Private Neil Armstrong service planned for Friday A private service is planned in Cincinnati on Friday for astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, and President Barack Obama has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff.August 27, 2012
A paint-by-numbers portrait of changing nation We're heavier in pounds and hotter by degrees than Americans of old. We're starting to snub our noses at distant suburbs after generations of burbs in our blood. Our roads and bridges are kind of a mess. There are many more poor, and that's almost sure to get worse.August 25, 2012
Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.August 25, 2012
Best of News Cut 5x8 Each weekday morning the News Cut blog presents "5x8" -- 5 stories worth a second look. Here's the best of 5x8 for Aug. 20-24.August 25, 2012
The Week in Commentary A summary of the past week's commentaries, with some of the comments they inspired.August 25, 2012
Bright Ideas with Brian Horrigan Host Stephen Smith and his guest Brian Horrigan of the Minnesota Historical Society discuss the legacy of Charles Lindbergh.August 24, 2012
Minnesota Sounds and Voices: White settlers' voices in US-Dakota War exhibit Jan Klein, a descendant of white settlers killed in the US- Dakota War of 1862, wants to make sure her ancestors aren't forgotten, and she was one of 85 people who advised the Minnesota Historical Society on its exhibit about that war.August 24, 2012
The seasons and ALS both work their changes Bruce Kramer's legs no longer serve him. Seemingly simple tasks have become almost impossible for him to complete without help.August 22, 2012
Listen to radios? Watch TVs? Not for Class of '16 Remember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper? This year's college freshmen don't.August 21, 2012
Which Americans give the most to charity? A study released Monday by the Chronicle of Philanthropy shows how neighborhoods, cities, and states rank in generosity. We talk with Peter Panepento, assistant managing editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, who oversaw the project.The Daily Circuit, August 20, 2012
Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95 Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at age 95.August 20, 2012