Knight-Ridder Tribune

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling that reduces Massachusetts` congressional seats from 11 to 10, finally clearing the way for Beacon Hill leaders to draw a new district...

The echoes of a secret are out there somewhere, in the rolling terrain that wraps itself around Kansas crossroads like Clay Center and Junction City and Salina and Abilene. They`re...

Flying in from Tel Aviv recently, CBS newsman Bob Simon found himself facing yet another new slant in his thinking. ''What it comes down to,'' says the veteran correspondent, who...

The closest Nemesio Porras came to the fighting in Nicaragua was at a baseball stadium three years ago. Beyond the left-field wall, he could see helicopters hovering over the mountains...

It`s usually such a ''guy thing.'' Crushing beer cans flat on your forehead, playing guitars and jamming in somebody`s basement seems like the stuff of teenage male bonding. Still, that`s...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the Beatles` landmark album ''Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band.'' One could mark the occasion with serious discussion of the...

Most voting Americans subconsciously think Ross Perot, at 5-foot-6, is too short to be president, the pundits tell us. His inadequacy of inches subliminally translates into a poverty of political...

One evening recently, Bill Cosby: - Chatted with a pregnant woman about her constipation. - Ridiculed an Air Force technician for refusing to paint his wife`s toenails. - Pressed a...

Lou Whitaker is closing in on the third of three major accomplishments. Taken together, they will always identify him as one of the best Detroit Tigers in history. Last month,...

A mixture of hope, anticipation and cynicism is apparent among the nation`s mayors as they meet in Houston for six days to play a familiar refrain-the United States` crumbling cities...