CNN Monday announced it will launch something it’s calling the “League of First Time Voters,” a multiplatform programming initiative designed to “inform, involve and empower” individuals passionate about this election cycle.

In the two decades since Sting officially christened The Palace of Auburn Hills as the area's premier arena, more than 50 million fans have walked through its doors for concerts, sporting events, trade shows and even "Star Trek" conventions.

Community gardens are full for the first time in years, seed sales are up and memberships in home gardening groups are gaining -- part of a movement among Americans concerned with food prices, the environment and food safety.

Sinclair Adam used to cringe when his pals called him "the pharaoh of foamflower." Now, he embraces his inner sovereign with only a slight grimace, hoping it helps get the word out about tiarella, the starry little wildflower he adores.

We seem to have been here before: a young man is shot dead by police, and the next day's papers fall over themselves with lurid headlines accompanied by pictures of armed officers in balaclavas and ballistic vests.