Everybody loves a hometown guy, especially when it comes to hometown politics. That's why you can't help but want to chuck Jack Mariano amiably on the chin - ya big lug, ya - whenever he goes all parochial on behalf of hyper-local issues. ...more

November 8, 2009

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick, has died, according to reports on NBC. ...more

June 23, 2009

Captain America is rising from the grave. The Marvel Comics superhero returns for the five-part series "Captain America Reborn," beginning July 1. ...more

June 15, 2009

A spokesman for Ed McMahon says the television personality is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. ...more

February 27, 2009

Indignities come in all forms. John Odom, however, may have found a classification all his own. ...more

December 22, 2008

Saying John McCain has been a "sidekick," not a maverick, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden got aggressive toward the Republican ticket in a speech at the University of South Florida on Wednesday. ...more

October 9, 2008

Developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon's Beverly Hills house for an undisclosed amount and allow McMahon to continue living in it. ...more

August 15, 2008

It would have shaken my dear, deceased grandmother to her financial core. ...more

June 22, 2008

Don't let the wheelchair fool you. Allen Fox is a one-man demolition crew. ...more

May 13, 2008

TAMPA - The Band Aid Bandit's sidekick wants to remove his court-appointed lawyer, according to a filing in federal court. ...more

February 5, 2008