Call The Waaaambulance Brian Blair wants his reputation back. And which reputation would that be, I wonder? The one he had when he got paid to deceive the public? Oh - let me clarify that. Of course I'm talking about his stint as a professional wrestler, not his term on the County Commission. Is the reputation he seeks to have restored the one he has as a litigant against a local restaurant, where he sought damages for a fall he took there? ... ...more

March 29, 2009

The Culinary Sherpas take a turn with being vegetarians. ...more

February 24, 2009

The Advanced Academics fifth-graders had many questions - about salt and metals, fruit DNA, ice cubes, plants and vapor, bouncing basketballs and more. ...more

December 11, 2008

Here's how to best glam up for anything from an office party to New Year's Eve gala. ...more

November 20, 2008

"Can't" perhaps becomes the biggest hurdle for blind people. For a quarter century, Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind has been the beacon for some 20,000 people to find a path out of darkness. ...more

September 3, 2008

For a quarter of a century now, the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind has been the beacon for some 20,000 people to find a path out of darkness. ...more

August 23, 2008

What would the Olympics be without the flair of a little controversy? Biased judges, doping, athletes attacking their foes, all of these (and others) have been witnessed at some time or another, and the 2008 Beijing Games are no different. ...more

August 10, 2008

The last time I heard from Dr. David Maehr, about three weeks ago, he invited me to go bear-tracking. ...more

July 3, 2008

Even when everything goes right on Karlo Felix's job, the day is still hairy. If the GPS coordinates are correct, and his 200-mph flight to the scene is safe, and he finds the right spot to land his Black Hawk, and he touches down evenly and without stirring a brownout of dust, and the medics find the wounded soldiers and carry them back, and he lifts off in time to save the fighters' lives - it has gone as well as it can go. ...more

February 22, 2008

With ingenuity, a can-do attitude and the love of her children, Stacey Pettinato overcame sudden blindness to continue living a full life. ...more

January 9, 2008