The handwritten letter to the governor is polite, articulate and to the point. "Dear Sir," begins the missive. "I wish you would come down to the jail and see me." The sender of the letter to territorial governor Lew Wallace was none other than ...

The New Mexico Tourism Department has launched a Web site dedicated to Billy the Kid. The site has links to maps and tours in Billy the Kid territory, including a complete six-day itinerary, at http://www.newmexico.org/billythekid/. State Tourism Secretary Michael Cerletti says the site is ...

Alistair Cooke, a very shrewd film critic, once wrote of 'stage acting as a form of sculpture and film acting as a performance with the face only - the best film actors do best with the eyes only'. He was writing about Edward G Robinson, Henry Fonda, Jean Gabin and Spencer Tracy. But Paul Newman, who has died at his home ...