But this, this stopped him in his tracks. MORE: Busch relives brutal crash | Kyle owns one of NASCAR’s best nicknames Busch, prostrate on a hospital bed tucked inside his living room, but still smiling, considered the hundreds of letters, cards and child-drawn artwork scattered around him. He broke his pose. His wife, Samantha, phone in hand, paused before taking the picture. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “This is just ....

Yet the two men in the eye of storm- Bill Clinton and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo–seemed oblivious to the tumult. On Friday afternoon, eight hours before the deadline, Clinton certified Mexico for another year as a cooperative partner in the fight against narcotics trafficking. Why the happy ending? It had a lot to do, as White House aides say, with the basic trust that exists between the two presidents–and a U....

This was the regular response Jimmy the Greek would so often give after that day in 1988 when he made a few terribly careless remarks about the black athlete that prompted CBS to fire him. In fact, however ill-chosen or historically ignorant some of The Greek’s words were, his flip discourse was not meant to be noxious, or even controversial. “What he said seemed self-evident to most whites and a good many blacks as well: blacks in general are more athletically gifted than whites,” wrote Richard Cohen in The Washington Post....

The football team’s winning season wasn’t the only big news in north-central Wisconsin last fall. An unsolved murder in nearby Wolf River Township had stymied police. Glenn Kopitske, 37, an eccentric loner, was found dead in his living room by his mother last August–naked, face down, a gunshot wound in the back of his head, two stab wounds in his back, another in his heart. After five months, the case had grown cold....

Most of our clients don’t own any stocks. Peter Lynch argues that people can figure out things on their own and make money in stocks. Sure, it’s possible if you have the interest. But what do you want to do with your time? If you’re a doctor and you know a lot about microminiaturization of robotics for heart catheters, great. Maybe you’ll find a company that does that that’s a great investment....

SUNDAY WAS SUPPOSED to be a day of reunion. After a month at the white granite Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Prince William and Prince Henry were to head back to London for a liberal dose of hugs and kisses from their mother before leaving for boarding school. As usual, the boys had spent August with their father in Prince Charles’s favorite dominion: a wild countryside for traditional blood sports, stately drawing rooms for quiet tutorials in family history and protocol, a whole month for quality time with Dad....

PATIO RESTAURANT OF BEL-AIR HOTEL, LOS ANGELES–DAY. EM:(recounting biographical gossip)… so when Clare found out about Harry and Jeanne, she threatened suicide and– FFL: (interrupting, her eyes hard as the V&B) That’s just what Jane did to Ronnie. EM: Excuse me? FFL: Said she would kill herself if he didn’t marry her. EM: (reaching furtively for his notebook) You’ve got to be kidding. (She stares at him) No, you’re not....

It was, answered Lyz. She was at that moment, about 9:45 a.m., watching scenes of inconceivable devastation on TV. Glick told Lyz that his plane had been seized by three “Iranian-looking” men wearing red headbands and brandishing a red box which, they claimed, contained a bomb. One of the men had a knife, but Glick had not seen any other weapons. The passengers had been herded into the rear of the plane; the hijackers were in the cockpit with the crew....

Many things have changed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which struck down “separate but equal” schooling. According to the report, called “The Growth of Segregation in American Schools: Changing Patterns of Separation and Poverty Since 1968,” the Northeast now has the most segregated schools in the country and the South the most integrated. But even in the South, racial isolation is increasing; in 199192, only 39 percent of black students attended predominantly white schools, compared with 44 percent three years earlier....

The money would be intended for use on training programs and skills development courses needed to make those struggling with unemployment more competitive in a post-pandemic workforce. Klobuchar, who was campaigning for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination until she ended her bid in March, has worked with Sasse, a Republican, on skills training legislation before. Their new bill also received early support from New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, another former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina....

Enter Thursday’s post: a look at how a unit of Army soldiers spend their nighttime moments when the work day is through. This passage is very telling, and right on. Nighttime, in those last minutes before a soldier falls asleep, is virtually the only moment he or she has alone: For these soldiers, the day is spent as one — one platoon, one mission, a single role for each soldier with a collective goal to make the operation work....

Even Elizabeth Taylor isn’t immune. At the Hollywood Bowl two weeks ago, she walked onstage during an encore to pay homage. Bocelli invited the actress to stay and launched into song. “My heart was in my mouth. I could hardly breathe,” she says. “Afterwards, I walked off in a trance, hoping I wouldn’t bang into a violinist.” Backstage, Taylor hid in a corner where she could catch a glimpse of the tenor as he left....

It’s an extreme story in these boom times. We’re living in the strongest job market in 30 years; from fast-food counters to corner offices, companies are desperate to hire. But that prosperity isn’t uniform. “In our community it’s anything but the best-ever job market,” says Phyllis Franklin of the Modern Language Association. Her colleagues, who hold Ph.D.s in humanities disciplines like English, history, philosophy and poli-sci, have faced bleak employment prospects for years....

Fortunately for 47 million obese Americans, the Wurtmans may have hit pay dirt. A French manufacturer worked with the couple in the 1980s to produce dexfenfluramine, which helps people eat less by promoting feelings of satiety. It’s been sold widely in France and 65 other countries. Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved it for sale in the United States, the first anti-obesity drug cleared in 23 years. Redux, marketed by Wyeth-Ayerst, will be available by prescription in June....

Why is that? Bill Clinton has a distinctive voice, look, posture, gestures–but no one has been able to impersonate him passably. much less achieve the devastating precision of Dana Carvey’s George Bush or Rich Little’s Nixon. It is not for lack of trying. Amateurs like Begala–who did a great Tsongas and Perot (and a wonderful Sen. Phil Gramm)–and ABC News producer Mark Halperin (an inspired Gore) have been on the case for years with little luck....

As of late, girls in Afghanistan are forbidden under order of the Taliban to attend public and private universities, following an edict last spring that kept children and young women from continuing their middle school and high school educations. The strict dress code enforced by Iran’s “morality police,” which launched massive, ongoing protests more than four months ago following the death of 22-year-old Jina “Mahsa” Amini, while in police custody, prevents girls and women from expressing their own individualism, religion, and cultural identities safely and authentically....

For Clinton–and nervous House Democrats up for re-election–it was a badly needed win, and they didn’t wait long to gloat. Democratic leaders–who just weeks before were busy distancing themselves from the president–rushed to his side. Republicans seemed even more shocked at the outcome. House Speaker Newt Gingrich had gone into the negotiations certain he had the upper hand over the scandal-tainted Clinton. Republicans did score billions of extra dollars for the Pentagon and block White House efforts to increase regulations on the GOP-friendly oil and logging industries....

Maybe a musical about the dying days of vaudeville doesn’t sound cool. But under the taut direction of Sam Mendes, “Gypsy” seems fresh. It remains the quintessential story about chasing big dreams (“American Idol,” anyone?), hiding your hurt, longing for home. Besides the terrific Peters, the cast, including Tammy Blanchard as Gypsy, are all good. But the biggest stars are still the powerful book (Arthur Laurents), the winsome lyrics (Stephen Sondheim) and the magical score (Jule Styne)....