Holiday surprises come in all forms — including offbeat gifts that you might be tempted to relegate to the back of the closet. At a time of year when gift-giving is de rigueur, intention matters. As ...

The plane tickets were booked and the gifts wrapped. We were preparing to travel to Colorado for a family Christmas when a freak accident changed our plans. X-rays showed that my wife had fractured ...

Nearing the end of his sentence, the convicted Wall Street wizard, feeling both oddly safe in his spartan confinement but not quite penitent for his overzealous trading misdeeds, feared and ...

Although I haven't always thought this, one of the best things my parents ever did for me was give me my first name — "Bass." When most people hear it they immediately start to grin. That name alone ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay cook invasive bass taking over the river. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial An American dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers ...

Metal Hall of Famer Billy Sheehan, who toured with American rock band Mr. Big on their The BIG Finale! farewell run earlier this year, says the group is unlikely to release new music. The bassist ...

How much do we spend on decorations? Americans splash some $6 billion a year on festive decor. We buy 30 million real Christmas trees and 20 million artificial ones, 150 million sets of Christmas ...

EAGLE CREEK, Ore. — Several areas along the Clackamas River were inundated after the river breached its banks overnight Friday. Hardly a house was untouched in Paradise Park, which sits about halfway ...

The royal family may be synonymous with pageantry and protocol, but behind closed doors, they enjoy a bit of mischief at Christmas in the form of the joke gifts they present to each other each year – ...

In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, former Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox recalled his first meeting with the late guitar legend, and the first song they ever jammed on.

You ever wonder what would happen if the devil wound up in a high-stakes guitar competition with a prodigious young bluegrass picker? Honestly, I can't say the thought has crossed my mind. But I'm ...