(AP) The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot ...

A new mural featuring "The Simpsons" is coming to Springfield. The real Springfield. Series creator Matt Groening, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, told Smithsonian magazine two years ago he named ...

The iconic cartoon has flirted with space travel, evolution and Stephen Hawking. July 26, 2007 — -- In 1986, Dudley Herschbach, now an award-winning chemistry professor at Harvard, won the Nobel ...

The Simpsons has become an institution on network television, with thirty-seven seasons focusing on Springfield since the show debuted in the 1980s. Since Homer, Marge, Maggie, Lisa, and Bart first ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the inspiration for the ...

PORTLAND — One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with ``The Simpsons'' creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore, as the inspiration for the animated hometown ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tales of Homer Simpson and his family have become embedded in television lore, but ever wonder where Springfield, the illustrious hometown of "The Simpsons," is really ...