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Goose Makes a Deer Friend at a Buffalo Cemetery

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An unusual springtime friendship between a deer and a nesting goose appears to have blossomed inside a Buffalo cemetery. For the past week or so, the deer has been standing near an urn where the goose has taken up residence, positioning itself between the urn and any passing car or foot traffic. Craig...

USDA, Others Invest $5 Million to Grow Broccoli in the East

RICHMOND, Va. -- A cool microclimate in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains has allowed farmer James Light to grow broccoli in quantity enough to supply a small chain of supermarkets. Along most of the East Coast, however, the broccoli piled up in produce crispers has traveled thousands of miles from the West Coast in...

Stardust Melody: Spaceship Has Date With Comet on Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day late tonight, a stalwart spaceship will burn the dregs of its fuel to rendezvous with a beautiful comet -- the spaceship's final feat before it goes to sleep forever. Like all tales of chivalry, this one has an element of suspense. Scientists worry that by sheer bad luck, the NASA spaceship Stardust...

Opinion: Art Museums at the Crossroads

American art museums are in a deep financial crisis that threatens their very mission -- the access of the public to great works of art. Today, museums have programs for K-12 schoolchildren, people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers, prison inmates, people with mental and physical challenges, and the general public --...

Alfred Kahn, 'Godfather' of Airline Deregulation, Dies at 93

Alfred Kahn, the "Godfather" of airline deregulation whose championing of the free market made jet travel affordable for millions but also sent the industry teetering toward bankruptcy, died of cancer Monday at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 93. The noted economist spent most of his academic career at Cornell University....