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Art Alexakis is nothing if not resilient. The Everclear frontman turned his dysfunctional family troubles and drug addiction into radio hits, including "Father of Mine" and "Wonderful." He's been through...

When tens of thousands of South Koreans spilled into central Seoul in the country's largest anti-government demonstration in 20 years, police built a barricade with shipping containers to bar the...

As a confused 9-year-old, Jennifer Blum learned her first lesson about boundaries. And it had nothing to do with sidelines or foul balls. It was 1983, and the soccer commissioner...

Women who spray testosterone on their stomach to raise their sex drive may not see much benefit -- unless they also want to grow hair on their belly. Writing in...

When Chancellor Angela Merkel plays host to President George W. Bush on Tuesday and Wednesday, it will be well away from the bright lights of this European capital. Closeted in...

Over the Memorial Day weekend, actor Patrick Swayze, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer, made a public appearance at a Los Angeles Lakers game, looking strong-jawed and bright-eyed. He...

Summer means music. It's the season of the beach blanket jam, the prom song, the blockbuster movie soundtrack, the open-air amphitheater show. For the music industry, however, summer always has...

There is probably no marijuana-friendlier place in the country than here in Mendocino County, where plants can grow more than 15 feet high, where medical marijuana clubs adopt stretches of...

A Zimbabwe court ruled Saturday that opposition rallies planned for this weekend in Harare, the capital, should not have been banned by the police and may take place, said Nelson...

In a shake-up at the top of Iraq's Shiite power structure, former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari was expelled from the governing Dawa political party, officials said Saturday. Jaafari, a physician...