One of several popular male vocalists to emerge from the Philadelphia rock 'n' roll scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Chubby Checker was the chief beneficiary of the fervor created by the dance known as the Twist. Checker was...

Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born October 3, 1941), an American Rock and Roll singer best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". He was born in Spring Gulley, South Carolina,[1] and raised in...

Kirk Hinrich made the go-ahead jumper with 26.7 seconds left and Luol Deng scored 20 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to their fourth straight victory, 88-87 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.After Adrian Griffin missed both free throws with 9.6 seconds to go,...

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2007. There are 89 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 3, 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.On this date:In 1226, St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6:Sept. 30: Actress Deborah Kerr is 86. Actress Angie Dickinson is 76. Singer Cissy Houston is 74. Singer Johnny Mathis is 72. Actor Len Cariou is 68. Singer-drummer Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield is 65. Singer Marilyn...

Before hip hop and Def Poetry Jam there was The Last Poets. Their chapter would fall somewhere between Amiri Baraka and Africa Bambatta in the chronicle of the spoken word. The legendary lyricists shocked young Black America into social consciousness during the civil rights era...