Before Tampa Bay running back Clifton Smith steps onto the field to face New Orleans on Sunday, he will write a reflective phrase on each sneaker, one he scribbles before every game. ...more

November 29, 2008

"The Book of Lies," by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing, $26) ...more

September 7, 2008

Sheryl Crow wants your vote. The Grammy Award-winning singer is offering a free download of her politically charged tune "Gasoline" to anyone who logs onto the Rock the Vote Web site or anyone on the group's mailing list. ...more

August 22, 2008

Perhaps, had not other events intervened, Ahmed Mohamed might well have emerged as a cunning, mysterious, evildoing international terrorist. ...more

June 17, 2008

FRANCE - Indiana Jones received louder applause going in than he did coming out. ...more

May 18, 2008

"The Venetian Betrayal," by Steve Berry (Ballantine, $26) ...more

February 10, 2008

It's a new da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real. An Italian musician and computer technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper," raising the possibility that the Renaissance genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th century wall painting. ...more

November 10, 2007

The Vatican has published secret documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a parchment - long ignored because of a vague catalog entry in 1628 - showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval order of heresy. ...more

October 13, 2007