As of 1996 Butler's publications include eight novels, a prize-winning collection of short stories, and numerous contributions to respected journals and reviews. His defining themes are the suffering that results from thwarted desire and the intimacy tha...

The idea of J.Lo as domestic wifey isn't what you'd expect if you believed everything written about her in the tabloids. "Jen doesn't allow her behavior to be dictated by anything other than how she truly feels-it makes her happy to get me some food,...

Today is Thursday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2007. There are 333 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members.On this date:In 1861, Texas voted to...

Sixty years after the AK-47 went into production, Mikhail Kalashnikov says he does not stay awake at night worrying about the bloodshed wrought by the world's most popular assault rifle."I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an...

David Hanson has two little Zenos to care for these days. There's his 18-month-old son Zeno, who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his father's cramped office. Then there's the robotic Zeno. It can't speak or walk yet, but has blinking eyes that can...