David Smith (1906-1965), American sculptor and painter, pioneered in exploiting welded, openwork metal sculpture. His art was very influential, and he was one of the most significant American artists during the 1950s. David Smith was born in Decatur,...

David Jeddie Smith was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was educated at the University of Virginia (B.A. 1965), Southern Illinois University (M.A., 1969), and Ohio University (Ph.D., 1976). He married Deloras M. Weaver in 1966, and they have three...

Librarians seem like the bookish types who hang out by stacks and make friends with moldy books. But David Smith, 54, a supervising librarian in the Allen Room and the Wertheim Study at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street,...

Japanese police were investigating a suspected extremist attack on the U.S. Army after two small explosions occurred outside a military base south of Tokyo, police said Tuesday.There were no reports of injury or damage at Camp Zama or from nearby residents, Kanagawa prefectural police spokesman...

A man with a shotgun opened fire on motorists and police who stopped to help with what appeared to be a wreck on a downtown freeway early Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said.Authorities say they may...

A man with a shotgun opened fire on motorists and police who stopped to help with what appeared to be a wreck on a downtown freeway early Sunday, killing two people and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said.Authorities say they may...