Articles
FBI Searches Apartment in Ricin Letter Case
(SPOKANE, Wash.) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of...

Why Los Angeles Is a Bad City to Be a Letter Carrier
In anticipation of National Dog Bite Prevention Week next week, the U.S. Postal Service has released a list of cities that fare the worst when it comes to dog...
18 Killed in Blasts Near Turkish-Syrian Border
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Two car bombs exploded in a Turkish town near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 22 others,...

Lettrs Sends USPS Mail from Your Smartphone
Lettrs allows you to send long-form messages to a friend’s inbox or to a real-world mailbox, directly from your iPhone or computer. It's somewhat like the eCard...
Milestones
DIED Les Blank, 77, filmmaker whose documentaries spotlighted eccentrics like garlic lovers--in smell-o-vision, no less--and, in Burden of Dreams, German...
Photo Essays

LIFE With the Boy Scouts: Photos From a Time of Change, 1971
The Boy Scouts of America is one of those enduring institutions woven so deeply into the fabric of so many lives that it sometimes feels like it’s been around as...

Photographer Spotlight: Martha Holmes
Martha Holmes (b. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 7, 1923) was on the staff of LIFE for five years in the 1940s and worked for three decades as a freelancer for the...


