Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.
Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
Wearing a torn swimsuit, Jessica Hardy broke her own world record in the women's 50-meter breaststroke by nearly half a second Wednesday at a short-course World Cup meet.
Americans Peter Marshall and Jessica Hardy set world records at the short-course World Cup on Wednesday.
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call 'The Twilight Zone.'" — Rod Serling
On a Friday night in October 1959, Americans began slipping into a dimension of imagination as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. They've really never returned.
For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has affected them and the larger world.
On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" — when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.
Protesters will march the streets and Hawaiian chants will echo from the sprawling lawn of Iolani Palace on Hawaii's 50th anniversary of statehood, as high-minded panelists ponder the islands' future at a daylong conference.
300 B.C.: Polynesian settlers voyage across the Pacific Ocean and inhabit the Hawaiian islands.
Hawaii welcomed its entry as the 50th state with a new postage stamp Friday but independence supporters marked the day with passionate protest — including an effigy of Uncle Sam being beaten and Hawaii's star cut out from the U.S. flag.
K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr. is a businessman who knows how to make a deal — even if it's risky or unpopular.
Joan Baez was just 18 when she performed at the first Newport Folk Festival, a self-described neurotic and high maintenance teenager who remembers trembling in her sandals as she waited her turn on stage.
A Michigan man who believed he was a toddler kidnapped in New York in 1955 said he was "stunned" to learn DNA testing disproved his suspicion and that he's still seeking his true identity.
A man in Connecticut says he's losing his home because he owes $50 in back taxes.
Anastasia Zueva has set a new world record in the women's 50-meter backstroke by clocking 27.48 seconds at the Russian summer swimming championships.
French swimmer Frederick Bousquet has set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier.
The road to the Final Four ends in the Motor City, where a new tradition will begin.
Sweden's Therese Alshammar broke her own 50-meter butterfly world record at the Australian swimming titles Tuesday, but the mark may be in doubt due to a possible breach of rules governing swimsuits.
New York's Guggenheim Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building beginning in May.
At a time when some people are having trouble finding one job, Daniel Seddiqui is lining up 50 — one in every state.
At a time when some people are having trouble finding one job, Daniel Seddiqui is lining up 50 — one in every state. Each job symbolizes the state's most famous industry, and each lasts one week — just long enough for the 26-year-old to appreciate the labor and explore the region.
Abdul "Duke" Fakir beamed as a group of elementary school students crooned an old Motown hit to him and other veteran musicians from Motown Records.
Most women should start regular breast cancer screening at age 50, not 40, according to new guidelines released Monday by an influential group that provides guidance to doctors, insurance companies and policy makers.
A police officer is shot in Orange City. A 13-year old is murdered in Daytona Beach. A murder-suicide by bullet in Deltona; and a rolling gunbattle in New Smyrna Beach leaves one dead.
My clunker was a '64 Ford Galaxie, logging maybe eight miles to the gallon on level ground, the back seat burned to the coils by a knucklehead friend who left a cigarette to smolder. When it died, just short of 140,000 miles, everything went.
"Despite growing unemployment numbers across the U.S.," the Post breathlessly announces, "the first family is planning to spend their summer vacation on a lavish East Coast getaway that could cost taxpayers up to $50,000 a week." And since the Obama's will be spending one week th …
A technical error at the Royal Mint led to up to 200,000 coins entering circulation without a date for what is thought to be the first time in more than 300 years.
As with Elvis Presley or the Beatles, it is impossible to calculate the full effect Mr. Jackson had on the world of music. At the height of his career, he was indisputably the biggest star in the world; he has sold more than 750 million albums.
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Barbie turns 50 this month, on March 9, and for her birthday present the iconic doll is making a controversial fashion statement -- she's getting a tattoo.
Like many inhabitants of the Malibu cove where she has her beach-side "dream house", Barbie looks remarkably young for her age. Her figure has, admittedly, filled out over the years, and those once-jutting breasts recently dropped a size or two.
Fifty years ago, an attorney turned bearded guerrilla marched triumphantly into Havana and declared victory over a departing dictator. Then he became a despot himself.
In 1975, the Paul Simon hit "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" promised to reveal 50 methods for breaking free of a failed relationship. Sadly, the tactics presented during the song fall far short of the titular claim of 50 ways.
When news circulated recently about the possibility of Britney Spears starring in a big-screen version of her life, pop culture watchers started salivating.
A 25 year-old woman discovered €50,000 in cash while using a changing room in a Mönchengladbach clothing store on Friday. According to police, the money belonged to an Armenian retiree who planned to buy a car in the city.
I'm going to run away to a free country. Can you help me find it? A country Where the poorest man is richer than the richest king in any other country. And it doesn't need change.
Those people are always having children out of wedlock. However, when the right sort of people have children out of wedlock, it's just a "personal family problem."
The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq's money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation indefinitely, according to information leaked to The Independent.
Another person is dead due to excessive force used by U.S. police. This is happening over and over again, and is surely going to instil fear into a population already afraid to speak up about its governments heavy handed approach to anything it deems to be uncivil.
First off, shame on Floyd Mayweather for not coming out in the tabloids and puffing out his chest letting people know that he would AIR 50 Cent out.
A woman has sued the company behind Oprah Winfrey's TV chat show, claiming she was injured when audience members rushed to find seats at a recording. Orit Greenberg has demanded $50,000 (£25,100) in damages after allegedly being pushed down a flight of stairs.
Game, Fat Joe. They got a lot of energy on this radio. News flash Game and Joe. You are not taking down G-Unit or 50 Cent this year. They got long dough, and huge following, and Fat Joe, Papoose just lyrically slayed you.
The human race has been making art for thousands of years. Here, in chronological order, you have the top 50 artistic wonders of the world
The saga of the 'Greyhound Ameripass scandal' is one for the ages, and basically the hip-hop version of Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. Read about how one rapper managed to travel thousands of miles over years and years without paying a cent.
PHILADELPHIA - Monday mornings are hard enough. Imagine finding 50 chickens running loose in your high school. Workers arriving about 5:30 a.m. to open Northeast High School in Philadelphia found dozens of hens and roosters wandering around the hallways.
The Ferrari's are unfortunately not his. He invited my friend over to his house for this and my friend let him use his cars for the episode and they were filming some music videos that day as well…