On Facebook, most people make friends the old-fashioned way - by sending a request to be added to someone's posse of pals. ...more

September 7, 2009

A popular downtown restaurant, the Whistle Stop cafe, is reopening Saturday after being closed for renovations. Owner Jerry Lofstrom and his son Jeremy have been working with subcontractors to renovate the outdoor patio flooring and overhang, retile part of the interior and open four windows on the south wall that have been bricked in since 1952. ...more

August 10, 2009

Dominick and Dulce Pages were a little nervous when the camera started to roll, but before long the couple settled into a sofa and regaled their interviewer, Leah Clark, with tales of their lifetime adventures thus far. ...more

March 11, 2009

Microsoft is asking some laid-off employees for a portion of their severance back, ...more

February 23, 2009

Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

February 5, 2009

Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. ...more

February 2, 2009

An old "Saturday Night Live" skit concerned Ray Charles recording his 1959 hit "What'd I Say" and an attempt to add sugary background vocals by The Young Caucasians. Much hilarity ensued. ...more

January 2, 2009

The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honest! ...more

November 29, 2008

A new CD from local band The Beauvilles. ...more

September 11, 2008

"Skeletons at the Feast," by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25) ...more

July 13, 2008