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In time-honored tradition, the show went on. Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling Vancouver's BC Place Stadium.

The Winter Olympics get under way Friday night in British Columbia, Canada — and it's a good thing the ceremony is inside, because the weather outside has been far from ideal for winter sports.

An Animated Conversation with Spike

The county government says the state is draining taxpayers dry to pay for social programs. We'll ask the editors what they think.

What's the point of having an Ethics Commission if it doesn't have the power to hold public officials accountable? We discuss the role of the ethics panel in San Diego.

Not too long ago, it wasn't clear if the gray-flannel U.S. had a sense of humor. Madonna even exhorted America to "lighten up!" Now, with practically every serious matter reduced to a punch line, the question is: Does this country have a sense of what's important?

Twenty years ago this week, the Voyager 1 spacecraft captured a radical view of Earth. Shot from a distance of 4 billion miles, the "pale blue dot" image showed our planet as a tiny speck amid the vastness of space. Carl Sagan, who lobbied for the photo, said it reduced our entire world to "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

Senate Democrats rolled out their latest proposal for creating more jobs on Thursday. Several leading Republicans have endorsed measures in the bill, so for now at least, it's being called bipartisan. But there are already doubts about its prospects.

A major offensive by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand Province is expected to begin shortly. Ahead of the offensive, Marines exchanged fire with the Taliban on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah.

Garrick Ohlsson plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 at Copley Symphony Hall and the Akram Khan company dance their way across cultural borders.