I live alone in my office. My wife and two young children moved in with her father after our apartment was shattered. The neighborhood mosque, where I have prayed since I was a child, had its roof blown off. All the government buildings on my beat have been obliterated.
Oprah Winfrey has yet to comment on Herman Rosenblat and his debunked story of meeting his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp. But a brief disclaimer has been added to her Web site, , which still devotes substantial space to the Rosenblat romance.
Joe Torre is no longer bombarded by questions about his boss, no longer caught up in the New York tumult. One constant remains for him, though: October baseball.
Jigme, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, says he had just finished having a pair of shoes mended when four uniformed guards jumped from a white van and dragged him inside.
After 25 years as a doorman on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Carl Petrone was ready to retire from the cold winters and his daily commute.
Some people catch fish and release them. Bill Wengert releases them and then catches them — a quarter-century later.
Tonya Selken's home sat in a dip along a ridge on Dog Mountain, where they had a sweeping view of rolling horse pasture and the misty Ozark foothills in the distance. But she didn't choose these two of her grandfather's 210 acres just for the scenery.
Years before he was a soldier seized by Palestinian militants, 11-year-old Gilad Schalit penned a simple parable about how enemies can get along.
That the government wanted to put Mel Kay behind a prison fence is an irony, though one that neither he nor his accusers would find amusing.
Coby Asmah is a success in a part of the world that is hardly ever equated with success.
Ralphie Parker and Brian Jones know what it's like to want something.
A 4-year-old boy survived a fall from an 11-story window after being left alone at home, bouncing off a metal awning into a concrete courtyard and then trying to stand up, officials said. He was able to chat with doctors.
A CBS 46 News photographer and reporter were arrested Friday afternoon at Atlanta City Hall while doing a story. Photographer Jeff Thorn and reporter Renee Starzyk were handcuffed in the city hall lobby, public property, while doing an ongoing story on water rates.
Excerpt: I hear from a lot of readers who fret that the Anthony family would be compensated if someone decided to make a Caylee Anthony movie. Dear readers, I don't think you need to worry.
It was now 1940. It was been two years since the murder of Dr. Author Jones', and two years since Lottie had seen her husband Will who is the only suspect in the murder. With no leads and no other suspects to be found the case had gone cold.
Annie stood by the edge of the cliff looking down at the water thinking what a relief it would be to end it all right there The wind blowing her hair over her pale face as the years worn on her like scars so deep down they could not be erased.Her own pain consumed her every thoug …
It was June 6, 1938, Lottie was almost ready for her date when Will came up to the door and knocked. Lottie's father answered the door to let Will in. A few moments later they were in his father's new car.
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Cesar was disturbed after the argument he had with his girlfriend. They had been living together for five years, but lately the disagreement seemed to me coming more frequent.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- While the Anthony family spends its first Christmas without Caylee, dozens of needy children are enjoying hundreds of gifts donated in the slain toddler's honor.
Joe May talked to about some of the wrecked cars in his impound lot.
Excerpt: Producers Chris Adams and Steve Kearney are joining with producer-director RJ Cutler to create a feature documentary about a true-life love story that played out on YouTube.com.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The attorney for Casey Anthony, who remains jailed on murder charges in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, filed a motion seeking a subpoena to obtain surveillance video from area businesses involved in possible Caylee sightings.
'Flash' fiction only has a few simple requirements. There must be at least one main character, a beginning, a plot, and an ending. And it has to be short. 'On The Ledge'
Excerpt: "Dateline NBC" will offer a report on missing Caylee Anthony next week. Her mother, Casey Anthony, has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's disappearance. The newsmagazine has rejoined the lineup and airs at 10 p.m. Fridays on WESH-Channel 2.
I have a vineacity of only one little branchy thing. One little thing with a beany on the end. That's not very good. I assume I should be trying to have a higher vineacity.
How will television cover the Casey Anthony trial? Station executives this week cautioned that it's too early to say anything definitive. But they recognize there's great interest, and they realize they have options, such as the Web, in delivering the story.
a short story about how to reach the top with very humble means
Yesterday afternoon I was walking down Pacific in downtown Dallas and I had at least half of the weight of the world on my shoulders. My job has gotten kind of hectic in deadlines and I was contemplating whether the struggle is even worth it.
NEW YORK – MSNBC was the victim of a hoax when it reported that an adviser to John McCain had identified himself as the source of an embarrassing story about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Wednesday.
WATERBORO (Oct 31, 2008): Most people will tell you that in any good ghost story, no one really knows how much to believe and how much of the story is even true.
A story of illegal immigrants falling hard times.
Man, did life take one big nasty turn. From cocaine, to methamphetamine. To making old friends new to losing them in their sleep. To the one you thought you would marry to the last one you needed in your life. Making and breaking promises, lying and cheating.
A short story about an everyday experience, something that all of us are facing on daily basis.
I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
This is an interesting take on the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. It shows another side to the story which you may not have picked up on.
I was sitting at my desk in the refurbishment department of MCI, wearing a long-sleeve Ralph Lauren denim. The date was June 23, 1994. My thoughts were on something company-oriented when the telephone rang and I answered.