GRANTS PASS, Ore. - A mother accused of throwing her son to his death from an Oregon bridge posted cheery videos on YouTube nearly a year ago of her 6-year-old boy holding a stuffed toy lion while tossing coins in a fountain to make a wish. As darkn...

State Rep. Marty Moylan tells voters he's not your typical Democrat as he bikes from house to house on the campaign trail, handing out yard signs, nail files and doggie treats with his name emblazoned on the bag. "I'm an independent running as a Dem...

My prediction is that in fewer than 15 years, we will be debating whether human beings should be allowed to drive on highways. After all, we are prone to road rage; rush headlong into traffic jams; break rules; get distracted; and crash into each ot...

Hanover Park woman dies after getting West Nile virus A Hanover Park woman in her 40s has died of West Nile virus, officials from the DuPage County Health Department said yesterday. Her death last week is the county's first West Nile virus deat...

In July 1981, my parents drove to New Jersey to visit my sister and her new husband. They left my 19-year-old brother, Bill, home alone on our family farm outside the small, rural town of Goodland, Indiana. The result was Goodstock — a party to end ...

NEW YORK — So many memoirs are coming out this fall, written in so many ways. Neil Patrick Harris, for instance, decided that his early 40s was too young for a “life” story, even for a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor. So he has completed “Neil Patrick ...

LONDON - Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90. The actor's son, Michael Attenborough told the BBC that his father died Sunday. He had be...

Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. The diva closed the awards show with an epic nearly 20-minute performance. She was joined onstage by her beaming husband and daughter which brought her to tears, amid the n...