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By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 2, 2012 Florida National Guard Col. Sean Ward is surrounded by members of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which is recently returned from Iraq and Kuwait. With him, from left, are Sgt. Melanie Linton, Maj. Julio Acosta, Sgt. David Tribby and Maj. Chris Buckley.  PINELLAS PARK — Florida National Guard Col. Sean Ward recently ...

It is a shame that grammar leaves no fossils behind. Few things have been more important to our evolutionary history than language. Because our ancestors could talk to each other, they became a powerfully cooperative species. In modern society we are so submerged in words—spoken, written, signed, and texted—that they seem inseparable from human identity. And yet we cannot excavate some fossil ...

She's the world's highest-paid supermodel - and Gisele Bündchen leaves her admirers in no doubt why in her latest ravishing photoshoot.

Mark Gray Falkenhan was a "firefighter's firefighter," a man driven to battle flames and train others to do so. When the Baltimore County volunteer ran into a burning apartment building Wednesday in the Hillendale area, he was doing what he always did, using his instincts and his training, looking for cues about the risks he was taking. "Up until those last few moments, Mark did the right thing ...

Joan Smith, Columbia Colleges president, is leaving the school after just four years to become the Yosemite Community College Districts interim chancellor. But, as her impressive promotion might evidence, Smiths tenure here was productive: