With big-league stars on both sides and national pride at stake, the United States and Canada gave their World Baseball Classic opener an October feel. ...more

March 8, 2009

Do you know an outstanding teacher who deserves recognition, someone who instills a sense of national pride in his or her students? ...more

September 17, 2008

Paris might still be good if you have a big wad of cash and want the best of the best. But Tokyo is really where it's at foodwise, at least according to the French people who keep track of these things. ...more

August 31, 2008

Just when you thought times couldn't get more discouraging in the United States, a Belgian company announced Sunday that it was purchasing an American icon - Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser and other popular domestic beers - for $52 billion. ...more

July 15, 2008

AVON PARK — The area known as the triangle in Avon Park officially became a location of pride and reverence Monday morning with the dedication of the Southside Veterans Garden. "This has been a project that we have been working on for approximately two years," said Southside CRA Chairwoman Shirley Johnson. "We are so proud to be opening and dedicating this garden today to all the men and women that serve in the armed forces." ...more

May 27, 2008

Everything stopped but the tears. For three minutes Monday, bustling China came to a standstill as its more than 1 billion people remembered the more than 34,000 killed a week ago in the worst earthquake to hit the country in three decades. ...more

May 20, 2008

Flags flew at half-staff, public entertainment was canceled and 1.3 billion people were asked to observe three minutes of silence as China began three days of mourning today for the victims of the nation's massive earthquake. ...more

May 19, 2008

The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries - China and Russia - that over the past decade have supplied the most children to U.S. families. ...more

December 7, 2007

Embarking on an ambitious 10-year moon exploration program, China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday - a leap forward in the Asian space race that gave a boost to national pride, and the promise of scientific payoffs. ...more

October 25, 2007