A blast of winter in the nation's northern tier stranded travelers far and wide Sunday just a few days before Christmas, with dozens of flights delayed or canceled and bus passengers sleeping on cardboard at a Seattle terminal. ...more

December 21, 2008

The wild burro wouldn't take no for an answer. We had already encountered grazing pronghorn antelope, packs of wild turkeys, prairie dogs and enough bison to render us downright blase when yet another of the enormous beasts emerged on our four-day trip through the Black Hills of South Dakota. ...more

August 29, 2008

With a daily round-trip commute of 120 miles, Marie Czapiewski needed good gas mileage in her new car but didn't want to give up a V6 engine for something less powerful. ...more

October 19, 2007