The last time I had seen Checkpoint Charlie, the best known border crossing between what was then East and West Berlin, was in 1972. ...more

October 22, 2008 |

When The Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel opens Oct. 30, visitors will be able to leave a lasting mark on the new mall while helping to raise money for the American Cancer Society. ...more

October 15, 2008 |

Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funding for further peacemaking in hot spots to come. ...more

October 11, 2008 |

If this quintet of clueless bobblehead dolls had their way, the Nobel Peace Prize would be named after Pol Pot, the Pulitzers after Clifford Irving, the MacArthur genius grants after Archie Bunker. ...more

October 4, 2008 |

On Thursday night, Al Gore told Democrats that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents." ...more

August 29, 2008 |

Songs, laughter, teasing and tender words marked Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration Saturday as presidents, village elders and African royalty joined him for a festive luncheon on his rural homestead. ...more

July 20, 2008 |

Irena Sendler - credited with saving an estimated 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, some in baskets - died Monday in Warsaw. She was 98. ...more

May 13, 2008 |

Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a disaster of unimaginable scale. ...more

May 9, 2008 |

Al Gore advised Wall Street leaders and institutional investors Thursday to ditch businesses too reliant on carbon-intensive energy - or prepare for huge losses down the road. ...more

February 15, 2008 |

As a kid in Brooklyn, N.Y., I was an avid fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I had buddies who were New York Giant fans. ...more

January 7, 2008 |