Typhoon season normally empties tourists from Baguio, Philippines, and yet the Cooyeesan Hotel is at maximum capacity.

As his door shuts and he walks to the elevator, cell phone towers explode with an inundation of texts to say where he is, where he's going, and when he'll arrive. None...

After the earthquake on January 12, Haitian-American welterweight champion Andre Berto canceled his upcoming fight hearing of the devastation and the deaths of multiple family members. He soon traveled to Haiti to help in the relief effort. Andre told his account to Peter Owen Nelson.

Even before the earthquake,...

OSLO -- After President Obama was awarded the Peace Prize, I received an invitation from Chairman Jagland of the Nobel Prize Committee to live-blog their proceedings.

8:00 AM
Chairman Jagland enters the room.

8:01 AM
Secretary Lundestad asks me, "As an American, do you think it's premature...

"Hirst is essentially an ideas man. The ideas he hatches in his head are converted into artworks by a team of assistants that, until recently, numbered 150." -- The Guardian

As an art collector, I can no longer stomach these exaggerated claims about the contemporary artist Damien Hirst. These...