Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir. Scientist Norman Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at age 95, developed crops that enabled Third World farmers to wrest more food from their land. His "green revolution" was credited with averting global famine ...

Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he is committed to a civil rights division in the tradition of the Department of Justice during the civil rights movement. Holder made his remarks at Morehouse College, where he participated in a ceremony to honor his sister-in-law, Vivian Malone Jones, the ...

George Wallace is a prime exponent of the theories and techniques of viral marketing, even if he doesn’t know what that is. Every night, for instance, the comedian implores his audience to each tell 10 people that they liked his show. Consider it done, George ...