West Palm Beach

Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81; socialite became a fashion designer

2013-04-07 17:33:00

Lilly Pulitzer, a socialite turned fashion designer whose tropical print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s and later a fashion mainstay, died Sunday in Palm Beach, Fla. She was 81. Her death was confirmed by Gale Schiffman of Quattlebaum Funeral...

Kendrick Lamar plans world tour, with stop at Staples Center

2013-04-08 11:19:00

Kendrick Lamar is taking his breakout debut, �“good kid, m.A.A.d city,” on the road with his first world tour. The Compton rapper, currently headlining a spring college trek with Steve Aoki, will take his good kid, m.A.A.d city world tour...

Sen. Robert Menendez denies consorting with prostitutes

2013-01-30 20:25:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a key player in the effort to overhaul immigration laws, denied allegations that he consorted with prostitutes during trips to the Dominican Republic with a longtime friend and campaign donor whose South...

Man choked to death on roach parts after winning eating contest

2012-11-26 12:59:00

A Florida man who collapsed after winning a bug-eating contest accidentally choked to death on the cockroaches he gobbled down, the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Monday. Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach won the eating...

PASSINGS: Barry Becher

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Barry Becher, 71, a marketing mastermind and infomercial pioneer best known for bringing Ginsu knives to the American public, died Friday at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., of complications from surgery and kidney cancer, his family said. Becher and...

PASSINGS: Doris Singleton, Elinor Agnew, Bob Banfield, Patricia Bario

2012-06-30 00:00:00

Doris Singleton Actress worked with Lucille Ball Doris Singleton, 92, an actress best known for playing Lucy's friend Caroline Appleby on the classic TV comedy "I Love Lucy," died Tuesday in Los Angeles of complications from cancer, according to her...

CBS will break financial records in 2012, Leslie Moonves predicts

2012-05-01 16:34:23

Cain endorsement could boost Gingrich campaign

2012-01-28 19:11:00

PASSINGS: Sidney W. Benson

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Sidney W. Benson Former USC chemistry professor Sidney W. Benson, 93, a chemistry professor who was scientific co-director of USC's Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, died Dec. 30 at his home in Brentwood of complications from a stroke, the...

PASSINGS: Fred Milano, William Polk Carey, Mike Colalillo

2012-01-04 00:00:00

Fred Milano Doo-wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts Fred Milano, 72, a singer who made rock 'n' roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s, died Sunday, three weeks after his lung cancer was diagnosed, said Warren Gradus, who...

TSA apology? Two elderly women were screened improperly

2012-01-18 16:37:26

PASSINGS: Claude Kirk, Arch West

2011-09-29 00:00:00

Claude Kirk Florida's 1st GOP governor of 20th century Claude Kirk, 85, a flamboyant self-promoter who became Florida's first Republican governor of the 20th century, died Wednesday at his West Palm Beach home, his family announced. Democrats dominated...

The first PW1100G-JM engine for the Airbus A320neo begins testing on the sea-level, outdoor test stand at Pratt & Whitney's West Palm Beach, Fla., facility.

2013-05-24 10:04:52

The first PW1100G-JM engine for Airbus A320neo being assembled in Pratt & Whitney's West Palm Beach, Fla., facility.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

The South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach. The museum wants to be remaining family friendly.

2013-05-22 00:00:00