Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti

The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

Detroit Jazz Fest keeps torch alive

This year's Detroit International Jazz Festival has as its theme "Flame Keepers: Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," paying homage to six jazz icons: Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Betty Carter and Gil Evans. Some of their most-renowned acolytes will perform over the weekend from Campus Martius Park to Hart Plaza. Plus, 8 acts not to miss while you're there.

101 things to do in Wyobraska

Nothing to do? No way! For years we’ve heard the lament that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska. At the Star-Herald, we don’t believe that.

Fox Valley storytelling, folk fest this weekend

Ken Perlman can't quite put his true passion into words. The 61-year-old Bloomington, Ind. native has been playing the guitar and banjo for more than 40 years - right about the time he first discovered folk music.

Joe Strauss' Cards chat Q-&-A

Joe Strauss: Alarms aresounding. The fan base is high-tailing it for high ground. Andthose left behind are grabbing the pitchforks and feeding thebonfires. In a town where baseball is religion, the past weeks havetaken on the appearance of the End Time. The local nine is 4-12since pilfering the NL Central lead from the Reds but, boy, does itseem a lot longer ago than that. All kinds of negative ...