The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 17, 2009

Investors wiped out by the Bernard Madoff scandal got more bad news Friday: Investigators have confirmed suspicions that the monthly statements showing the disgraced financier was making stock trades for the investors were pure fiction. ...more

February 21, 2009

Do you generally like bacon on your hot dog? Or pancake syrup with your sweet potato fries? ...more

February 5, 2009

Madelyn Dunham, who watched from afar as her only grandson rapidly ascended the ranks of American politics to the brink of the presidency, did not live to see whether he was elected. ...more

November 4, 2008

I thought of Halloween when I saw the decorations for the holiday already in stores at the end of August, and it made me reminisce and wonder if today's kids have Halloween fun as we did long ago. Actually, if they do some things we did, they might be arrested in this day and age. Of course, there were the parties, sometimes with costumes, hayrides, and/or bonfires. The most fun for me, though, was going "Halloweening." One such adventure follows. ...more

October 22, 2008

Like hockey's Lightning and the football's Buccaneers, the Rays label themselves a team from "Tampa Bay."But unlike the other big-league squads, which play in Tampa, the Rays' home base gets little recognition in the shorthand of sports communication. ...more

September 30, 2008

Tips For Parents •Don't get angry at your child for viewing inappropriate content. Instead, encourage your child to talk to you about anything he or she sees that scares, upsets or confuses him or her. ...more

May 25, 2008

Herbert Saffir, an engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength and warn millions of an approaching storm's danger, has died. He was 90. ...more

November 24, 2007

A few decades ago, people probably would have said children like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. ...more

November 4, 2007

James R. Flynn, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Otaga in New Zealand, discovered two decades ago that IQ test scores were steadily rising in the developed world despite some evidence to the contrary, such as failing schools and stagnant standardized test scores - a phenomenon called the 'Flynn effect.' ...more

October 28, 2007