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As old media struggles for relevance, the once-maligned blogosphere proves it’s as transformative as the telephone

In Parkersburg, Iowa, it was a high school coach who led the townspeople out of the rubble of a tornado, showed them how to live a Christian life and brought honor to a football field he mowed himself. What they can’t understand is why Ed Thomas was gunned down by a former player

Bobby Krotendorfer didn’t expect to be a father at 19, or jobless at 20. But he’s determined to be a loving dad and strong breadwinner. The first part comes easily.

Salt Lake City queer community’s coalition-building strategies could provide a model for gay activists across the country

A Meditation On Possibly Futile Artistic Pursuits

Can scientists build a machine that learns as it goes and plays well with others? A new robot design draws on ways human babies learn about the world

Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City Hall through a window and fatally shot Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Not knowing what the button was for, Newsom kept pushing it on his […]

Conservatives decry “socialized” law enforcement; Democrats are divided over “single-payer” police protection

Michael and Susan Schofield’s 6-year-old daughter is locked in a nightmare realm of schizophrenia — and no one can help her.

But the buzzy Boston author’s lusty take plays loose with the facts while missing the real story.