Erika Waterbury, 4, front right, joins her mother, Jeametta Waterbury, right, and Torie Dotie, left, Nov. 5 at the Intiman Theatre's third annual Black Nativity Gospel Workshop in the Intiman Studio. The free event kicks off Intiman's eighth annual holiday production of "Black Nativity: A Gospel Song," a play by Langston Hughes.

WASHINGTON—The Republican-controlled Senate will begin hearings Jan. 9 on Judge Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, spurning President Bush's call for a final confirmation vote before year's end.

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WASHINGTON—The Republican-controlled Senate will begin hearings Jan. 9 on Judge Samuel Alito's appointment to the Supreme Court, spurning President Bush's call for a final confirmation vote before year's end.
"It simply wasn't possible to accommodate the schedule that the White House wanted," Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said late Thursday.

As part of its commitment to engaging young people through arts participation, Intiman Theatre…

In a panel discussion at the Summer Television Critics Association tour this past summer, Aaron McGruder, creator of the popular comic strip, Boondocks, defiantly told the audience that he'll use the N-word as much as he pleases in episodes of the series on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. If folks don't like it, then they'll just have to get over it. After all, everyone uses it.