WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will feature a close-up, black-and-white photograph of Harvey Milk on its commemorative stamp of the California politician and gay r...
Planes themselves are susceptible
SAN JOSE, Calif. — For all the tens of billions of dollars that the nation has spent on screening passengers and their bags, few airport...
LOS ANGELES — It’s taken an army of mice — and a group of clever Canadian researchers — to crack open an old sexual chestnut and get at the meat inside: For women, “Not ...
Captains face being forced out
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — After the 9-11 attacks, tens of thousands of young men and women joined the military, heading for the rugged mountains o...
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A Monmouth County family is suing a New Jersey school district, alleging that the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance is discriminatory because it as...
Ruling could bring big change
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between broadcasters and an Internet startup company that has the potential to bring b...
NEW YORK — By now, some young musical theater fans have received an e-mail from Stephen Schwartz asking them to stop illegally downloading sheet music from any of his sh...
“At the first signs of spring, homeowners tend to be overwhelmed by the damaged, dull appearance of their yards,” says Jeff Linderman, in-house landscaping and outdoor p...
Chomping down on a rosette of freshly emerging tulip leaves is just the thing to drive away winter doldrums — for deer. Crocuses probably taste almost as good.
There’s ...
Former justice calls for amendments
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead, retired Supreme C...
