Reality check: Spring theater opens with dramatic (semi-)truth, ends with realistic comedy. February is ushering in a vast array of creative and performing arts events at Northern Kentucky University. One such event is the start of NKU’s spring theater s

Andrew Miller/For The Times of TrentonNRG Energy CEO David Crane gives details about his company in Princeton on Friday, January 20, 2012. Enlarge Andrew Miller An EvGo charger for electric cars is used in the parking lot for NRG Energy in Princeton on F

While most investors know when a company has lost its innovative edge -- think Eastman Kodak Co. or Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; Toronto: RIM) -- it's harder to say which companies actually have it. If you say "innovation," most people wi

The days of the cigar-chomping network TV titan are long gone — but are still fresh in Hugh Downs’ memory. Downs, who co-anchored NBC’s “Today” show for nearly 10 years (1962-71), can still recall the time he received a personal phone call from NBC’s fea

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I regularly scoff whenever out-of-town media aim their powder puffs at Big Media moguls. So it is with Philadelphia Magazine’s new profile of NBC Universal boss Steve Burke which compares him to Superman and Jason Bourne among other fictional heroes. Th