WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut seventh grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an inaccuracy with a map that was on exhibit. More...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Even in the service, Army Air Corps veteran Robert Bailey somehow found time for art as he painted designs on the noses of World War II aircraft. More...

NEW YORK — In World War II’s final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. More...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lip service or sea change? Skeptics wonder whether Vogue magazine's vow to ban models under 16 or those of any age with visible signs of eating disorders is more hype than health. More...

It must be in our nature to admire risk takers and so called “daredevils.” While we are more cautious and careful in our own activities, we attend speed races, circuses to see highwire acts, demolition derbies to see the worse crashes, Ev More...

I love spring. Winter is relatively austere time in the garden so I relish the bounty of spring all the more. Over the years I have tried growing most flowers that will provide color in March, April and May. Below are some of my favorites. More...

The other day we were responsible for a massive emergency response to Lake Street. Well, not that massive — at the height of the emergency there were two fire trucks, one police cruiser, and a Dead River van. More...

MEREDITH — The Meredith Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Annual Community Yard Sale on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

IN THE TOP PHOTO, from the historical collections at the Laconia Public Library, Gilford Academy is seen, in Academy Square, Laconia, in the 1860s. More...

125 YEARS AGO (1887) from The Laconia Democrat Lake Winnipesaukee was clear of ice, the last having disappeared, May 4. “The Mineola came up from Lake village, Monday, May 2nd, the first that has been up the channel this spring.” More...

LACONIA — A building near the railroad tracks, owned by Frank Busiel, was destroyed by fire, April 28, 1887, The Laconia Democrat reported, 125 years ago this week. More...

JOE TOMINC frames a new home in Pepper Pike, Ohio. U.S. builders trimmed activity for a second straight month in February, pushing construction spending down by the largest amount in seven months. More...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Jim Deitz believes he’s creating a Grand Forks landmark, but the downtown apartment house he’s painting one polka dot at a time is making a city planner cringe. More...

WASHINGTON — The American dream of homeownership is at its lowest point in 15 years, the latest evidence of a housing market still far from recovering five years after the housing crash. More...

PLYMOUTH — Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools will embark on a stripped down journey through Johnny Lyon's eclectic version of the Great American Songbook at The Flying Monkey Performance Center on Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. More...

DEAR ABBY: I’m an artist and budding filmmaker with a B.A. degree. My problems are my job situation and where I live. More...

Douglas Adams, the English author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” which started as radio scripts and turned into a multimedia phenomenon, said, “If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, we have at least to co More...