Ex-friend’s says Durst admitted killing friend

Nick Chavin, 72, a NY advertising executive who was a longtime friend of Durst, returned to the witness stand a day after testifying Durst told him that he killed mutual friend Susan Berman in 2000. Chavin said Thursday that Berman had confided to him decades before that Durst admitted to her that he killed his wife, Kathleen Durst, when the couple lived in NY.

9 Ways You Can Start Fresh in the New Year

Perhaps you fared better on a personal level, or maybe you, too, won’t miss the year that was. Wherever you stand, it’s time now to look ahead at the new year and the many new opportunities it will bring – both in your career and in terms of your general well-being.

Serna: MMFF lives on

WHAT better way to end the old year than to look forward to the incoming year and greet everyone with a heartfelt “Happy and prosperous New Year!” Let us greet the New Year with a smile and a fresh, optimistic outlook. As much as possible, let’s avoid getting hurt by whatever way of our own making most especially by pyrotechnics.

Elder Music: Christmas 2016

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to take over the column.

Elder Music: Christmas 2016

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to take over the column.