Since then, board surfing has become popular in Papua New Guinea, but while some pursue it as a pastime, many young men and women aspire to become professional surfers in order to escape the cycle of poverty as major surfing competitions have come to the country. Adam Pesce offers a look into the Papua New Guinea surfing scene and the high stakes of competition in the documentary Splinters. The film also profiles a number of aspiring surfing champions, including two sisters striving to make a name for themselves in a male-dominated sport and a pair of close friends who become fierce rivals on the waves. Splinters received its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi Movie Details Movie Review

...helmet, an infant car seat, sturdy shoes or boots and a heavy quilt or coat can offer extra protection from shards of glass, splinters and other airborne objects. The National Weather Service has a list of items to consider when stocking your safe room or...

...the stage or a truckbed with other members of the GOP menagerie, and Americans would forget their purpose. The nation would splinter even more into cultish groups untethered to reality, their focus either to destroy Palin or to worship her, two equally potent...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The battle for control over the Reform Party is becoming increasingly public, with Ross Perot's backers creating a new corporation and supporters of Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura taking their case to court.

Q. Mable asks: My Formica kitchen counter has a 6-inch crack in it with splinters of burned edges at both sides of the crack. This was the result of leaving my coffee pot on too long. I have been told that it...

...whoever maintains the road could work with the BNSF to fix the railroad crossing on South 13th Street. The boards and bolts and splinters are almost gone and everyone seems to slow to a one-mile an hour crawl across these tracks to avoid damaging their vehicles...

ATLANTA (AP) - Representatives of 18 churches belonging to the Atlanta Baptist Association have formed a new association, citing their local group's failure to expel two churches that affirm gay leaders.