In the department of little-known milestones, 2011 marks the sixtieth birthday of the National Hot Rod Association. Started by magazine editor Wally Parks in 1951 in California, the association organizes and promotes the sport of drag racing, which is looking pretty lively as it approaches senior citizen status.
Jon Petrovich greenlighted funding for CNN.com in 1994 and became known as its "Godfather," a title he relished as the site became the most-read news site in the world.
Grandmother Katherine is traveling with them, first to Hawaii, then home to Indiana
Sukhraj Beasla got some strange looks as she dragged a red wagon up the street to the library on June 10 last year, just as she used to when she'd get books with her grandfather.
The mayor of Gary, Indiana, and Michael Jackson's father, Joe, on Wednesday will announce "a major move forward" to bring a museum and performance arts center bearing the singer's name to the city.
A spokesman for the trustees who control Michael Jackson's estate said designer belts produced under a contract with the pop icon's parents were not authorized.
Eight teenagers were wounded in a shooting Friday night at a skating rink in Gary, Indiana, police said Saturday.
Michael Jackson's father and the mayor of Gary, Indiana, want to build a museum, hotel and performing arts center in the Jackson family's hometown, a spokeswoman for the mayor said.
Talking trash has taken on a whole new meaning in Gary, Indiana -- where residents have taken their trash and their talk to the steps of City Council.
The 6,000-seat Gary, Ind., show draws childhood memories from a city “built on musicâ€
Michael Jackson was the pride of Gary, Indiana, growing up, and on Friday, his hometown paid tribute to the late entertainer with a memorial and celebration in his honor.
"He looked like he was just laying there sleeping," a cousin at the viewing and the private funeral tells PEOPLE
Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday.
In a 1987 interview with CNN's Larry King, Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden says he took pride in playing a wide range of roles.
His Streets of San Francisco costar Michael Douglas called him "my surrogate father"
Michael Jackson's body will be taken to his Neverland Ranch on Thursday morning for a public viewing Friday, a law enforcement source said Tuesday.
CNN's Ted Rowlands looks at the latest twist in the Michael Jackson death investigation.
The celebrity flameout is a Hollywood cliché -- a mantel worn tragically by the likes of Lenny Bruce and John Belushi and handed down through the years to tabloid-populating stars such as Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears.
There's a photo of the Jackson family on the cover of the September 24, 1971, issue of Life magazine. In it, Joseph and Katherine Jackson stand at the foot of a set of stairs, their star children -- known as the Jackson 5 -- arrayed behind them.
From his childhood home in Gary, Ind., to Moscow, fans around the world grieve the death of the King of Pop
U.S. fans of Michael Jackson are pouring out their grief through music and dance, impromptu shrines at symbolic locations and heartfelt remembrances online.
Fans bring tributes to Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The mother of a missing 2-year-old Indiana girl said police are working "around the clock" to find her daughter, who was apparently taken from a parked car while her baby sitter was in a convenience store.
Railfans 'Crick' and 'Cookie' discuss their love for train watching.
Rain or shine, 80-year-old Cookie Williams plops himself on the wooden viewing platform perched over double train tracks.
You can still work on this computer even without typing in a single command.
On the 16th floor of a nondescript building in lower Manhattan, a group of tech-savvy staffers clad mostly in jeans and T-shirts is changing the way Americans watch TV election coverage.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly explains how New York has become one of the safest large cities in the United States.
After failing to subdue a naked intruder trashing an apartment, Minnesota police shoot and kill him. KARE reports
The parents of Dominique Green announce a $50 million suit against Gary, Indiana, police in their son's death.
The family of Dominique Green, one of two teens killed in a car crash last month in Gary, Indiana, is suing police for $50 million, an attorney said Monday.
Police will ask prosecutors to press unspecified charges against the teen driver in last month's car crash that killed two 18-year-old passengers in Gary, Indiana, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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