Coach John Tortorella informed the assembled media Thursday morning that injured D Dan Boyle would not be playing in his first game since Nov. 3. By the mid-part of the afternoon, that all changed following a checkup with the doctor who performed a second operation on Boyle's left wrist. ...more

January 25, 2008

It came as no surprise they got his death certificate wrong. George Kaylor, my step-dad, didn't die of bladder cancer. He didn't even have cancer. ...more

December 30, 2007

I lost my mother in May 2005 and my dad nine months later. It's a sordid tale of woe for both of them, but for my dad in particular. ...more

December 30, 2007

G Johan Holmqvist was pulled early in the second period of Thursday's loss after giving up three goals on 11 shots, but he was put back in during the third period. ...more

December 28, 2007

BAGHLANI-JADID, Afghanistan - Up to two-thirds of the 77 people killed and 100 wounded in a suicide bombing Nov. 6 were hit by bullets from visiting lawmakers' panicked bodyguards, who fired on a crowd of mostly schoolchildren for up to five minutes, a preliminary U.N. report says. ...more

November 18, 2007

John Lynch said he felt optimistic the stinger he suffered Monday night was unrelated to his 2004 neck surgery - but the concerned look on his face and the worry in his voice belied that brave front. ...more

November 2, 2007

It's probably the last place you would look for skin cancer. Your scalp. It never occurred to 43-year-old Karen Shultes of Palmetto. In December, she discovered a patch of discolored skin behind her left ear. She had been absent-mindedly scratching it for several weeks and finally asked her husband to take a look. ...more

October 26, 2007

The North Carolina Medical Board overstepped its authority by threatening to punish physicians for participating in executions, a judge ruled Friday, striking down a policy that effectively triggered a moratorium on the state's death penalty. ...more

September 22, 2007