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Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.
Phillip Garrido's unspeakable private life began unraveling in a very public place: a college campus.
In 1989, after a white mob attacked and killed a black teenager in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them, yelling obscenities and throwing bricks and watermelons their way.
Scouring an aerial photograph taken three days after Hurricane Camille crashed ashore on Mississippi's Gulf coast, Richard Rose points to the spot where his father's body washed into the chimney of a ruined home.
K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr. is a businessman who knows how to make a deal — even if it's risky or unpopular.
If he were alive today, William "Pa" McGillin probably wouldn't recognize the nachos and watermelon martinis being served at his namesake pub. Yet he'd no doubt be heartened to see that its core commitment to beer and camaraderie has remained largely unchanged since he opened it 150 years ago.
A Michigan man who believed he was a toddler kidnapped in New York in 1955 said he was "stunned" to learn DNA testing disproved his suspicion and that he's still seeking his true identity.
At the end of the 81-year marriage, the Isaksons said goodbye by turning off the lights. The partnership was over.
It's been a long 13 years for Brittani McCalister — 2,340 days, to be exact.
He was tall and stunningly good looking, a guy who could appear pensive and serious one moment and then, with smoke from an unfiltered cigarette swirling around his face, morph into the hippest looking dude this side of James Dean.
Germany on Friday marked the 60th birthday of its post-World War II federal republic, under which the country has become a stable and respected democracy with global political and economic clout.
Twenty years after he met the love of his life, nearly five years after their wedding helped make history, it took a nasty bout of pneumonia for Gary Chalmers to fully appreciate the blessings of marriage.
The Progressive magazine has a century's worth of battles under its belt.
Only about 350 people attended the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970, and that number included gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and the other 100 or so local musicians who performed.
Twenty years after China's military crushed dissent around Tiananmen Square, the details are still fresh in Qi Zhiyong's mind. The acrid smell of tear gas. The people run down by tanks. The dizzying pain when a bullet tore through his left leg.
Thirty years after Egypt signed a historic peace treaty with Israel — the first Arab country to do so — many here still question whether the 1979 deal with the Jewish state delivered the benefits Egyptians believed it was supposed to.
When Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shook hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on the White House lawn on March 26, 1979, ordinary Israelis saw not only an end to war with their largest neighbor but also the hope of warm relations with the people next door.
New York's Guggenheim Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building beginning in May.
President George W. Bush is grayer and wrinkles cut deeper into his forehead, yet after eight years, two wars, two recessions and the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, he is leaving Washington largely the same man as when he arrived.
Milestones in normalization of relations between the United States and China:
Forged in absolute secrecy at the height of the Cold War, the diplomatic ties established between the United States and China 30 years ago this Thursday had a clear goal: to counter the Soviet threat.
China celebrated the 30th anniversary of the start of economic reforms that have transformed the country into a global economic and trading power. The following chronology highlights important milestones since then.
Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, speaking in the same hall where his predecessors launched a free-market revolution 30 years ago, urged more economic reform Thursday but said it would not lead to Western-style democracy.
Wendy Zhu earns an income that allows her to dine out regularly, travel for leisure and invest in an apartment — a lifestyle her parents could not have dreamed of leading.
Billionaire Wong Kwong-yu personifies the journey China has taken since it launched sweeping economic reforms 30 years that transformed the communist country into an economic power.
Black Wave: Exxon ValdezCorporations controlled by a large and primarily anonymous group of shareholders are not guided by the same morality or ethics most of us follow, and if they happen to have a CEO at the helm who is a 'people first, profits second' kind of individual, there is no doubt that person …
I was going though the article in Guradian.I can not say or use the word "surprised".My only contention of this posting is February 1 was Commitee deadline and how they evaluated a person's performance who assumed office on January 20.Can a person's achievement for which this ape …
Chicken Hangs Out At KFC Drive-ThroughEmployees at a Vicksburg, Miss., KFC said that the chicken has been trekking up to the restaurant's drive-through nearly every day for the last few years.
