There are laws against scattering someone's ashes any old place you want. That goes for Daytona International Speedway. So everybody turn their head: Ron Hornaday Jr. owes his dad. ...more

February 12, 2009

A transcript of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's statement Friday ...more

December 19, 2008

For another generation, today's date brings up many of the same emotions as Sept. 11 does to this one. ...more

December 7, 2008

When Danielle Nitzel found her three-year-old marriage drawing its last breath in 2004, she couldn't afford the minimum of $1,000 she was told she would need to hire a divorce lawyer. ...more

November 24, 2008

Suffering from excruciating spinal deterioration, Robby Garvin, 24, of South Carolina tried many painkillers before his doctor prescribed methadone in June 2006, just before Garvin and his friend Joey Sutton set off for a weekend at an amusement park. ...more

August 17, 2008

The veteran leader, a big, friendly man, is sitting in a corner of the Rays clubhouse, telling a story, making younger Rays laugh, and maybe teaching them, too. ...more

June 15, 2008

HIGGINSES PLAN TO REBUILD HOUSE, LIVES ...more

May 2, 2008

HAVANA (AP) – An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday. ...more

February 19, 2008

As an Army surgeon in the Middle East, Keith Rose watched a colleague bleed to death when a truck in his convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. ...more

December 26, 2007

When the impoverished seamstress Mimi sighs her last breath and Rodolfo cries out in anguish, the curtain goes down on a story of love and loss that always merits revisiting. ...more

November 18, 2007