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Rucker finds unlikely success on country charts

Jul. 2, 2009
After 15 years of being recognized as "Hootie" from Hootie & the Blowfish, Darius Rucker was caught off guard recently while checking into a Baltimore hotel. "It's the same hotel I stay in all the time, and there's a new clerk back there and she's looking at...
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Darius Rucker joins TNT holiday special

COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- American singer-songwriter Darius Rucker says he will perform a special, and appropriate, song at this year's "Christmas in Washington" concert.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler