BLACKSBURG, Va. - Silence fell across the Virginia Tech campus at noon Friday and bells tolled in churches nationwide in memory of the 32 victims of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

WASHINGTON - A somber President Barack Obama led a moment of silence on Monday for a nation stunned by an attempted assassination against an Arizona congresswoman that left her gravely wounded, several other injured and six people dead.

As we gather tonight for another week of high school football, I’d like to suggest a moment of silence be observed in all stadiums for those who won’t be in attendance.

Fate sometimes feels like the devil. Yes. I’m a believer in destiny, but still, I whine. In the midst of writer’s block this week, a phone call broke my heart. Barely 50 years old, renowned pianist Ariel Bogoslavsky is dead.

MIAMI - The question was blunt when it was posed to Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson. Can Rex Grossman win the Super Bowl? The answer was equally as blunt. “Nope,” Wilson said. “They can ride their defense as long as they want,” Wilson said. “But I don’t think (Grossman) can win it this year.”

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney rejects any notion that his victim bears any responsibility for the shooting accident that turned a weekend hunting trip into trauma. "I'm the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend," he said.

A little over a week ago, Gloria Chavez was discussing insider Washington politics with a group of 12-year-olds. She sat on a stool in front of her sixth-grade class of about 25 students, nearly all of them Hispanic, at Adams Elementary School in Mesa.

A little over a week ago, Gloria Chavez was discussing insider Washington politics with a group of 12-year-olds. She sat on a stool in front of her sixth-grade class of about 25 students, nearly all of them Hispanic, at Adams Elementary School in Mesa.

We're barely past Thanksgiving but we all know that Christmas is coming.

It’s been 15 days since someone tried to kill Scottsdale diversity director Don Logan.

Some parents and students are speaking out in support of the National Day of Silence at Desert Ridge High School - in contrast to a group of parents who are letting their children skip school today in protest of the event.

When I told a handful of friends I was going to witness the execution of a death row inmate, something I had never done in more than two decades as a journalist, one of them told me it would be an image I'd remember the rest of my life.

Collin DeWitt

Some movie moments resonate like no others. Add your passion for wine into the mix, and magic can be made. “Sideways” is the wine movie, bar none.

WASHINGTON - The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the campaign trail.

My Friday was busy. A power walk around the neighborhood at 3:45 a.m. — then a non-stop flurry of media interviews, writing deadlines, meetings and talk radio, until 6 p.m. Then I went to visit Allen.

A lawyer for a member of the Independent Redistricting Commission told a judge Monday he may seek a "gag order'' to stop Attorney General Tom Horne from comparing his allegations of activities of panel members to Watergate.

NEW YORK - Curt Schilling signed with Boston for this very reason — to silence the hated Yankees and pitch the Red Sox to that elusive World Series title.

Now that ESPN is done treating his retirement with round-the-clock coverage normally reserved for a national tragedy or moon landing, let’s get serious about Brett Favre.

Gamers everywhere should pause their endeavors for a moment of silence: AP is reporting that Gary Gygax, the co-creator (with Dave Arneson) of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, has died at age 69.