Quiet Riot Lead Singer Frankie Banali Dead at age 52

"QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has confirmed the passing of the group's singer, Kevin DuBrow, at the age of 52. In an e-mail to Spain's The Metal Circus, which had requested a comment from Banali on the rumors of DuBrow's death, the drummer wrote, "I can't even find words...

Truth Vs. Advertising: The Banana Republic Architect Ads

The Banana Republic ad with the architects—it's everywhere! And it raised some questions for us. So we asked an architect—we'll call him Frankie Lloyd—who works at "a large firm downtown with an eccentric, megalomaniac starchitect at the helm" how the ad...

1950s singer Frankie Laine dies at 93

"LOS ANGELES - Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.AP Photo: Singer Frankie Laine is seen in this November 1949 file photo provided by General...

Citizen journalist joins BBC for week-long experiment

"Throughout the week, I'll be writing my own stories and publishing on the BBC website, as well as outside "open source" sites such as Wikinews. I'll be looking at the news stories of the day, and doing my best to make sense of them. I'll be using secondary sources, drawing...