For the past few years, talk of the planet's imminent demise due to climate change and rising ocean levels has permeated the media to the point where the notion is firmly in the collective consciousness of the nation and the world.

But while documentaries on global warming have won awards and politicians debate ways to regulate carbon emissions, there has been a noticeable lack of progress to actually address the problem.

Lady Bird Johnson, the gracious widow of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who was credited for her steadying influence on his volatile personality, died Wednesday at her home in Austin, Tex., of natural causes. She was 94.

Early Days of Apartheid Shaped Belief System for Chief Justice

By IAN FEIN

She first came to the United States as a high school exchange student from apartheid-era South Africa in 1962, near the height of the civil rights movement.

At a young age, Margaret H. Marshall, who is today the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, witnessed marches in the street, listened to debates in Congress, and - in her words – saw democracy working before her eyes.

Drs. Bela Matyas and Sam Donta agree on at least two points when it comes to dealing with Lyme disease. One, there is not nearly enough money spent on research. Two, the medical response to the disease as a result is as much art as science.

Some quick action and bold navigating by a charter fishing captain on Friday likely saved the life of a New Jersey man who fell from his boat into rough seas off Wasque Point on Chappaquiddick. The man was not wearing a life jacket at the time and had to tread water for close to a 30 minutes before being rescued, authorities said yesterday.