The singer who played the role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" has died at his childhood home in suburban Philadelphia. ...more

October 13, 2009

At 2:35 a.m. one morning I was awakened to the clanking sound of my father's walker. ...more

March 12, 2009

Jennifer Hudson and her family offered a $100,000 reward Sunday for the safe return of her missing nephew, as investigators looked for forensic evidence near the home where her mother and brother were found shot to death. ...more

October 27, 2008

Authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were searching for the missing 7-year-old nephew of the Oscar-winning actress. ...more

October 25, 2008

Hidden in the theme-park sprawl of greater Orlando, a few miles from the shiny, the loud and the gargantuan, lies a quiet town where the pride and complications of the African-American experience come to life. ...more

September 30, 2008

On his floor and on his game, Kobe Bryant revived the Los Angeles Lakers - and the NBA Finals. ...more

June 11, 2008

It's anybody's guess what might be going on behind the doors of Hyde Park Fine Arts on Friday night. ...more

February 6, 2008

Sensei Paul D. Cobo is at ease sitting cross-legged on the mat floor of his spotless new aikido dojo at 119 N. Kings Ave. ...more

January 2, 2008

"The Deadly Neighbors," by Merry Jones (St. Martin's Minotaur, $25) ...more

December 23, 2007

Vernon Lambeth had fulfilled a dream. After years of work as an electrician in California, Lambeth, 60, saved enough money to buy a house and orange grove on Lake Clinch in Frostproof, his childhood home. Lambeth moved to Frostproof with his wife and three children about two years ago. ...more

November 22, 2007