Where arts, NASCAR can co-exist
Editor's note: Last week we profiled Tampa, Fla., in preparation for the Republican National Convention. This week it's Charlotte, N.C., where the Democrats will convene. — "So, where's the best...
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Nellie Gray, founder of March for Life, dies
— Nellie Gray left a government career to start the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion demonstration that for nearly four decades has drawn tens of thousands of activists to...
Stephen Colbert: The academic world’s obsession
Nation, our so-called universities are in big trouble, and not just because attending one of them leaves you with more debt than the Greek government. No, we're talking about something...
Transgender issues — at a very young age
— Kathryn wanted pants. And short hair. Then trucks and swords. Her parents, Jean and Stephen, were fine with their toddler's embrace of all things boy. They've both been schoolteachers...
Health apps under the microscope
Three tries. More than two years. And roughly $150,000. That's what it took for MIM Software to get theFood and Drug Administration'sclearance for a smartphone application that physicians can use...
Balance shifting in world’s energy politics
In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of what might be one of the biggest recent discoveries...
‘Snow White’ still a bad apple of feminism
Philosophical questions: 1. Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? And 2. Is a Snow White wearing a metal breastplate and brandishing a sword still Snow White?...
More uses for white vinegar
We knew vinegar had many uses, but the tips we recently found on the Vinegar Institute's Web site (versatilevinegar.org) sent us running to buy a larger bottle of white distilled...
Roberts won’t make case for pay raise
In last year's report on the state of the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said he was "tired" of beseeching Congress once again to raise judges' salaries to...
Beef linked to E. coli outbreak
Nineteen people in 16 states have been infected in recent days with a potentially lethal strain of E. coli bacteria after consuming beef in restaurants supplied by an Oklahoma meat...