The crimson-colored scar stretching up her left thigh just above the knee brings a few stares and many questions, but 8-year-old Domonique Patton, of Battle Creek, is more than glad to show it off.
In fact, the second-grader loves to display it for show-and-tell in almost every class she has, said her mother, Leitia Patton.
“She’s proud [...]

Richard Goetschius pulled out the X-ray and held it against the window of his office.
“It’s a miracle that I’m alive,” he said.
The startling image outlines his skull and — clear as day — shows a nail, more than 3 inches long, imbedded in the left side of his brain.
The construction accident occurred three years ago, [...]

On June 7, 1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome. (Go to article.)
1654 Louis XIV was crowned king of France in Rheims.
1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1848 Postimpressionist painter [...]