Gifted: 1,000 Gift Ideas for Everyone in Your Life , by Sarah Weidman This holiday season, in honor of the planet, the Book Babes are going green...

Martin Denny Orchestra in Hawaii. He has done work with most of the better known bands in the region, doing both piano and vocal work....

The sale of U2 memorabilia and other rock 'n' roll treasures, including a guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix, helped to raise millions for musicians who lost instruments during Hurricane Katrina...

of someone who demands a lot of bang for his calorie buck. It must be a dancer's ritual, I think, honed over years of measuring intake and expenditure, of juggling the demands of appetite with the need for lean, dancerly dimensions...

Aretha Franklin: From Runnin Out of Fools (Columbia, 1964) Dusty Springfield: From (Philips, 1967) First off, thanks to for introducing me to Sonji Clay's version of the song (which started the ball rolling on all this)...

E.C. Glass swimming coach Aaron Mabery has an ace up his sleeve in the form of junior swimmer Mac McWane. McWane can swim just about any event. This year he has competed in all four strokes and from sprints to middle distance races for the Hilltoppers...

The drama in Philadelphia surrounding Allen Iverson has finally come to an end and The Answer now has a home. The Denver Nuggets added Iverson on Tuesday in exchange for Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first round picks in the 2007 draft...