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MANTEO, N.C. -- Actor Andy Griffith, the man who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said. Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County,...

Nora Ephron made her mark as a film director and screenwriter, but writing books was a key part of her creative life....

Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock 'n' roll to much of the nation on "American Bandstand" and for four decades was the first and last voice many Americans heard each year with his New Year's Eve...

From Southern Virginia to the Ed Sullivan theater. Friday night a Danville native will perform on the Late Show with David Letterman. Matthew Compton is the drummer in the band Electric Guest based in Las Angeles. They've toured the world and can now...

DC’s Legendary “Godfather of Go-Go” Chuck Brown Remembered on a Special Edition of “NewsPlus with Mark Segraves” Friday, May 25, 7:30AM   An in-depth interview with DC’s legendary “Godfather of Go-go,”...

Donna Summer died Thursday at age 63. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts remembers the singer for her influence -- including her work on “I Feel Love,” which created a blueprint that remains central to dance music today....

When Bobby Parker drops names, it’s like a who’s who of rock ’n’ roll royalty. Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, The Big Bopper. Parker knew them all. He was a “guitarist for hire”  back in the 1950s, he said,...

Henson Alternative's off-Broadway comedy "Stuffed and Unstrung" isn't the kind of puppet show you might have grown up with. Part of the Jim Henson Co. — which brought children "Sesame Street" and "The Muppets" — "Stuffed and Unstrung" is a...

Mark Seagraves met up with local blues legends, The Nighthawks and shares a little known fact about the Beatles first US concert, which took place right here in Washington, DC. Located just blocks from Union Station, the Washington Colleseum hosted the...

Those hard-won lessons of parenthood are applicable this morning with the news that Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, intends to wait until spring before moving the controversial Electoral College bill that caused Democrats, as well as...