National |
Call it a case of delayed justice. On June 14 the Supreme Court
unanimously agreed that the phrase "under God" should remain a part
of the Pledge of…
National |
The Supreme Court in June dealt a blow to President Bush's war on
terror, ruling that nearly 600 "enemy combatants" held for years at
a naval base in Cuba…
National |
After the Massachusetts Supreme Court gave a thumbs-up to gay
marriage last year, 2004 seemed destined to go down as the year
homosexual nuptials went…
National |
With the worldwide 77-million-member largely conservative Anglican
Communion tottering at the edge of schism over homosexuality
issues, Archbishop of…
National |
Advocates for the unproven potential of embryonic stem-cell
research found allies this year in famous families. After former
President Ronald Reagan died of…
National |
If the 1960s were about free love, the first four years of the 21st
century have been about free music. The Recording Industry
Association of America prefers…
National |
Forget about going around the world in 80 days. What about three
and a half hours? NASA tested an engine which could do just that.
On Nov. 16, the…
Sports |
Even the Boston Red Sox's World Series drought couldn't outlast
Fred Hale. Born in 1890, four years before Babe Ruth was born, Hale
was 16 when the Red Sox…
Sports |
This was supposed to be the era of parity in the NFL. But the New
England Patriots torpedoed the theory that football dynasties were
dead by taking home a…
Sports |
How far has the NHL fallen this year? All the way to the minor
leagues. When the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey
League needed a left winger, the…
Sports |
The differences were nearly poetic. One was a team of stars,
superstars, and megastars in a city of glitz and glamor. The other,
a functional unit with a…
Sports |
With the United States track team reeling from steroid scandals,
sprinters Allyson Felix, Justin Gatlin, and Jeremy Wariner gave a
new face to a sport in…
