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‘Star Trek’ actor recalls boyhood detention during WWII in camp for Japanese-Americans
George Takei was among the tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast whom President Franklin Roosevelt ordered removed to inland camps after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Redford takes new direction
Film superstar Robert Redford says he plans to fade to black as an actor and become the unseen man behind the camera.
Ali 'whups' it up in Tokyo
World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali predicted Wednesday he will "destroy" Antonio Inoki, 6 feet 4 inches of gangling, rawboned grappler, because Inoki talks too much and must be "whupped like a daddy whups his son."
Cartoonist Silverstein called Stripes his catapult to success
Shel Silverstein, Playboy cartoonist, author and composer, served as a draftee on the staff of Pacific Stars and Stripes in the mid-1950s and said it was the catapult that launched him success and wealth.
History proves war foes' folly, says novelist Webb
Novelist James Webb, whose highly acclaimed "Fields of Fire" refused to apologize for U.S. actions in Vietnam, says history has proven that America's anti-war activists were wrong.
Silent titleholder talks with his fists
World heavyweight champion Mike Tyson played the iron-fisted sphinx Friday while trainer Kevin Rooney did all the talking, promising fans a busy but silent titleholder who will fight all over the world.
Lantz recalls his near miss with Woody Woodpecker
Talking In an animated way, cartoonist Walter Lantz tells of how he could have blown it all — deprived himself and future generations of one of the greatest comedians of all time ...