Culture

June 5, 2008 - It was 40 years ago today that Robert F. Kennedy, fresh off a primary win in California and hopeful of winning the 1968 Democratic nomination, was felled by 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles.

June 2, 2008 - The South has lost a cultural icon with rock star Bo Diddley's death today from heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79.

May 30, 2008 - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan is making the news show rounds to discuss his new book about the Bush administration's use of propaganda to promote the war against Iraq and its state of denial during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, among other things.

May 30, 2008 - If the tragic dogfighting case involving football star Michael Vick can be said to have anything resembling a silver lining, maybe this is it.

May 28, 2008 - Scott McClellan, the Texas native who served as White House press secretary from July 2003 to April 2006, has a new book out that's shocked many with its harsh criticism of an administration he loyally served.

May 23, 2008 - We received this communication today from Steve Gates, senior communication director of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a group that represents the interests of coal producers and coal-based utilities.

May 16, 2008 - This Sunday, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be holding its second annual Gatsby Dog Second Line Parade and Celebration in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Originally set for May 15, the event was moved to May 18 because of rain.