I owe a lot to Elijah. The 17-year-old high school dropout came to the center where I tutor to try and earn his GED. Quiet, respectful and struggling, he was my student and we worked together on reading comprehension. ...more

March 25, 2009

Jessie LaDon Albach has been like a ghost haunting her family. A brother who was supposed to take her to a ballgame the night the 15-year-old vanished can't shake the knowledge that he never found her. Denise Yand, the sister she was to visit that summer, sees traces of her in the long hair and the walk of passers-by. ...more

February 23, 2009

It's all your fault Salma Hayek. I was so over my longer-than-shoulder-length hair. I was ready for a change - something a bit more, ahem, mature. After all, conventional wisdom says once a woman hits the big 4-0, she shouldn't wear her hair long, right? ...more

December 14, 2008

Still undecided between the University of South Carolina and Tennessee, Jarvis Giles decided to sleep on it. ...more

December 10, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? After a whirlwind first two years starting at left tackle for Florida International University, Springstead graduate Andy Leavine isn't looking too far into the future. ...more

August 23, 2008

Long hair is a younger woman's domain, but apparently Salma Hayek didn't get the memo. ...more

July 24, 2008

New Lightning coach Barry Melrose is famous for his mullet hairstyle, a coif that comes with its own slogan: "Business in the front, party in the back." Popularized in the 1970s and '80s, a mullet is characterized by short hair on the top and sides, long hair in the back. Though Melrose trimmed up the back of his for Tuesday's big introduction, he will always and forever be "The Mullet." ...more

June 25, 2008

While most of us try to be opened minded about youth fashion these days, some things just leave us old fogeys rubbing our heads trying to figure out some meaning to all this madness. The list of these things we can't understand is long, but nothing is more confusing than the desire to wear pants so big that they mysteriously stay up, but not before exposing inches of boxer shorts. Before we criticize, though, we must recall that our own parents weren't too big on rock and roll, long hair and just about anything else we wore or did. That's probably true of every generation since Adam and Eve looked at their offspring and asked, "Where in the world do you think you're going wearing that?" ...more

January 13, 2008

"Slash," by Slash with Anthony Bozza (Harper Entertainment, $28) ...more

December 16, 2007

Charles Grover "Chuck" Brant, 42, will die by lethal injection, a circuit judge ruled Friday morning. ...more

December 1, 2007