Sep 29th, 2008 · A small publisher in suburban Seattle has hit the big time with a biography of Sarah Palin. Epicenter Press published Sarah: How A Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down months before Palin hit the national spotlight.
Sep 23rd, 2008 · Desperate housewives get all the press, but what about the bumbling, emotionally stunted men of the house? Three books offer a peek inside the elusive minds — and conflicted souls — of forlorn suburban men.
Aug 26th, 2008 · We've been hearing lately of suburban McMansions turned into hydroponic growing houses for marijuana. Turns out, you can also find marijuana at the mall. Federal agents in Miami confiscated 200 plants when they busted a pot-growing operation at the Mall of the Americas.
Jul 14th, 2008 · A 42-year-old pet chimpanzee named Moe has been missing from an exotic pet sanctuary in San Bernadino County, east of Los Angeles. The chimp lived for 30 years with a couple in suburban Los Angeles but was removed after he attacked two people.
Jun 27th, 2008 · Suburban misfit Marc Acito — author of Attack of the Theater People and other comic novels — relies on three fictional gal friends for comfort, laughs and inspiration.
Jun 24th, 2008 · Best known for his novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Andrew Sean Greer explores the hidden secrets of one suburban, 1950s couple in his new book, The Story of a Marriage.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Republican John McCain is courting the suburban women who voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton during the primaries. McCain has made campaign stops in the Clinton territories of New York and New Jersey, talking up the fear of terrorism with these soccer moms.
Jun 6th, 2008 · On a street corner in suburban Las Vegas, one man has been reaching out to people all day, every day, for the last six years. Larry Johnson, a.k.a. "Mr. Happiness," wears colorful costumes, dances, waves and blows kisses to passing drivers.