Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. "I'm only a second-generation American. My father's family came to this country from Denmark; my mother's people emigrated from Norway and Sweden. My father was a career military man who se...

The fourth stop on the European leg of Madonna’s world tour, Confessions, will commence with the pop legend hooked to a 20-foot disco cross wearing a crown of fake thorns. The concert’s venue Olympic Stadium sits about two miles in distance of the Vatican."To crucify...

Cloaked in black, Lynda Ciriza watches the actor playing Jesus carrying the cross.When she sees the blood from his crown of thorns drip across his face, she begins singing, “Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day. The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street....

A woman with three crocodiles strapped to her waist was stopped at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked "strangely fat," officials said Monday.The woman's shape raised suspicions at the Rafah terminal in southern Gaza, and a body search by a female...

Removing an 18-inch brass cross from the altar of the oldest college chapel in the United States proved a costly decision _ dozens of alumni withheld contributions, including one whose pledges totaled $12 million.An ad hoc committee at the College of William and Mary hopes...