Local Boy Found After Two YearsPolice find a Royalton child two years after authorities say he was abducted by his mother" Police say the boy's mom and grandma were hiding him in pitiful conditions" I had faith in the system, in police and in my God" says Mike Chekevdia, the boy's father"
Tulsa Woman Sentenced To 107 Years In Prison - On Tuesday, convicted drunk driver Kimberly Graham learned she'll spend the rest of her life behind bars." At Tuesday's sentencing, a Tulsa County District Court judge opened up the floor for the family of the five victims to speak"
News Type: Other — Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:18 AM EDT politics joe-1280782 A hypothetical letter from my Nephew...7 years old Nicolas. Why is there so much confusion in the world right now Uncle Joe?
Man dies at spot where he saved a life- A former police officer suffered a heart attack and died at a Michigan gas station where he saved his future wife's life nearly 15 years ago
The woman who doesn't know she's alive.Edwarda O'Bara was once a tall, blonde, vibrant American teenager who happened to be a diabetic. But in the early hours of January 3, 1970, she woke up shaking after suffering an adverse reaction to medication prescribed for her illness.
California Citizens crushed under taxes and unemploymentThe outlook for Southern California is considerably worse than the national forecast presented by President Obama's budget team this week because the economy here -- usually considered resilient because of its diversity -- relies on sectors battered by this particular recession, …
After reading the latest Carter County, TN capers, I thought I should share some of the real Carter County.
Child-like Robots Only A Few Years AwayChild-like robots is possible to make in a few years time.
Anne Frank guardian reaches 100The last surviving member of the small group who helped hide the Dutch Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis has turned 100 years old. Miep Gies will celebrate her birthday on Sunday quietly with relatives and friends, she said this week.
Do not give bankers one more cent until they can come clean and tell us exactly where every dollar we already gave them went. It's a tired cliche but it's true - people only respect what other's inspect. OK, dog. where's my money?
Amy Fisher Back In The News: AMY'S GOOD TIMEExcerpt: AMY Fisher is back doing porn, but with women only. The Long Island Lolita, who served seven years in prison for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, is out with a new pay-per-view special featuring explicit girl-girl scenes.
NY eatery frees ancient lobsterA lobster believed to be some 140 years old is to be freed from the confines of a tank at a New York restaurant. George the giant lobster, weighing 9kg (20lb), will be returned to the ocean, from where he was caught two weeks ago.
Police searching for boy missing for yearsExcerpt: Detectives investigating the apparent disappearance of a boy from his Butler County home about nine years ago have asked his biological parents and sister for DNA samples, they said Saturday.
Today we embark on a new year, with a chance to start over, a clean slate to which we can create or draw whatever future we would like to make for the upcoming year. It's about resolving for this year to be a fresh start.
Can you believe it? Another year gone. Time just goes faster and faster the older you get. Now we all have to practice writing 2009 so we assign the correct year when writing checks and such, so that by the time March rolls around we'll be caught up to the correct year.
Season's Greetings From Truthdig"SAVIOR SELF" Sometimes you don't need a novel. This cartoon (small clip) explains it quiet well.
'Reclusive' Evanston, IL family, morbid secretJust days after neighbors tried to persuade the 94-year-old to move into a nursing home, police discovered she had been living with the bodies of her three siblings.
Babies in jail with their mothers?I cannot believe that a country which basically outlaws corporal punishment (spankings) for children would think that leaving a baby in prison with their mother until they are two years old is a good idea.
Now that the Iraqi government has disagreed with McCain over the idea of keeping American troops in Iraq for another 100 years or more, what is McCain going to do? Will McCain make sure that Iraq is retained on the list of terrorist nations? I know that Obama's vision is to get t …
A Blow to the Oxygen Theory of ExtinctionFirst off, I liked the headline. It got to the point and it seems like a pun (to me; blow air/oxygen, right?). Anyways, the lede was very catchy. At first, I was wondering what it meant and it got me to keep reading.
Tonight, my son and I attended one of the best concert events that I have ever been too, a culmination of rock and alternative music, from the moments the doors opened, we were amazed.
7 Reasons Men Die First - On Men (usnews.com)Popular culture may paint men as the stronger sex, but from the moment a boy is born, his life is more likely than his sister's to be cut short.
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