John F. Walker, a former industrial design teacher at Western Michigan University, died Dec. 27. He was 76. Walker was an instructor and advisor in industrial design for a few years starting in 1987.

Walker did not patent his invention. Samuel Jones from London copied his idea and marketed his matches as "Lucifer's"!In 1826, John Walker, a chemist in Stockton on Tees, discovered through lucky ...

John Walker Lindh, who became known as the "American Taliban" after his capture on an Afghanistan battlefield in late 2001, was released Thursday from a federal prison in Indiana. After being in ...