Fitness How the Soloflex Changed America The story of a pilot, a shirtless spokesmodel, and a transformational home-fitness device.

Back in 1984, Steve Ockerman was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, stationed at Quantico, Va., when he noticed an ad campaign for Soloflex, the resistance-based home exercise machines. The ...

U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman in Portland sentenced Madsen today to two years in prison for siphoning nearly $250,000 from his uncle's small mortgage company in Vancouver.

Soloflex founder Jerry Wilson wanted to run for governor as a Republican. But he missed a deadline for registering in the GOP, so he may just go ahead and run as a Democrat, he says.