Collection of declassified documents from the National Security Archive of George Washington University, concerning the United States' policy towards the ...
Selected Internet Resources: Nicaragua. Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and ...
ATLANTA – The Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry is “extremely faulty,” Former President Jimmy Carter said at a Tuesday night town hall-style ...
WASHINGTON -- Rushing to win quick congressional -- and public -- approval for its $700-billion bailout of the tottering financial system, the Bush administration moved toward compromises Monday that...
BEAUMONT, Tex., March 3 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to press on in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after critical primary tests in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday, even as advisers to Sen. Barack Obama said the latest round of voting would do little to improve her standing i...
Republican presidential nominee John McCain took an afternoon away from the campaign trail Saturday, traveling to the U.S. Naval Academy for his 50th class reunion.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld an Arizona law that targets employers who hire illegal immigrants by revoking their licenses to do business in the state.
Washington - A former leader of Colombia's largest rebel group has been charged in connection with the kidnapping of three US contractors who were rescued from the Colombian jungle last month, the US Justice Department announced Monday. Heli Mejia Me...
AP - The Pentagon has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy craft.
(CBS) On Monday, Gov. David Paterson angered some state lawmakers by comparing them to vampires, calling them a bunch of "blood suckers." On Tuesday, he raised eyebrows again, and tempers, by accusin...
AP - Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
AP - Clay Aiken is finally confirming what many people already knew: He's gay. The cover of the latest People magazine shows Aiken holding his infant son, Parker Foster Aiken, with the headline: "Yes, I'm Gay." The cover also has the quote: "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things."
AP - In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
Until she spoke up for herself, no defense, no matter how spirited or well-argued, could fully make up for Palin's conspicuous absence from the screen.
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama begins airing an ad Saturday that responds to rival John McCain's selection of a running mate, carefully avoiding any direct criticism of Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor whom McCain chose for the GOP ticket.
AP - Cleveland pitcher Fausto Carmona was suspended six games and Detroit slugger Gary Sheffield was penalized four games Monday for their brawl last week.
The director of the U.N.'s World Food Program said Tuesday the global financial crisis could make it more difficult to feed millions of hungry people because donor governments could cut back their donations to the agency.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Inc. acquired the assets of Washington Mutual Inc.'s banking operations Thursday after federal regulators seized the ailing thrift, the country's largest.
Jeannine Aversa September 22, 2008 - 8:24 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve made it easier Monday for private equity firms and other types of investors to take minority stakes in banks, a...
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