The headstone of Charles Walter Stansby Williams has the single word "Poet" at its center--with "UNDER THE MERCY" inscribed at the foot. Williams thought his poetry most important, and indeed Taliessin through Logres (1938) and The Region of the Summer...

Charles Williams is in many ways a paradox: a working-class man who lectured on John Milton at Oxford University; a devoted Christian whose novels explore blasphemies and black magic; an eloquent philosopher of human and divine love whose own romantic...

Charles Williams thought of himself primarily as a poet; he published seven volumes of poetry between 1912 and 1944. He also wrote seven novels and fifteen plays. During his lifetime, however, his most frequently anthologized works were essays of...

Former boxing champion Bobby Czyz Jr. is recovering from injuries sustained in a fiery car crash more than a month ago.The 45-year-old Czyz was pulled unconscious from the back seat of a burning Mercedes in Millstone Township early April 13 after the car went off...

An appeals court ordered a 73-year-old surgeon to stand trial in the fatal poisoning of his wife 39 years ago, ruling that the passage of time has not hindered his chance for fair treatment.A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned...

Jim ClarkMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ Former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark, whose violent confrontations with voting rights marchers in Selma shocked the nation in 1965 and gave momentum to the civil rights movement, has died. He was 84.Clark, who wore a "Never" button on his...

South Africa's national police commissioner, who faces charges of corruption and trying to protect a convicted drug smuggler, has gone on extended leave, the president said Saturday.The National Prosecuting Authority said Friday that charges would be filed imminently against Jackie Selebi, who also holds the...