The Baltimore Sun

President Bush's offers of compromise on a patients' rights bill he opposes don't go far enough, sponsors of the bill said Friday. But the sponsors said they were encouraged by...

Like thousands of recruits, Kendra Loving joined the Army last summer for the promise of a better future and generous college benefits. But as an 18-year-old private based at Ft....

The bodies of dead soldiers still litter the sun-baked battlefields. Land mines claim the lives of children and farmers. And Ethiopians and Eritreans remain divided over everything from land to...

Telephone bills are growing. Not necessarily in the total expenses they record but in different types of charges. Like rings on a stump reveal the age of the tree, the...

Princeton astrophysicist Richard Gott is a fine writer. His reading audience learns quickly that the most abstruse concepts can be personable companions. Gott's new book, "Time Travel in Einstein's Universe:...

One striking trend recently revealed in new U.S. Census Bureau's data is the increase in unmarried couples who are living together. Over the past decade, the number of unmarried couples...

John Mortimer was born in 1924. He long was a barrister -- to Americans a litigating, courtroom lawyer -- in general criminal and civil practice, as was his father. It's...

One hundred and seventy-five years after his death, John Adams, that short, stout, irascible and talkative "Colossus of Independence," has suddenly popped up as America's hottest president. Adams died on...

A 26-year-old former dot-commer journeyed from Boston to find courage to pursue a new career as a nutritionist. A 48-year-old Randallstown, Md., woman came seeking inspiration for her new job...

Although special effects and celebrity voices steal the show in the movie "Shrek," the green ogre's approach to fine dining stands out as the best example of what-you-see is not...