As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse.

Lawsuits, ahoy! […] Towns can regulate use of their beaches. But what about the waters offshore?

Online activities include getting and sending e-messages and photos, using Facebook, sharing artwork or music, building Web sites, or Internet gaming.

Twenty-one Sheltok megacarriers vanished without a trace, and others had close calls.