TAMPA - John Tortorella, the now former Lightning coach, spoke to the media for about 45 minutes this morning, the first time he has spoken publicly since returning in May from the World Championships where speculation began to circulate that he would not return for the final year of his contract. ...more

June 4, 2008

After weeks of sitting in coaching limbo, Lightning coach John Tortorella was fired by the team Tuesday after a meeting with General Manager Jay Feaster, making official what had been reported over the weekend. ...more

June 4, 2008

Just out of music school, Ruthie Foster decided she needed a change. So she joined the Navy. ...more

January 10, 2008

"Saturday's Child," by Ray Banks (Harcourt Trade, $25) ...more

January 6, 2008

Thousands of dissidents silenced under Argentina's military dictatorship - tortured, executed and made to "disappear" in the so-called Dirty War against dissent - are gaining new voice through poetry. ...more

December 28, 2007

The ravage of AIDS on Africa certainly isn't a new topic, but the continent's anguish finds a new voice in Lara Santoro's 'Mercy,' the story of a self-destructive journalist, the men in her life and Mercy, her housekeeper turned caregiver. ...more

September 2, 2007