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The chocolate cups filled with oozy marshmallow have been around for eight decades. They're made by the Sifers family, whose legend holds that the gooey treats were created by a candy maker who imbibed a bit too much vanilla.

Consensual sex among aging residents of nursing homes can be fraught. And when those older people are showing signs of dementia, family members sometimes stand in in the way of love.

For a couple of years there, Sam The Sham was the real deal. Almost in tribute to his name, Sam had the first record to be named Billboard’s number one…

The Mitt Romney campaign has a sequel to its "Day One" ad, in which it explains what else the presumptive GOP nominee would include in his immediate to-do list if inaugurated president. Candidates often use the "first day" promise to highlight priorities. But Washington politics can change things.

Several states in the East and Midwest are still grappling with last weekend's severe storms. In Virginia, hundreds of thousands of residents don't have electricity. But the question is: Why do some neighborhoods in Charlottesville have power while others don't?

In the 2008 financial crash, a lot was written in newspapers and even books — but there wasn't much fiction out there to help those who like to view life through an imaginative lens. Now author John Lanchester's Capital can fill that void. It describes the crash as seen from London, and Lizzie Skurnick calls it "brilliant."

The young ensemble associated with the famed Cleveland Orchestra makes its first trip abroad.

New Zealand economist and environmentalist Gareth Morgan thinks the only way to save the country's endangered birds is to eliminate the house cat, a popular pet on the island.

Long before becoming managing editor of Ebony magazine, Hans Massaquoi yearned to be a Hitler Youth. His rare story came to an end when Massaquoi died this week at the age of 87.

Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, went into the mid 1960’s with a strategy. He repositioned Elvis from a singer who made movies to a movie star…