Akron Beacon-Journal

Tim Couch said something very significant after the Browns' exhibition opener Monday night against Dallas: "I've never been a real good practice player. I practice hard, but I don't always...

Wilma Griffiths thought hard, trying to remember what she had for dinner last night. "A glass of milk," she said, finally. The Akron, Ohio, woman is among the millions of...

Friends ask Ruth Ackerman why she doesn't move to a smaller home. But the widow dismisses the idea because she says her roomy two-bedroom condominium in west Akron has everything...

Look closely at the smooth-talking salesman. His face may reveal a secret. Barely perceptible are tiny scars above his eyelids, fading testimony to cosmetic surgery he had in December. But...

Duke is about more than winning, and for that, the Blue Devils deserve your respect, because most of their kids actually are student-athletes. Consider the most recent NCAA report on...

The battle against germs never ends. It only escalates. A century ago, a patient entering the hospital for surgery had a better-than-even chance of picking up an infection. Now, only...

. . . No one should spend a second feeling sorry for Mike Tyson. Like many in prison, he grew up in a dysfunctional family and had to survive on...

Work and fitness workouts are co-existing at many companies. This time of year, Joanne Copley can always tell when her co-workers at Oak Associates in are about to take a...

Big-time college football needs to learn something from the little guys. All the members of the Bowl Championship Series commission should travel to Salem, Va., to watch Mount Union play...

There's a point at which money doesn't matter anymore. And many American workers are reaching that point. They are tired of working long hours of overtime. In these times of...