OTTAWA - Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette has been cleared to perform a tribute to her late mother in Friday's made-for-TV exhibition "Thin Ice."

NEW YORK - The Americans who populate the ABC series "FlashForward" are, on balance, a morose lot. And justifiably so: They are paralyzed by their 137-second visions of the future, part of a weird global bout of unconsciousness in which all humans see glimpses of their lives at the same moment six months onward.

In the Workplace — Paula MacLean