Nation and World
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Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dig...
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Gang gunbattle rages down Tijuana streets
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - TIJUANA, Mexico -- Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent ...
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Those 'distractions' reveal much about Obama's characterApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Real change has never been easy. ... The status quo in Washington will fight. They will fight harder than ever to divide us and distract us with ads and attacks from now...
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Clinton wants to debate, again
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - MARION, Ind. -- Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new...
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Medical pot puts life in jeopardy
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His...
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Aftershocks have Reno bracing for worst
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - RENO, Nev. -- Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthq...
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Recount confirms gains by Zimbabwe opposition
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's opposition appeared set to retain its gains in parliament Saturday, as international pressure mounted for the release of results from the ...
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Tribeca film fest meets IslamApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Seven years after New York's Tribeca neighborhood was shaken by the attacks on the city's World Trade Center, the area has become a bazaar for movies about a...
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Parting shots
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them was in the audience at the White House Correspon...
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100 homes evacuated as Calif. wildfire burns out of control
Apr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SIERRA MADRE, Calif. -- A wildfire in Southern California that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods might not be under co...