Millions of people have been perplexed at one time or another by Rubiks Cube, a fascinating puzzle that took the world by storm in the 1980s. If you somehow missed the puzzle–or the 1980s–the cube is a plastic gizmo that appears to be made up of 27 small cubes, or cubies, stacked into a larger cube, three cubies to an edge. Each of the six square faces of the larger cube is colored in one …

As a suicide bomber, Rabah Bechla was most unusual. But the story of Mr Bechla, a 63-year-old grandfather of seven who rammed an explosives-packed truck into a United Nations office in Algiers on December 11, killing at least 17 people, is in many ways the story of Algeria itself.

How do you go from beating a horse by 231/2 lengths in the Florida Derby to losing to him by a quarter-mile in the Belmont?

On page 2: Comics, puzzles, "Astrograph," and Dr. Gott's advice for upper back pain.

When should Grandma get a Nintendo DS? When it lets her work an endless supply of crossword puzzles, that's when.

Millions of people have been perplexed at one time or another by Rubiks Cube, a fascinating puzzle that took the world by storm in the 1980s. If you somehow missed the puzzle–or the 1980s–the cube is a plastic gizmo that appears to be made up of 27 small cubes, or cubies, stacked into a larger cube, three cubies to an edge. Each of the six square faces of the larger cube is colored in one …

As a suicide bomber, Rabah Bechla was most unusual. But the story of Mr Bechla, a 63-year-old grandfather of seven who rammed an explosives-packed truck into a United Nations office in Algiers on December 11, killing at least 17 people, is in many ways the story of Algeria itself.

On page 2: Comics, puzzles, "Astrograph," and Dr. Gott's advice for upper back pain.

Ive played games all of my life. There were the games that were typical to any given age of a baby, toddler, child or adolescent. All the while, the complexities of the games I played accompany my rise into adulthood. …

Which teams have had the best return games since the merger? How have punt returns and kickoff returns changed over the years? How in the world did the 2007 Chicago Bears returners wind up in the bottom five of one list and the top five …

We got our son Josh a young teacher who came over in the evening once a week and taught him how to write code and make a rudimentary computer game. We didn't know of anywhere in the city to send Josh for this kind of class, …

Its pretty easy to find a list of The Top Nintendo 64 Games or some similar ranking, but most of them were written back when the system was cutting edge and almost all of them only compare the games against other N64 games. …

Video Games Live is an amazing video game concert co-founded by a friend of mine Tommy Tallarico. They have just announced new tour dates in several different countries. If you get a chance to check it out it's a must see. …

He cites the iPhone's use of Core Animation adapted for ARM processors, which he says allows for the advanced effects of OS X and now OpenGL-accelerated 3D games, as well as the importance of an on-demand store and Internet connection. …