The story of Rex Farrance's slaying this month, when the longtime PC World editor was shot to death in his home in Pittsburg, is rife with ironies and contradictions. Farrance was a patriotic American with the utmost respect for the police, a member of...

Teuane Tibbo Vase of Flowers c1965. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.- A significant painting gifted to the people of Auckland by art dealer Denis Cohn is on display at Auckland Art Gallery.

The forecast may look sunny, but Newburyport's about to have a blizzard. The Newburyport Art Association is kicking off a three-part juried show titled "A Blizzard of Art" tomorrow with the first installment, "Ice." ;

SEWARD Jacob Moore works at his potters wheel in a room the size of a rectangular kitchen table. On this day, a large window to his left lets in late afternoon light. A mirror in front of him catches splatters from the vase he is throwing.

THE row over a ban on mementoes at Cambridge Crematorium is still raging.

It was nearly a year ago that Lauren Clausons mother, Rose Karam, moved in with her daughter.

"Not guilty" pleas Thursday in King County Superior Court from two Seattle men who, in the words of a cemetery groundskeeper, "stole from the dead."