NPR : DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of the Breakbeat

DJ Kool Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat -- isolating and repeating breaks, the most danceable portions of songs that form part of the foundation of modern hip-hop. He also wrote the introduction to the recent book Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the...

Big Hitters Are in the Driver's Seat

SPRINGFIELD, N.J., Aug. 10 -- It has come to this in golf's eternal struggle between the encroaching power of technology and the sustained integrity of some of the sport's most storied courses: When the 87th PGA Championship begins Thursday at Baltusrol Golf Club, the...

Irene Expected To Become Hurricane But Remain A Fish Spinner

Yet another tropical depression (#9), forecasted to become storm Irene, forms in the Atlantic Thursday. It's still too early to forecast, but people all along the east coast should keep an eye on the projected path of this anticipated hurricane. It may stay over water and be...

Sex Offender Registry Available on Web (AP)

AP - Information on sex offenders in 21 states and the District of Columbia is now available on an Internet site launched this week by the federal government. (http://www.nsopr.gov)

Where's the real Surf City, USA?

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Far from Iraq turmoil, rising oil prices, and London bombings - and admittedly petty by all such comparisons - there's a new battle being waged in America's end-of-the-rainbow state. Mirroring other longstanding rifts that divide California north...

Cycle Messenger World Championship 2005 Held In New Jersey

Cycle Messenger World Championship 2005 Held In New Jersey Leif Linder 07/17/2005 Words: 1,083 As I stood at 49 East Houston Street, I realized that most of us couldn’t do what they do; even when we were young. We never had the muscles and besides we were never brave...

Moorestown, N.J., named best town to live

Picture tree-lined streets, top-notch schools, motorists without road rage and a town that holds Random Acts of Kindness Week ...

R&B crooner Luther Vandross dead at 54

Legendary R&B artist Luther Vandross, whose smooth, silky voice gave soul to songs about life, love and relationships, died Friday. He was 54 years old.

Pennsauken Civic Center Project Unravels

Fading Crossroads development pares down plan, eliminates hockey rink.