Thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike settled in at shelters for what could be weeks, and others waited wearily in line for food, water, ice and gasoline Monday as it became increasingly clear the disaster along the Texas coast would be measured not by its death toll but by the misery it spread. ...more

September 16, 2008

None of the children in Lowry Elementary's summer program could have met Alexandra Scott, a Pennsylvania girl who died in 2004 of cancer. But as they sipped icy lemonade they sold on her behalf, they wanted her to know that they were thinking of her. ...more

June 27, 2008

Scientists with the Phoenix Mars Mission declared Friday for certain there is ice on Mars, putting them an essential step closer to answering the question that has driven three decades of Mars exploration and centuries of Earthbound speculation: Could there have been life there? ...more

June 21, 2008

Whenever Karen Rockwell thought about what kind of business she wanted to run, Rita's Water Ice was always on her radar screen. ...more

November 26, 2007