officially the worst period on record. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth, but until recently that was never a huge problem for the 90 percent of us who live in coastal cities and towns. We always had thought of dry spells as the farmers' problem. ...more

January 9, 2009

One thing's for sure, when Chandler Hayes heads back to River Ridge Middle School next fall, he'll have nothing to worry about if he's hit with one of those "What I did over the summer" writing assignments. ...more

May 3, 2008

Conservative Prime Minister John Howard, one of the Bush administration's staunchest allies, suffered a humiliating election defeat Saturday at the hands of an opposition leader who has vowed to pull troops out of Iraq. ...more

November 25, 2007