An A.B.C. (Audit Bureau of Circulations) report made news last fortnight in the Pacific Northwest. The 91-year-old Portland Oregonian (a.m.) passed in daily circulation its rival the Journal (p.m.)—151,591 to 147,159. During the early ’30s the hard-fighting Journal held a nip-&-tuck lead over the Oregonian. In 1937, when chunky, agile-minded Edwin Palmer (“Ep”) Hoyt took over, the Oregonian began a circulation march that in two years carried it to an 18,000 lead over the Journal.

LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - An unarmed man who was not cooperating with Transportation Security Administration officers in a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was tasered and arrested on Wednesday, an airport police spokeswoman said. The man was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment following the incident, Sergeant Belinda Joseph of the Los Angeles Airport Police said in a statement. Joseph said the man, who was not identified by authorities, was not cooperating with TSA officers in a screening area of Terminal 6 at LAX.

Harry Styles Singer-Actor Everywhere Styles goes, a screaming pack of One Direction fans follows. But, now that the shaggy-haired singer is set to make his feature debut in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated World War II film “Dunkirk,” his fans may well start screaming for a different reason. With no screen track record save for music videos, TV series like the U.K.’s “X Factor,” and a cameo in “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,” the question remains: Can Harry Styles act?

Full Name: Vera Ellen Westmeier Rohe Profession: Actress Biography: Wonder Man, Big Leaguer, On the Town Born: February 16, 1921 Birthplace: Norwood, Ohio, USA Generation: Greatest Generation Chinese Zodiac: Rooster Star Sign: Aquarius Died: August 30, 1981 (aged 60) Cause of Death: Cancer Acting Career 1939-11-17 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Very Warm for May", featuring June Allyson, Eve Arden, and Vera-Ellen, and directed by Vincente Minnelli opens at the Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 59 performances, inspiring 9-year-old audience member Stephen Sondheim's love for musical theater 1949-12-08 "

Kim Jong Un had a request. As Donald Trump wooed the North Korean leader inside a former British garrison in Singapore, Kim asked Trump to suspend military exercises by U.S. and South Korean forces on the Korean Peninsula, long a source of concern for Pyongyang’s hair-trigger military. It wasn’t something that had been negotiated by their staffs, and some of Trump’s aides were concerned that the concession would irritate allies. But he calculated that it was worth the risk, and without consulting anyone further, he told Kim on the spot that he’d do it.