Maritime troubadour Jimmy Buffett is dropping anchor in the city of sails next weekend. He talks to Graham Reid.

Great news for students - jeans left unwashed for a year are no dirtier than those that have been worn for a fortnight.

The irony of the American dream is that it is as ugly a promise as it is an audacious, rubber hope.

Bosses suit up for blue-collar jobs Undercover Boss returns to champion underdog employees and humble chief executives. By Deborah Hill Cone.

The slaughter in Tucson, in statistical terms, was pretty routine as US shooting sprees go.

Wildlife, thrilling scenery and art abound on Canada's Sunshine Coast, writes David Eames.

It would be dangerous to instantly suggest that the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was the product of a poisoned political climate in the United States.

There was something awfully inevitable about the Tucson shooting, writes the Herald's Foreign Editor Nicola Lamb.

Frontman Matt Berninger talks to Scott Kara about how his glum New York band The National couldn't be happier after breaking out of indie cult-dom

What is the cost of a US free trade deal?

A new year, a new romance: Actress Meg Ryan and veteran rocker John Mellencamp are reportedly dating on the quiet.