Nation and World
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Did authorities go too far in taking children from sect mothers?
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- The state of Texas made a damning accusation when it rounded up 462 children at a polygamous sect's ranch: The adults are forcing teenage girls into...
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Dam is symbol of Afghans' struggle
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - KAJAKI, Afghanistan -- British Maj. Mike Shervington watches over a stunning aqua-green lake and a 50-year-old story about U.S. struggles to aid Afghanistan. Inside a se...
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Military to unveil evidence Iran is helping Iraq militias
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iran is ratcheting up its support for militias in Iraq, providing them with newly manufactured weapons and bringing them across the border to receive train...
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Mugabe's forces round up opposition groups
Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Pregnant women, mothers with babies strapped to their backs, girls who had been threatened with rape, men with broken bones -- these were among the h...
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Test run for census scaled back
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - FRESNO, Calif. -- The Census Bureau has scaled back its dress rehearsal for the once-a-decade national head count, raising fears thousands of soldiers, immigrants and ot...
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3 NYPD detectives acquitted in 50-shot killing
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the ce...
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Senators: More oil, or no arms
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A group of senators pressed President Bush on Thursday to halt billions of dollars in sophisticated arms sales to Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf oil p...
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Another cover-up confirmed at FAA
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday its second effort in three years to stop its managers in Texas from covering up air safety violation...
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Bush says rebates going out Monday should help economy
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush says the economic-stimulus tax rebates will begin going out Monday and will help people cope with lofty energy and food prices, as well as g...
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China's our equal when it comes to logging on
Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- By some measures, China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has s...