In the past six months, many readers have written to me to say that The Post is anti-Catholic. What led them to that conclusion? It started with the annual March for Life anti-abortion rally in January, which readers said was inadequately covered . It accelerated with a front-page story in March about Barbara Johnson, a Catholic lesbian who was refused Communion at her mother’s funeral by the Rev. Marcel Guarnizo, a conservative priest in a Gaithersburg parish. Read full article > >

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Is The Post anti-Catholic?

If it seems like Betty White is everywhere these days, that’s because she is. She started tweeting last month. She was roasted last week at the Friar’s Club in New York, where she was treated to a life-size cake in her image. And Thursday night, the 64-year showbiz veteran, former star of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls,” was at Lisner Auditoruim to discuss her career and share recollections from her book, “ Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo ,” which came out this fall. ( White is at the National Zoo for a book signing Friday.) Read full article > >

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Betty White dishes on her career at Lisner Auditorium

Editor’s note: Carolyn Hax has been doling out advice to readers for 15 years. To mark the anniversary of her “Tell Me About It” column, we’re republishing the very first installment, which ran in The Washington Post’s Style section on Monday, May 19, 1997. Tell us how you’ve used Hax’s advice in real life here . Read full article > >

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Carolyn Hax: Before the advice, a brief introduction

Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to China to face smuggling and bribery charges, is jailed for life in China, state media says.

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China jails smuggler Lai for life

Vintage lumber salvaged from old urban structures, like Coney Island’s boardwalk and a Park Avenue water tower, gets a second life.

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About New York: This Furniture Has New York City History Ingrained in It

 NEW YORK — Three new dramas, themed nights — doctor night, superhero night, paranormal night, etc. — and the massive moving of returning shows are the hallmarks of a fall CW schedule that would be “transformative,” network President Mark Pedowitz promised on Thursday. Read full article > >

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TV Column: CW unveils its fall lineup, starting with the final season of ‘Gossip Girl’

(Health.com) – Drinking a daily cup of coffee – or even several cups – isn't likely to harm your health, and it may even lower your risk of dying from chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests. The relationship between coffee drinking and health has been a hot topic in recent years, but research has produced mixed results. Some studies have linked coffee consumption to better health and a lower risk of premature death, while others suggest that coffee – or rather caffeine – might contribute to heart disease through negative effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart rate. The new study is by far the largest of its kind to date. As part of a joint project with the AARP, researchers from the National Institutes of Health followed more than 400,000 healthy men and women between the ages of 50 and 71 for up to 13 years, during which 13% of the participants died. Read the full story on CNN Health:  “Coffee drinking linked to longer life”

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A cup of joe a day keeps the Grim Reaper away

The people who record every single day of a child’s life

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The baby time-lapse trend

CANNES, FRANCE — It’s rare for veterans of the Cannes Film Festival to be genuinely excited about a star sighting — famous movie actors being as common as preternaturally well-behaved tiny dogs on the city’s famed Croisette, where most of the festival’s hurly-burly takes place. Read full article > >

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Cannes 2012: Bill Murray, ballyhoo and the search for the next ‘Artist’

NPR’s new chief executive is signaling that there may be some static ahead for the radio and digital news organization. Halfway through its fiscal year — and six months into Gary Knell’s tenure as chief executive — Washington-based NPR has seen a sharp downturn in corporate “underwriting,” or advertising revenue. The falloff has led to projections of an annual operating deficit and internal discussions about staff and program cuts. Read full article > >

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NPR sees sharp downturn in advertising revenue, leading to talk of cuts

Chuck Brown, the gravelly voiced bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in black Washington for more than three decades, died May 16 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 75. Read full article > >

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Chuck Brown dies: The ‘Godfather of Go-Go’ was 75

Two men who beat a Lithuanian man and set him on fire after stuffing his clothes with paper are jailed for life for his “savage” murder.

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‘Savage’ killers set man on fire

Politicians and journalists take part in a service to celebrate the life of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, killed in Syria in February.

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Memorial service for Marie Colvin

A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

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U-turn on NHS prostate drug use

NEW YORK — Add ABC to the list of broadcast networks loading up on comedy next season. In addition to its successful Wednesday comedy block, the network will launch another block on Tuesdays and will resurrect its Friday family comedy block, last seen during ABC’s “TGIF” days. Read full article > >

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ABC loads fall schedule with comedies