Marc Reign

"The family had one great drawback: all the princes and nabils considered at one point or other that they or their fathers should have reigned. The present incumbent was considered useless but to help him was not even envisaged. They had much more fun insulting him in private and telling ghastly stories about him without realising that they were digging their own graves, cutting off the branch on which they were sitting." Read More

The angel said to her, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Read More

The NBA takes center stage Christmas Day in Hollywood, as league darlings Kobe Bryant and LeBron James square off at Staples Center. Read More

The Rockin' New Year's Eve Bash, a lock-in at the Neosho Freeman Family YMCA, will give children from kindergarten to sixth grade their own party to ring in the new year. Read More

As she spoke, the television broadcast showed footage of a procession of hearses carrying the war dead moving slowly through streets lined with mourners in the small English town of Wootton Bassett. Read More

If unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. is backing out of fighting Manny Pacquiao, Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi is willing to take up his place and go for 12 rounds with the Filipino boxing icon. Read More

From volleyball to soccer, here are the high-school coaches, athletes and teams that were a cut above everyone else from the past year. Read More

290 years ago Czar Peter the First signed a decree creating a special store for the keeping of the coronation regalia and other ceremonial valuables, later known as the Jewel Room. The history of the Russian Diamond Fund began from here. Read More

...To quote the immortal words of Homer Simpson, as he set sail on a Costington's parade float as Santa, on Christmas day. Read More