Obituaries
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Stage, screen actress Janet Carroll dies
Actress Janet Carroll, who played the mother of Tom Cruise's character in the movie "Risky Business," has died. She was 71.
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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63
Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as "Last Dance," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girls" became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died.
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Hairstyling pioneer Vidal Sassoon dies
Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who undid the beehive with his wash-and-wear cuts and went on to become an international name in hair care, died Wednesday. He was 84.
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Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies at 47
Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group, has died.
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Ex-NFL LB Junior Seau found dead in home
Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43.
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Levon Helm of The Band dies at 71
Levon Helm, The Band's commanding drummer and singer, whose solid beat and Arkansas twang helped define classics from the tragic "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to the playful "Up on Cripple Creek," died Thursday.
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Entertainment icon Dick Clark dies at 82
Dick Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," has died.
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Co-developer of Mr. Coffee machines dies
The co-owner of a business that developed the Mr. Coffee coffeemaker popularized by pitchman Joe DiMaggio has died in Cleveland.
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Monkees singer Davy Jones dies at 66
Davy Jones, an actor-turned-singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66.
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Running mate: Gatewood Galbraith dead
The running mate of Lexington attorney Gatewood Galbraith says the perennial candidate for office has died.
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Friend of Pope John Paul II dies
Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II and who lost much of his family to Nazi death camps, has died in a Rome clinic, his widow said Monday. He was 90.
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'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Karl Slover dies
Karl Slover, one of the last surviving actors who played Munchkins in the 1939 classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," has died. He was 93.
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Former CEO of Brown-Forman dies
Owsley Brown II, who as chairman and CEO helped make Brown-Forman Corporation's brands a staple in liquor stores and restaurants around the world, died late Monday after a brief illness. He was 69.
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Ex-Rep. Bill McBee dies
Bill McBee, the former state representative who championed Boone County, whose annual “Bean Bash” continues to help countless people and who as a lobbyist was caught up in a corruption investigation, died Tuesday. He was 78.
Family
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Campaign aims to curb deaths in hot cars
No parent wants to live with the guilt and grief of leaving a child to die in a hot car. For Raelyn Balfour of Ruckersville, Va., "It's something that's always there."
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How to prevent medical billing mistakes
A 9 News investigation uncovers ways to stop out of control billing.
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Forest Service offers free fishing
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7 ways to help kids cope with bullying
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Is soda really that bad for you?
Religion
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Order's files tell story of abuse
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out.
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Religion by the numbers
The Muslim faith saw the greatest percentage growth from 2000 to 2010, a new, once-a-decade census report on U.S. religions shows. Take a look at religion by the numbers.
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Student health insurance dropped
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Commission nixes Christian prayer
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Tensions build between women, Vatican
Home & Garden
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Tips to save on energy costs
Get expert tips on how to weatherize your home for spring and summer conditions.
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Poor-performing air purifiers
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Deck the halls with ... tomatoes?
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Winter weatherizing your home
Food & Entertaining
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Government fighting food stamp fraud
The government is trying to crack down on food stamp recipients who are ripping off taxpayers by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash.
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Taj India: Anything but typical
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Starbucks stores suddenly shut down
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Judge: POM deceptively marketed juice
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Nighttime fasting may make a difference
