There is a kind of man – witty, dashing, raffishly handsome – who is attractive to both men and women. Lord Byron was one such, and so was the writer Christopher Hitchens, who died on Thursday at the cruelly early age of 62. Appreciations have focused on

I think Christopher Hitchens, whose death was announced yesterday, was one of the sharpest writers of his generation. That writing was accompanied by a diligent and effective self-promotion and a simplicity --- surprising, given his intellect --- in some

The Maple Grove Middle School teacher whose science experiment went awry and burned four students, one of them seriously, has been placed on paid administrative leave during the School District's investigation, a district official said Monday. Matthew Ac

Four students were burned when a ninth-grade science experiment went awry Thursday morning in a Maple Grove school, a district spokeswoman said. The burns suffered about 9:45 a.m. in the Maple Grove Junior High School classroom of 30 students ranged from

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Four ninth-grade students have been taken to a hospital after suffering burns during a science exercise at Maple Grove Junior High School. A spokeswoman for the Osseo (AH'-see-oh) School District says the students suffered "mild

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Four ninth-grade students have been taken to a hospital after suffering burns during a science exercise at Maple Grove Junior High School. A spokeswoman for the Osseo (AH'-see-oh) School District says the students suffered "mild