There's a good chance the chicken you bought at the grocery store or ordered in a restaurant grew up in a dimly lit poultry house like the ones on Ray Goertz's 160-acre farm, where roughly 120,000 birds preen and peck and poop.
California's legislative leaders are reporting progress with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a deal to close the state's $26.3 billion budget shortfall, expressing hope for agreement by the end of the week.
Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
When it comes to dealing with gay personnel in the ranks, the contrasts are stark among some of the world's proudest, toughest militaries - and these differing approaches are invoked by both sides as Americans renew debate over the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Nations that allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in their armed forces, as compiled by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara:
For more than a decade, he had prepared for that moment.
Here are the totals for hate crimes reported and convictions under New York's 2000 law, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services:
It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living mostly as a female since age 16.
Donald Warner Henderson
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