Selena Quintanilla Perez was poised to become the next great pop diva when she was brutally and senselessly slain in March, 1995.
Sadly, Selena's greatest musical triumph, the worldwide hit, "I Could Fall In Love," was posthumous, rising to the top of the charts five months after her death. 
'Selena' melts in cheese: Melodrama makes pop diva's life twice as long
Twenty-eight-year-old author Katie Roiphe ignited a storm of controversy with her 1993 book "The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism on Campus," a critique of the '90s feminist movement. Her sophomore effort, "Last Night in Paradise," is less polemical but equally well-observed.
Roiphe to read from 'Paradise'
Erma Bombeck was a warm and funny person who was able to see the little pleasures of life that most of us take for granted while rushing through our busy daily lives. Always positive, she looked at things in a light and humorous way, almost a la "Seinfeld," but not quite as sarcastic or bitter.'Erma' explores light side of life
LOS ANGELES - This is the man who we've invited into our homes for 11 years. The same man who scored four touchdowns in one game at Polk High, whose eyes light up whenever the word "hooters" is mentioned, and who walks through his front door every day ranting the same catch words, "You'll never believe what happened at work today.
America remains married to the Bundys
With the soundtrack for "Lost Highway," Trent Reznor has proven that he has an ear for good music as well as an ability to mold it into an album that captures the haunting weirdness of a David Lynch film. "Lost Highway" is not the first film soundtrack Reznor has produced; his previous work can be heard on the soundtrack for "Natural Born Killers," another album where he effectively blends old and new into a unique sonic melange.
Reznor produces a winner with 'Lost Highway'
'Football Pro' CD-ROM doesn't live up to name
"Front Page Sports: Football Pro" is a football simulation for Windows 95 that proudly features all of the NFL teams and rosters, including Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions, who appears on the cover of the box and the game's title screen. The game offers players the option of taking on either the computer or another human opponent.
03-25-97
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