The complete online text of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430.

Robert Chambers, who was well known to his contemporaries as a writer and publisher, was the anonymous author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844), a controversial book about biological evolution. Despite widespread debate and...

The girlfriend of a man dubbed the "preppie killer" pleaded guilty Thursday to selling cocaine in a deal that sends her to a drug rehabilitation center.Shawn Kovell, 39, admitted in state Supreme Court that she and Robert Chambers sold narcotics to an undercover detective last...

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It's the quintessential South Beach scene: Beautiful people lounging alongside shimmering water. Art imitates social life here next month with a fashion photography exhibit installed around a swanky hotel pool.It's one of the many ways that Miami transforms into a contemporary art hub in early...