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Defense of a Legend By Bill Groneman Republic of Texas Press, 210 pages, $14.95 Since Davy Crockett isn't around to defend himself, having died at the Alamo on March 6,...

Is China ready for New York-style living? Queens builder Sam LeFrak thinks so, and he has just the design: His Lefrak City complex, which towers over the Long Island Expressway....

Larry Gelbart, the musical comedy bookwriter, once quipped that if Hitler were still alive, "I hope he is out of town with a musical." Actually, that's not such a bad...

Zodwa Tshabalala, her left leg shattered at the knee, crawled through an open gate as neighbors who heard her screaming clustered around her. "I'll kill you if you are not...

Elzire Dionne's record-setting labor began at dawn with the birth of a 2-pound girl whose wailing voice shook the family's kerosene-lit farmhouse in North Bay, Ontario. It was May 28,...

Phil Jackson boldly predicted New York would have no home-court advantage last Sunday. "Well, I was wrong," Jackson said after the Bulls were eliminated 87-77 by the Knicks. Without Michael...

Come 1995, Darryl Strawberry will have had 256 major-league at-bats in three seasons. No matter what his state of mind, there is the question of whether he can compete at...

Billy Joel owes us. He owes us big-time. When Bruce Springsteen was having marital problems, he telegraphed them on his "Tunnel of Love" album ("One step up and two steps...

These are Candida Royalle's sexual turn-ons: the lingering look, the slow hand, the playful chase, the teasing buildup. Not what she calls the porn style of "wham, bam, very basic...

Some big brewers have begun to compete for the taste buds of drinkers who prefer "craft beers," those premium beverages made by microbrewers. Last year, craft brewers produced 1.2 million...