Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.The co...
Junk-bond king among those seeking Bush pardon Some high-profile convicts past and present are among more than 2,000 people asking President George W. Bush to pardon them or commute their prison sente...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Garrison Carr scored 28 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead American to a 67-46 win over Saint Francis on Monday night. American (1-1) led 31-19 at the ...
New York Public Library exhibit explores influence of Yaddo on American culture Yaddo nurtured luminaries such as Truman Capote, James Baldwin and Sylvia Plath Langston Hughes, composer R. Nathaniel D...
A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.
Lima - The leaders of the 21 economies that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum ended their annual meeting Sunday in Peru with a message of confidence and faith at a time of global economic crisis. Dressed in typically-Andean...
Nairobi/Goma - A Tutsi rebel group that has been battling government forces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is sticking to its promise to withdraw soldiers from two fronts, the UN said Wednesday. Since late yesterday evening we have ...
New York's Tin Pan Alley - a group of houses widely considered the birthplace of American song-writing - is at risk, a group of conservationists has warned. They are fighting for protected status for...
AFP - Europe was to mark Tuesday the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, the last major memorial for its handful of surviving veterans as the conflict slips from memory into history.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (CBS) ― Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards will make his first public speech since admitting to an extramarital affair. He is scheduled to speak at Indiana University...
Detroit rescue to come with strings By James Politi in Washington and Bernard Simon in Toronto Published: November 13 2008 20:29 | Last updated: November 13 2008 20:29
The Supreme Court will decide whether, years after his conviction, a defendant has a constitutional right to test genetic evidence found at the crime scene.
Blogs have been abuzz over whether the Constitution prevents Sen. Hillary Clinton from accepting President-elect Barack Obama's nomination to be secretary of state. History suggests there are plenty of ways around the apparent snag.
AP - A staffing firm that provides more than half the work force at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa has pulled out, taking with it about 450 employees.
Baby Boomer and self-employed entrepreneur, has been named "Volunteer of the Year" for the greater Los Angeles area by The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). NFTE, which p...
Ex-Penn prof gets 5-10 years in wife's slaying A former Ivy League professor was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison Wednesday for fatally beating his wife with a chin-up bar while she wrapped Chr...
In one of the biggest breakthroughs in astronomy, Canadian, American and British astronomers have captured the images of another solar system for the first time.
Disneyland pleasure dome with the country's tallest Ferris wheel and first indoor artificial ski slope. There will also be a two free-fall skydiving jumps, indoor surfing, a mini-city for kids, a digi...
Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, on Friday cast doubt on whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could ever return to the hybrid private-public structure they enjoyed before being seized by the ...
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