While scholars speculated that he had lost his mind, or taken to the road, the world's most successful media fugitive, author of Gravity's Rainbow, and The Crying of Lot 49, has been living quietly among us. A literary investigation.

She toys with canine heart -- but whose is breaking?

Hip-hop has entered Manhattan's mainstream -- even Martha Stewart now talks the talk -- and Def Jam's Russell Simmons has done more than anyone else to get it there. Inside the world of hip-hop's godfather.

It’s a war zone out there. Casualties mount. Supplies are low. Time is short. Everyone is insane. But single New Yorkers soldier on, looking for love.

Joint custody turns a weekend road trip into a weekly ritual. A family can grow up and grow together one 70-mile leg at a time.

A battalion of young Ronsons, armed with talent and virtually inexhaustible celebrity connections, have overrun Manhattan social life. Where did they get their precocious gifts? From their parents, of course. A hip-hop Edith Wharton tale.

Hitting it big before the age of 25 -- the way Puffy did -- is the new club-kid dream. And for these three guys, promoting New York's hottest parties is just a stepping-stone. "We're starting an empire," one of them says.

The hottest young actor in America and his rowdy friends have made nighttime New York their playground, creating havoc and leaving in their wake a trail of awestruck fans (and often, no tip).

To many Manhattan high-school students, the hatred and cruelty in Colorado are unthinkable: The city itself preaches tolerance.

Why Jennifer Lopez, Puerto Rican Day parade grand marshal, girlfriend (maybe) of Puffy Combs, inspired by Selena, aspiring to be Barbra Streisand, and owner of America's most famous backside, might be the celebrity of the future.