LUDACRIS: THEATER OF THE MIND (Def Jam) *** Atlanta rapper Ludacris puts his story-telling ability on display in "Theater of the Mind," his sixth album. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 46 years, Delores Aldacosta was a hairdresser. She loved the work. "I was born to be one," she says. "I've got the gift of gab." ...more

June 28, 2008

Powerless to put Tiger Woods away and exhausted from this U.S. Open that would not end, Rocco Mediate plopped down above bunker on the 18th green, crisscrossed his legs and scribbled down his score. ...more

June 17, 2008

Mike Huckabee charmed Iowa with his playful personality, his gift of gab and his success at losing more than 100 pounds. But it was his conservative convictions on abortion and gay marriage that secured the vote of evangelical Christians, about 60 percent of Iowa's Republican turnout. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Capital One Bowl marked the end of an era at Michigan as Lloyd Carr retired after a 13-season career as coach, paving the way for Rich Rodriguez to lead college football's winningest team as the first "non-Michigan man" since Bo Schembechler in 1969. Carr granted Associated Press writer Larry Lage behind-the-scenes access for his final two-plus days in charge, allowing a reporter in a Michigan locker room before a game and at halftime for the first time in at least four decades. ...more

January 3, 2008

In more than a decade of presiding over this state, Mike Huckabee produced a legacy like few other Republican governors in the South, surprising even liberal Democrats with his willingness to upend some of Arkansas' parochial traditions. ...more

December 22, 2007

Replacing Bobby Bowden on the sideline is a monumental task for Jimbo Fisher, but following Bowden behind the microphone could be even more difficult. ...more

December 12, 2007