May 01 A Purrfect Tale of Love, Cats and Technology By Tom LeGro If you grew up with pets or have one now, you understand the unconditional love humans can feel for their animals, and animals for their owners. If you haven't experienced this type of bond firsthand, you've most likely witnessed the… Continue reading
May 01 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Princess Tarinan von Anhalt throws paint into the airflow from the engine of a Learjet at Signature Flight Support in West Palm Beach, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Continue reading
Apr 30 Please Welcome to the Stage: a Comedy Festival on Twitter By Colleen Shalby When Twitter and Comedy Central reps met back in October, the idea to launch a comedy festival solely on Twitter "snowballed in the middle of the table," according to Fred Graver, head of television at Twitter (which is a department… Continue reading
Apr 30 The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest By Tom LeGro Even Jedis have to go. Well, maybe not Darth Vader, since he's more machine than man. Maybe his suit is outfitted like an astronaut's suit for that purpose. Or maybe he just uses the Force. Write a caption to the… Continue reading
Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading
Apr 29 Weekly Poem: ‘Stars’ By Tom LeGro Christian Barter's first book, "The Singers I Prefer," was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize. His poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, The American Scholar and elsewhere. He is an editor at the Beloit Poetry Journal and… Continue reading
Apr 29 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A Filipino artist applies the finishing touches on a mural for Labor Day protests in Manila on Monday. Thousands of workers and activists will march to protest the government's migrant labor policy and demand higher wages. Continue reading
Apr 29 Runners Draw Strength from Each Other as They Honor Boston Bombings Victims The shock of the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon affected Americans nationwide, but runners couldn't sit still for long. By the next morning, runners in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston and countless other cities all woke up with the… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Remembering George Jones, 81, Country Music Giant Country music legend George Jones had a distinctive voice and the ability to convey heartbreak and sorrow in song. He is best known for chart-topper "He Stopped Loving Her Today." Jones died at age 81 in Nashville, Tenn. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Apr 26 Judy Woodruff Recounts Day President Reagan Was Shot EmbedVideo(6320, 482, 304); March 30, 1981 was a routine day for Judy Woodruff as she traveled with the press pool to cover a speech by President Ronald Reagan, two months into his presidency, at the Washington Hilton. Continue reading