LINCOLNWOOD, IL—It's Tuesday morning and Michael Royce, 27, is about to begin his day. Steeling himself for the wild journey ahead, this bold ...

WASHINGTON—Two months into his first term, Rep. Jason McKenna (D-OR) reported Monday that, despite his best efforts, he has been unable to...

UNIONTOWN, PA—“To even consider Billy Crystal as one of the men who rode with Paul Revere is really, really funny,” mused 47-year-old Tom Campbell.

NEW YORK—Arguing that area bachelor Gary Tate, 34, is "becoming too old for this lifestyle," hundreds of representatives from the New York...

LOS ANGELES—Fans who attended a sneak preview Monday of critically acclaimed director Wes Anderson's newest project, The Darjeeling...

NIPPERSINK, MI—Friends and neighbors of Matthew Malbert could hardly believe their eyes when they learned of this local character's offbeat pastime.

BRIGHTON, MI—"I don't believe it's destiny or anything like that," said Tom Carling, as he watered the blanket of grass growing on ...

PHILADELPHIA—When not reviving Victorian hair jewelry or double-dutch jump-roping with friends in a local park, Gemma Waite, 29, is up to...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Despite its truncated length and shoestring budget, the production stayed true to Peter Shaffer's original psychosexual-nightmare play.

VATICAN CITY—Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Monday that metrosexuality, the trend of heterosexual men co-opting the aesthetics of homosexual men, is strictly prohibited under ...

ATLANTA—IKEA, the rapidly growing Swedish retailer of inexpensive home furnishings, claimed another 10,000 American lifestyles in 2003, according to a report released Tuesday ...

STANFORD, CA—Known throughout the community for his verbal outbursts and his shopping cart full of trash, area street denizen "Cosmic Stan" must have studied ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham said it feels like he's mentioned his "mostly softcore" film work to everyone.

LOUISVILLE, KY—Five weeks after the death of her 26-year-old hipster son Kent, Enid Lowery announced that the family faces a difficult task in figuring ...

BOSTON—Dana Harris has vowed to chronicle the vibrant Boston rock scene, even if it means never having a social life.

LOUISVILLE, KY—Alex Vartan, 24, a Louisville-area convenience-store cashier and part-time DJ, spends 20 percent of his income ironically, sources reported Monday.