When senior students, Ethan Williams, Namoa Tuikolongahau and James Southworth were assigned to either write a three-page paper or create a gingerbread house, they created something even bigger.

Today, “The Gingerbread Man” is a song, animated video (with art by Savannah Philyaw), and a children’s book, re-framing the story of the runaway cookie and giving him a happy ending. As a ...

ENCINITAS — Around Thanksgiving last year, famed singer/songwriter Jack Tempchin was admiring the homemade gingerbread man ornaments his artist wife, Sheryl, was hanging on their Christmas tree ...

After helping kindergartners in Georgia with a class project in 2007, Brig. Gen. Vincent Buggs continued writing the students letters for years. Last month, he finally met his pen pals in person.