In 430 B.C., a new and deadly disease—its cause remains a mystery—swept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta. As streets filled with corpses, social order broke down. Over the next three years, the illness returned twice and Athens lost a third of its population. It lost the war too. The Plague ...

21 Nov 2008

National Vice Chairman (South West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Tajudeen Oladipo, has assured that the raging feud between Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel and daughter of former President Olusegun Obasan-jo, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, would be resolved today by the party leaders.

21 Nov 2008

When we were kids, playing along the curb of the city street after a good autumn rain, one of the games we played involved dropping a leaf into the water rushing toward the corner sewer, following it as it bounced and twirled on what we fantasized was a raging wilderness river.

21 Nov 2008

When Karen Jobes turned on CNN Headline News on Nov. 14 for coverage of the California wildfires, the picture stunned her. "I watched my house burn," she said. What had been the home for Karen and her husband, Forrest "Buzz" Jobes, sat in the path of one of three unrelated raging fires.

21 Nov 2008

The battle of the sub sandwiches has been raging for a while now -- chains vs. independents. Let the chains have at it, because when I want a real sub sandwich, I dive head first into one of the neighborhood joints that over the years have stacked 'em and packed 'em just the way I like 'em.

21 Nov 2008

Sat, Nov 22, 1980 (6 a.m.) At least ten MGM Grand Hotel guests were reported killed in a raging fire that engulfed the 2,000 room hotel shortly after 7 a.m. Friday. More than 100 injuries were initially reported but exact figures weren’t available at press time.

21 Nov 2008