• Prominent U.S. playwright arrested in Japan for alleged ecstasy smuggling

  

• North Texas tap group turns 40 and keeps the beat alive

  

• Book excerpt: "Family of Spies" by Christine Kuehn

  

• Stolen vehicle leads LAPD on pursuit through San Fernando Valley

  

• Man in Santa Ana saves family from burning home

  

• Large water main break shuts down Mockingbird Lane in Dallas, snarls traffic

  

• Michigan farmland prices outpace the national average, data shows

  

• Cross country skiers at Theo Wirth celebrate early snowfall