The story of my extended Chinese-American family — shared by so many others — is one of sacrifice, danger and loss

When the celebrity was put on the cover of the Hearst mag, she didn't know she'd be making the stands in Turkey

It is the stuff of tragedy and myths and fairy tales.

Mark and Christy Kidd had a pretty average marriage, until they accidentally stumbled upon a swingers party

The Fox girls were a 19th century phenomenon -- and their fame may have been predicated on a childhood prank

Born to stardom, he never knew what it was like to live or even behave normally

Parker, acquitted in '01, responds to news of woman's suicide: "There are things more important than the law"

Jerry Sandusky's son won't be saddled by his father's legacy

Three Islamist zealots descend a mountain in a driving rainstorm to kill their Kurdish enemies -- and themselves.

Look out Michael Crichton: Jane Austen is becoming filmdom's favorite novelist

An inside look at how heroin is spreading from Philadelphia's inner city to the suburbs

John Sayles' politically correct dogma crushes all the little people in his decaying Florida beach town.

The day after the shooting at a combat stress clinic in Iraq, new data released to Salon shows soldiers committing suicide at a record-setting pace. Is combat stress the reason?