Throughout the Bush presidency, he toiled in secrecy deep within the White House, a mysterious and feared presence who never stepped into the sunlight of public disclosure.
A Nashville-area fisherman caught a big one, one too big to weigh on his own scale. He wound up weighing it at a Kroger grocery store before releasing it back into Percy Priest Lake.
E-mails procured by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram offer a glimpse into the workings of the Texas state land commissioner.
An intriguing examination of how NOT to innovate. Also a case study in what's wrong with giving any government agency too much money.
The once-popular amusement has been abandoned for video games and other forms of fun. The New York Times visits the last remaining pinball manufacturing plant in the world.
The finalists of the 2008 Stockholm Challenge -- for cool Web projects -- have been announced, and the blog of the Special Libraries Association's Government Information Division notes the finalists in the public administration category.
Can newspapers benefit by social networking with the public?
Patrick's win in Saturday's Indy 300 makes her the first woman to win an open-wheeled race winner. She beat Dan Wheldon and others when they had to pit on the last lap.
This story from The New York Times talks about how toothbrushes have evolved to where they no longer work with many toothbrush-holding devices -- the fancy ergo-handles are too big to fit into the holders. Story explains why the handles were changed.
The Internet revolution is killing off the printed encyclopedia.
The second annual Sunday Source Peeps Diorama Contest drew more than 800 sugar-filled entries from our readers. Here, the 37 best creations.
Semicolon sightings in the city are unusual but Neil Neches, a writer in the transit agency's marketing and service information department, inserted one on a placard anyway.
Sam Roberts recounts the details of a race for a party's presidential nomination from 1860, when a riveting speech by Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union was one of the turning points.
The Lincoln Cottage's power is the power of association, its contact with a historical presence; we literally walk in a great figure's footsteps.
In her new book, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky explains everything from the mechanics of racing engines to the molecular properties of the drivers' fire-retardant suits.
Interesting blogger/press-freedom issue.
In her new book, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky explains everything from the mechanics of racing engines to the molecular properties of the drivers' fire-retardant suits.
Snippet from the end: The United States Constitution doesn't protect the press so that newspapers can generate revenue. It does so to ensure that citizens always will have independent monitors of their government.
Equipped with laptops and hand-held video cameras, off-air network reporters, or embeds, are catching every unplugged and unscripted moment on the campaign trail.
Interesting
When a man removed an eight-ton rock from the Ohio River, those on the opposite bank objected.
Jennifer Peebles has not published any private articles or seeds that you have access to.
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