Eileen Griffin always wanted to own a bookstore. So three years ago, when she retired from her job as a national account manager for Random House, she took all her savings and opened the Griffin Bookshop and Coffee Bar in downtown Fredericksburg, Va. It became a local favorite, with live music performances on Friday and Saturday nights. ...more

March 2, 2009

The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home, but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet. ...more

July 3, 2008

The Army has thrown out the conviction of the only officer court-martialed in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, bringing an end to the four-year investigation and spurring human rights activists to complain of a Pentagon whitewash. ...more

January 11, 2008