Most kids' playhouses are nice and all. But what would happen if 20 funky architects took on the backyard and devoted some spare time to re-envision the classic structure? ...more

October 24, 2009

Israel announced that it will cut off funding for illegal settlement outposts and crack down on extremist squatters, but settler leaders vowed Monday to resist the order and accused the government of fanning hatred toward them. ...more

November 4, 2008

Tampa Bay area Cubans and Haitians are rushing to send supplies and get in touch with loved ones after a battery of storms have pounded the islands. ...more

September 9, 2008

Two polar bears, known in these parts as ice bears, amble and yawn on an iceberg. The mother and her 2-year-old cub stand out light yellow against bright white and glacial blue - these mascots of the global warming movement seem majestically content on an Arctic summer day. ...more

July 26, 2008

Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando can now plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co. ...more

June 6, 2008

I was somewhat taken aback when the feds listed the intrepid polar bear as an "endangered species" earlier this month. ...more

May 27, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

On Sept. 28 we took I-75 toward Miami to fly to Peru. By 3:15 p.m. the car was in storage, and we were at the airport awaiting our 1:35 a.m. departure. ...more

November 4, 2007