I extend my condolences to the unnamed Willard, Utah, man who was refueling his lawnmower with gasoline while smoking a cigarette and lit himself and his tool shed on fire. He is now in critical condition at University Hospital with second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body. ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/7648741398/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7648741398_86391369e3_m.jpg" alt="Lautenberg" width="350" /></a>Sen. Frank ...

<p class="p1">Have you ever wondered what you’d do in a moment of crisis? How you’d respond to a terrorist on the plane, or a fire on the 13th floor, or a guy wearing a clown mask and waving a gun while you’re standing in line at the bank?</p><p ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/7648725314/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7648725314_b2e81a219c_m.jpg" alt="WaterFight" width="200" /></a>For the life of ...

Syria announced Monday that it has chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction. It then quickly clarified that it would never use them — "if they exist" — against its own citizens, only against foreign attackers, the New York Times and others are reporting. It was a calculated ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75696025@N03/7634984988/in/photostream/lightbox/"><img style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7634984988_215d8e5e4a_m.jpg" alt="Socrates" width="250" /></a>President ...