Kathy Griffin promised "an evening of swearing and negativity" at the start of her first of two shows Saturday night at Ruth Eckerd Hall. ...more

March 22, 2009

A federal judge has awarded more than $65 million to several men of the USS Pueblo, who were captured and tortured by North Korea back in the 1960s. ...more

December 30, 2008

Two-Seam Fastball Hold the index and middle fingers with the seams. How it works: The pitch is thrown with an arm side run, which allows the ball to dip away to left-handed hitters (or right-handed if the pitcher is a lefty) and into a right-handed batter (or into a lefty for a left-handed pitcher). ...more

October 22, 2008

Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary. Here are some, along with the year in which Merriam-Webster first found them used in an English-language publication. ...more

July 7, 2008