Nov 24th, 2008 · Contestants will gather Tuesday on the holiday skating rink in the city's landmark Fountain Square. And they will bowl with frozen turkeys. The person with the highest score after three rounds wins two prizes. The first is a set of DVDs of the old TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati." The other prize for the champion turkey bowler is $100.
Nov 20th, 2008 · A Harvard Square landmark may soon fall victim to the decline of the newspaper business. For more than 50 years, Out of Town News in Cambridge, Mass., has offered newspapers from all over the world.
Oct 27th, 2008 · For the second election in a row, voters are being asked to decide whether to ban most abortions in the state. Backers of the measure hope it will pass and go on to challenge Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling. Opponents hope voters again will exercise a libertarian streak and just say no.
Oct 14th, 2008 · A federal appeals panel hears oral arguments in the Clinton-era case accusing the tobacco industry of violating civil racketeering laws by defrauding the public about the deadly nature of cigarettes. A district court ruled for the government, but not for the remedy sought. Both sides appealed.
Sep 10th, 2008 · In 1986, the city of Cleveland declared the house where Jerry Siegel thought up the Superman character to be a landmark. But today, the house is falling apart — and a group of high-profile fans is trying to save it, by auctioning art and other work.
Aug 28th, 2008 · Sen. Barack Obama makes history tonight when he speaks before the Democratic National Convention as the first black presidential nominee of a major party. But today also marks the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman discusses the significance of both events.
Aug 21st, 2008 · Members of a Christian Science church are suing Washington for declaring their sanctuary a historical landmark, preventing them from tearing it down to build a new one. The city wants to preserve the building as an example of Brutalist architecture.
Aug 21st, 2008 · A landmark film about the lives of Native Americans in 1950s Los Angeles has been given a new life. Thanks to the efforts of filmmaker Charles Burnett and award-winning author Sherman Alexie, the 1961 film The Exiles has been restored. Burnett and Alexie speak about the film's significance and relevance more than 40 years after its release.