To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the read more

To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting. We didn't lose because of a lack of effort. We lost because of a lack of execution at critical times.

While final figures on the number of people in need of urgent assistance are still being established, donors must respond read more

While final figures on the number of people in need of urgent assistance are still being established, donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And read more

There's a little gray house in a one-street town, And the door stands open, and the steps go down, And you prop up the window with a stick on the sill, And you carry spring water from the bottom of the hill; And the white star of Bethlehem grows in t

I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on read more

I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on the mound. That way I could stay there longer.

...Some of reports have called for increases of 10,000; others between 20,000 and 40,000. So there are a number of read more

...Some of reports have called for increases of 10,000; others between 20,000 and 40,000. So there are a number of options on the table to be considered. But we'll work with Congress on that.

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude read more

In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements . Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the ''haves.''

Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North read more

Robust demand for cruise vacations continued into our seasonally strong summer period. Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs, resulting in higher profits and another record third quarter,

The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.

The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.

We don't have a measure of abundance or population density of a single snake in Africa. We need that information read more

We don't have a measure of abundance or population density of a single snake in Africa. We need that information to make well-founded decisions about how threatened species are and we don't have it... it's a big conservation need.