Legendary harmony singer Furman Haynes passed away in Portland, Ore., July 2. A founder member of The Deep Tones, Haynes traveled the world singing with everyone from Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Landford and Count Basie to Johnny Smith's Ink Spots.  He founded a record label based in Portland, and was happily married to the love of his life for 60 years. 

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose get married privately after the birth of their son Sebastian

Economists have been referred to by cynics as emotional cripples who know the price of everything but appreciate the value of nothing. Increasingly, the same might be said of people in general as we've come to embrace the commodification of virtually every aspect of human existence.

Hilary Verheggen reviews Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad.

Curtis Jackson -- known professionally as the rapper 50 Cent -- was accused by a prosecutor Wednesday of kicking a woman and ransacking her bedroom during an argument at her Los Angeles condo last month.

Other celebrities irked about their lack of private life should take notes from Kerry Washington.
Multiple reports have suggested that the 36-year-old "Scandal" star very quietly wed San Francisco 49ers player Nnamdi Asomugha, 31, on June 24.

The Oregon Food Bank will be kicking off its 26^th Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival July 4.

(CNN) -- On the heels of news that Paula Deen's upcoming cookbook had become a best seller on Amazon.com, Deen's publisher - Ballantine Books - has announced it will not publish the book.

The great jazz singer Billie Holiday, known as Lady Day, had fame, style, a distinctive singing voice—and lots of dogs. But a boxer named Mister was the dog she loved most.

Organizers of North and Northeast's biggest neighborhood festival, Good in the Hood are gearing up for Saturday, June 29