The pirate attacks off Somalia are infuriating for many reasons. ...more

November 22, 2008

The secret to the Big Canoe Challenge was this: The team that rows together will win. ...more

October 20, 2008

Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this year trying to enter the United States, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ...more

September 29, 2008

A couple of passengers had just stepped off a county bus at the stop north of Denton Avenue when a flatbed truck slammed into the back of the bus about noon Tuesday. ...more

July 9, 2008

The PlayStation Portable has been around for three years, but the machine you might buy today is far different from the one you'd get in 2005. Sony is continually tinkering with the thing in big ways (introducing a lighter, slimmer model in 2007) and small (any number of regularly issued firmware updates). ...more

June 23, 2008

Each month, like clockwork, Chris Capkovic powers his speedboat across 60-acre Lake Brant to collect samples from three locations. ...more

June 7, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says everyone should support U.S. foreign and security policies. ...more

May 31, 2008

The strong winds that have plagued anglers for weeks abated in early November. I finally got a chance to put the boat in the water without a small-craft warning in effect. In fact, I was surprised to step outside one morning last week and find it dead flat calm. ...more

November 14, 2007

The National Transportation Safety Board, in a preliminary report on a helicopter crash that killed two people last week, said a cause for the crash has not been determined. ...more

September 23, 2007