John Thomas is happy to tell you, again and again, that despite the award and the large banner of congratulations that hangs outside his workplace, he has an easy job. Thomas drives a garbage truck. He is, in fact, the Environmental Industry ...

The Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of a 72 year-old man believed to be responsible for the rape and murder of some 30 area women in the 1970s and 1980s. John Thomas Jr. had already spent time in prison for sexual crimes committed between 1957 and 1983. Police said they made the link when they collected a DNA ...

Tangy grill glazes, gourmet fruit salsas, spicy molasses-based barbecue sauces, red chile raspberry jam — these items may seem too ritzy to stock as essential kitchen items for families struggling through these rough economic times. But vendors and exhibitors at the 21st annual National Fiery Foods and Barbecue Show in ...