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The American short-story writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym O. Henry, pioneered in picturing the lives of lower-class and middle-class New Yorkers. William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, N.C., on Sept. 11, 1862...

Perhaps the reputation of no other American writer has undergone a more rapid and drastic reversal than that of William Sydney Porter. Writing under the pseudonym O. Henry during the first decade of the twentieth century, Porter commanded a readership in...

When William Sydney Porter had his first book, Cabbages and Kings (1904), published he had only six more years to live. But, with his identity hidden beneath the legendary pen name O. Henry, the fame of his short stories was already firmly established in...

Byline: John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News Talk about sky-high condos. A pair of two-story $8 million penthouses will top the planned Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Denver. Construction of the $350 million, 45-story tower could begin as early as July,...

Byline: Tom O'Konowitz Daily Herald Staff Writer Aiming to meet the ever-increasing health care needs of those in the Fox Valley, Provena St. Joseph Hospital leaders on Monday unveiled plans for a massive expansion at their campus on Elgin's west side. ...