In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers. [read more]

Amy Huberman and Brian O'Driscoll will throw Ireland’s celebrity wedding of the summer after block-booking an entire five-star hotel for five days. [read more]

In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up... [read more]

When SARAH SPRINGETT offered to donate an organ to her seriously ill partner Paul, doctors were wary and she even had to undergo psychological counselling. [read more]

The dream times continue at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a blissful three-man minuet of some of the world's greatest conductors making delicious music week after week. Last month was music director designate Riccardo Muti's time and January programs will mark the upcoming 85th birthday of conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez. The first half of November belongs to principal conductor Bernard ... [read more]

CASUALTY star Simon MacCorkindale today reveals his secret THREE YEAR battle against cancer — and tells how he aims to beat the disease. [read more]

After spending almost four years recovering from a bomb blast in Afghanistan, Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro wants to stay in uniform and teach others to be a JTAC like he was.Whether he’ll get to is anybody’s guess.First, the Air Force has to allow Del Toro, who also went to Bosnia and Iraq as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, to continue serving. His case is winding its way through the medical ... [read more]

A turn-of-the-century mansion perched on the corner of First Street and Fourth Avenue Northwest has likely hosted too many soirees to count. The fashionable homestead — now the Hormel Historic Home (HHH) — dates back to 1871, and was home to some of the most prominent of Austin residents. [read more]

Sandra “Sandy” Lorraine Spears, 68, died Oct. 22, 2009, in Seattle, Wash., following a courageous six-month battle with leukemia. She was born Oct. 9, 1941, in Klamath Falls, to Neal and Pauline Burney. [read more]

Do we call them Rhee-J? [read more]