Making it on their own
The Irish rock band U2 cemented its position atop the music universe last night as the band swept the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, winning five awards, including...
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‘First lady’ of civil rights
Coretta Scott King, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who marched alongside her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in the fight for equality and carried his torch...
Back home only to find ‘It’s gone’
PORT SULPHUR, La. - Paula Landry returned to her home yesterday to find a pile of wood scraps, an enormous tree snapped in half across her front lawn and a...
N.Y. Times reporter is sent to jail for withholding source
WASHINGTON - Declaring no one to be above the law, a federal judge sent New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail yesterday for refusing to divulge a confidential source...
High court refuses appeal of 2 reporters facing jail
Two journalists could be jailed as early as this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined yesterday to hear their appeals of a ruling finding them in contempt of court...
Jackson not guilty on all counts
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Recording superstar Michael Jackson returned to his Neverland Ranch a free man yesterday after a jury acquitted him of charges that he had plied a 13-year-old...
Sun backed in lawsuit challenging Ehrlich ban
A coalition of the nation's leading news organizations filed a legal brief yesterday supporting The Sun in its lawsuit against Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., contending that the governor's ban...
Governor is dissatisfied with Sun investigation
The Ehrlich administration said yesterday that it was unsatisfied with the results of a four-month investigation by The Sun's public editor that found all but a handful of its complaints...
A youth drifted from deep family ties to deep trouble
The first time Brian Nichols heard the door of a holding cell lock behind him, he was about 11 years old. His uncle, James Dow, stood guard outside. Then a...
Sun appeals ruling in suit against the governor
The Sun filed an appeal yesterday in its lawsuit with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., one month after a federal judge ruled the governor has the right to ban state...