Few imaginary cities are as well known as Peyton Place, and perhaps only Metropolis and Gotham City can rival it for success in a variety of media. The fictitious New England village has been the setting of two novels, two motion pictures, one prime...

Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious. Selling sixty thousand copies within the first ten days of its release, it was publishing's second "blockbuster," (following Gone with the Wind in 1936) and remained on the New York Times best seller list...

When moviemakers wanted to film "Peyton Place" in this small seaside town, the best-selling novel the movie was to be based on was so scandalous the local library didn't even keep it on its shelves.The book had sparked outrage with its titillating look behind closed...

Tom Moore, who in the 1960s helped the fledgling ABC Television Network become a competitive rival of CBS and NBC, has died. He was 88.Moore, who also won several Emmy awards as head of his own production company, died Saturday of congestive heart failure in...

Martin AbeloffBALTIMORE (AP) _ Dr. Martin Abeloff, who guided Johns Hopkins University's Kimmel Cancer Center through a period of rapid growth, has died. He was 65.Abeloff, who led the center for 15 years, died Friday after a battle with leukemia, said Vanessa Wasta, a cancer...

Leaders across all industries could learn from ABC-TV executive Leonard Goldenson, International Data Group founder Pat McGovern and former Honeywell Chairman Larry Bossidy. All succeeded by thinking unconventionally. The lessons they offer? Think differently about:Your approach. After taking the reins at ABC in 1953, Goldenson...