As vibrant as the music they dance to: Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal to swing through Istanbul Originally appearing in the 1920s and 1930s in the United States, jazz dance developed out of the social dance practices associated with jazz music in New Orlea...

New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi will have surgery Thursday to repair a torn tendon in his left wrist. The wrist bothered Giambi in the final months of the season, and he had at least three injections to treat it...

Nice deflection effort scarps.... A bad loss for the Blues, who can learn plenty from the pasting they took. However, Carlton are 1-1 so far which is still above the Tigers regardless of the margin in gallant losses...

A record-setting 61 countries submitted films for consideration in this year s race. Only five will advance...

I'm sure this has been fairly widely circulated by now in Idol circles, but here's the official tour dates for Taylor's first national headlining tour...

Oct 03, 1954 in Dallas, Texas Died: Aug 27, 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin "Pride and Joy," "Texas Flood," "Love Struck Baby" With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s...

FOCUS GROUP: Will 'The Cleaner' clean up at the B.O.? - Los Angeles Times...