Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car -- the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados -- cementing his grandfather's name into the modern psyche. He died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76, P... »
One of the Best Picture contenders at tonight's Oscars, 'The Descendants,' takes Kauai to a whole new level. In the gentle hands of director Alexander Payne, the island transcends location and becomes a virtual character in the film, much as California... »
LOS ANGELES -- Woody Allen's romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris" and Alexander Payne's family drama "The Descendants" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America. »
OAKLAND -- A motorcyclist who was hit by a car and killed in East Oakland Thursday evening has been identified as Oakland resident Jeffery Alexander, 34, according to the Alameda County Coroner's Office. »
Runco was inducted in October into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, making him a peer of Steve Jobs and Alexander Graham Bell. And last weekend he was given the key to the town of Throop, Penn., the blue-collar borough near Scranton where he grew... »
