World War I (1914-1918)

A small notice in a 1916 edition of the Glendale Evening News informed readers, "Emil Kiefer, an employee at the White Store, is now working for Pulliam Undertaking Co. He intends to make this his life's work. He is a young man of great energy. He came...

A double-sided, 48-foot canvas of steel and light-emitting diodes may soon peer down upon Route 22 from a hillside of Hackett Park. Easton City Council got its first glimpse at a lease with Adams Outdoor Advertising on Wednesday night for a wooded hill...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Citizen Action Group has joined the organizations objecting to Mon Power's proposed purchase of a coal-fired power plant. The group says the $1.1 billion deal would raise rates for all but the largest...

Michael Morpurgo, author of one of the hottest literary properties ever, sat unrecognized as he had breakfast at the Riverside Hotel on Las Olas back in January 2012. The British author of "War Horse," a book that has been turned into a Steven Spielberg...

May 08 (TheWrap.com) - Disney has cast "Game of Thrones" actor Richard Madden in the role of the Prince in its upcoming live-action movie "Cinderella," the company said Wednesday. Madden, who plays Robb Stark in HBO's hit dragons-and-swords fantasy...

The days of pulp fiction are long past, but the bold artwork that graced the covers of work by struggling writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ray Bradbuy has found a home at the New Britain Museum of American Art. The museum has been...

For the first half of the 20th century, the cell was a mysterious, unfathomable entity. Nutrients went in and hormones, wastes and other products came out. But what happened in between was anybody's guess. Light microscopes could reveal the rough...

When Lightfoot Solomon Michaux pitched his first revival tent at the corner of 19th and Jefferson in 1919, he'd already made his mark selling fish and groceries.     Michaux was nearly 35 when he went from chasing profits to saving souls. And as he stood...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....

In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...

May 06 (TheWrap.com) - F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" tells the story of a man with a shady past who is willing to waste countless millions of dollars in the pursuit of love and respect, so it's no surprise that the story has constantly proven...

Consider this scenario: You've been involved in a vicious lawsuit for five years. It has cost you $1.5 million, and that could double if it goes on. You know you're right. Your opponent is faltering financially, and there's an excellent chance the judge...