Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Long Lost." By Harlan Coben. Dutton, $27.95.

Sports agents are powerful people, able to extract millions from well-heeled franchises to support their muscled clients in multimillion-dollar comfort.
But, they wield their power on BlackBerries from the backseat of a limo, not on the front lines of the war on terror, like the clumsily named Myron Bolitar.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Knowing"

-- Rated: PG-13.
-- Suitable for: Mature high-school students and older moviegoers.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Race to Witch Mountain"

-- Rated: PG.
-- Suitable for: 8-year-olds and up.

Barbie turns 50 this year. How much do you know about her? Try taking this quiz.

1. What is Barbie's full name?

a.) Barbie Priscilla Robertson
b.) Barbie Henrietta Wilson
c.) Barbie Millicent Roberts
d.) Barbie Abigail Carter

2. Who is Barbie's mom?

a.) Ruth Hancock
b.) Ruth Handler
c.) Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Watchmen"

-- Rated: R.
-- Suitable for: 17 and older, just like the R rating says.
-- What you should know: Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
-- Language: R in nature; liberal use of the f-word.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Fanboys"

-- Rated: PG-13.
-- Suitable for: Sci-fi fans who can laugh at themselves and enjoy crude, sometimes homophobic humor.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Confessions of a Shopaholic"

-- Rated: PG.
-- Suitable for: Tweens and above.
-- What you should know: Based on a pair of Sophie Kinsella novels, this movie stars Isla Fisher as a writer up to her eyeballs in debt but advising magazine readers about finance.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"Push"

-- Rated: PG-13.
-- Suitable for: 15-year-olds and up.
-- What you should know: Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning are caught in a world of psychic espionage where people can see the future, move objects with their minds or plant ideas in others' heads.

Getting there:

Pompeii is within easy driving distance of Naples, off Motorway A3 Napoli-Salerno/Salerno-Napoli. But be prepared: It's more expensive to park outside the gate than it is to tour the grounds inside it. Fortunately, you can also get to the site by train (Pompeii has its own stop on the Circumvesuviana line to Sorrento) or by bus from Naples or Sorrento.

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"New in Town"

-- Rated: PG.
-- Suitable for: Tweens and up.
-- What you should know: Renee Zellweger is a Miami corporate climber who ends up in a small town in Minnesota, where she finds a different way of life and, possibly, love with a widowed dad played by Harry Connick Jr.