Grip. Grin. Flash. Oliver North, the Iran-Contra fall-guy turned one-man media conglomerate, posed for photos with fans who lined up to meet him at a booth operated by his fiction publisher, Broad...

The University of Virginia last fall expelled 45 students and revoked three graduate degrees following a 20-month investigation by its student-run Honor Committee. Their offense: Each had submitte...

Reporters talk about pounding the pavement to get a story. Novelist Jeff Shaara crawled through bushes to bring history to life. Mr. Shaara, 51, traveled as an 18-year-old in 1970 to Gettys...

Harry Potter used to dominate the New York Times bestseller list, crowding out other big-name titles and their disgruntled publishers. In response, the Times began a children's list and banished t...

The political world is commonly divided with a spatial metaphor; liberals are on the left and conservatives are on the right. Political ideologies, though, are more complicated than that. The "lef...

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Behind three points with less than 30 seconds in the game, Chip Hilton steals the ball, makes a layup, and prepares for another steal in an effort to lead Valley Falls to another upset victory. ...