Hedda Gabler, splayed out on the couch with a bullet through her head, wakes from her final scene.

“Did I miss?” she asks. Then, seeing husband Tesman: “Am I in hell?

Well, not quite, but she and many other fictional/historical/mythological characters will flit through Jeff Whitty’s witty “The Further Adventures Of Hedda Gabler” on their way to ... well, I’m getting ahead of myself.

SAN DIEGO — April is National Prevention of Animal Cruelty month, so the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is reminding the community to be advocates in the fight against animal cruelty and abuse.

The San Diego Humane Society receives more than 2,000 calls of suspected animal cruelty or neglect each year.

“We rely on community information to help our investigations,” said Randy Lawrence, Director of Humane Law Enforcement for the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA. “It’s often times the only way we’re able to collect enough evidence to bring animal abusers to justice.”

(Editor's note: President Barack Obama issued a memorandum on April 15, 2010 that protects the rights of LGBT Americans to hospital visitations with their loved ones. HERE is the final regulations issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.)

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Lee’s Summit man is fighting a restraining order that he says was issued against him after he says he was arrested for refusing to leave the bedside of his sick partner.

NEW YORK -- OUT has released its seventh annual Power 50 list, ranking the gay men and women whose power and prestige is instrumental in influencing the way Americans think about and engage with the world. This year’s list runs the gamut, featuring businesspeople, entertainers, politicians, and activists.