Back in the 1970s, odds favored the inevitable and final self-destruction of George Jones to occur before that decade’s end. But here he is ...

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While the Gemini Spacecraft will likely maintain the usual orbital patterns you’ve come to know and love so well, ground control has recent...

Ernie K-Doe, self-proclaimed “Emperor of the Universe,” one-time proprietor of the fabled Mother-in-Law Lounge in New Orleans, and posthumou...