A sputtering economy and a spate of superstar scandals are making companies more cautious about having famous faces attached to their products — and about whether they enlist celebrities at all, some mar...

Slumdog Millionaire is the Academy Awards champion, wrapping up its ghetto-to-glory story by winning best picture and seven other Oscars, including the directing honor for Danny Boyle.A story of hope amid squal...

The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family, charging that its members robbed his grave in 1918 and have kept his skull in a glass cas...

Britain has actually recognized atheism for some time now. As a country with an officially established church, it requires all its state primary schools to include religious-education classes. The classes often...

Theater directors and students at more than 40 high schools across the country have selected a new show for their big springtime musical this year: “Rent: School Edition,” a modified version of the ...

They're a little too old to give up potato chips, Guitar Hero or Red Bull for Lent. But as Christian parents ponder an appropriate sacrifice, they find themselves mulling a choice they'd have once seen as prepo...

Rola Awwad wants a private space for her 10-year-old son at Albert Payson Terhune Elementary School to exercise his right to Muslim prayer.The school district had offered to let him pray at recess — eith...

Sales are a little thin for mint and other Girl Scout cookies so far this year. National numbers are not yet in, but regional Girl Scout councils nationwide are seeing the impact of the down economy, as well as...

You can plan your retreat to Mackinac Island, Mich., for as little as $49.00 per person, per night, room only. Looking for something more inclusive? Our spring and fall weekend packages include two ni...

“Oh my God!” were the last words one student reported coming from my lips just before the impact. A truck pulling a fifth-wheel trailer crossed over the road’s center line, slamming into our s...