Oregon now has a real-life superhero: Captain Awesome. Douglas Allen Smith Jr. officially changed his name to the cartoon-style moniker last month after a Lane County judge approved the switch. His ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man has had an Awesome name change. Douglas Allen Smith Jr. says he changed his name to Captain Awesome last month because he was inspired by the nickname of a character ...

You know the nice-looking teenage boy from Glen Ellyn who rang your doorbell in the early 1990s and tried to sell you a Daily Herald subscription? Well, he grew up to be an Abercrombie & Fitch model, ...

News from the Northwest filters across the country slowly, so it is only this morning that we are getting around to recognizing a new hero to us all: Captain Awesome! You may know him as Douglas Allen ...