The Pill for Men, Human Cannonball

Dear Matt: What’s happening with the birth-control pill for men? I keep hearing about it every once in a while, but then nothing happens. Why is it so difficult to make one? It didn’t take this long to make the Pill for women.

Harry Deitz: I'll be fighting sounds of silence

Several years ago, I noticed that people were starting to talk more softly and mumbling. Especially my wife. Of course she said I needed to get my hearing checked.

REGION: Panel shelves tunnel to the coast

Regional transportation officials have shelved, for now, and possibly many years, an idea that for more than a decade stirred the imagination of Southwest County commuters mired in nightmarish stop-an

The day the earth shook

For people in Canterbury, the impact of Saturday's big earthquake will resonate for years.

Cleanup begins after massive quake

Most of Christchurch's central business district will remain off limits tomorrow, city leaders have confirmed today.