"Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It," by Julia Keller (Viking, $25.95) ...more

September 28, 2008

Randy Goggin of New Port Richey says Gov. Sarah Palin has more governmental experience than Sen. Barack Obama. ...more

September 27, 2008

The newspaper industry is constantly bewailing its need for a new economic model, as the Internet upends the old one. Maybe it could take a page from the Club Penguin Times. ...more

September 15, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama learned how hard it can be to solve America's public education problems when he headed a philanthropic drive here a decade ago that spent $150 million on Chicago's troubled schools and barely made a dent. ...more

September 13, 2008

As blazing summer segues into fall, some parts of the country head back outside to plant. ...more

September 11, 2008

United Airlines and its stockholders experienced the potential dangers inherent in a high-tech society Monday when outdated information about a 2002 bankruptcy filing zoomed around the Internet and prompted a run on the company's stock. ...more

September 11, 2008

Getting "two thumbs up" from Siskel and Ebert used to mean something. ...more

July 25, 2008

Broncos receiver Rod Smith is planning to hold a news conference today amid published reports he will retire. ...more

July 24, 2008

Jeremy Shockey was traded to the Saints for two draft picks Monday, giving New Orleans a disgruntled star tight end who watched from afar while injured as the New York Giants surged to the Super Bowl title. ...more

July 22, 2008

The Yankees placed Jorge Posada on the 15-day disabled list Monday with an injured right shoulder, leaving the All-Star catcher's season in doubt. ...more

July 22, 2008