Wokout you can take wherever you go

There's a new way to get a full body workout using one simple little device that you can take wherever you go.

Cutler, Mitchell camps upset by 'trackers' with video cameras

Democrats took heat for the practice in 2008 and now say the GOP is using it as an 'intimidation tool.'

Shrinking The USMC

August 15, 2010: The U.S. Marine Corps is again threatened, this time with a sharp reduction in its size. In response, marine commanders say they would prefer to be a smaller force, one that concentrates on its main mission; amphibious operations.

That magnificent man in his flying machine

His life story has been a pure Boy's Own adventure – but can Wing Commander Ken Wallis, 94-year-old flying ace, beat another speed record? 'I'll do some slow passes for you," promises Wing Commander Ken Wallis, wheeling from his shed a contraption that looks rather like a bicycle with a propeller on top. In a shirt and tie and with his white hair rakishly slicked back, the 94-year-old hops on to ...

How the Rich Steal from Schools

March 17 of 2003 was Don Bauder Day in San Diego. (I suspected that most city council members voted for it because they were gleefully celebrating my departure from the Union-Tribune .) The honor was no big deal because a lot of people get it.