Nation and World
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Arkansas flood waters crest
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - DES ARC, Ark. -- Muddy water rose to the middle of front doors Monday as a historic flood crest flowed southward on the White River through communities in the state's ea...
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More pet owners turn to wheelchairs to keep disabled pets moving
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass. -- When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed...
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Court backs Texas in dispute over Mexican death row prisoner
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered a Texas court to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder, the Supreme Court ...
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2 dead, 4 hurt in crane accident at Miami condo construction site
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A crane collapsed Tuesday at a construction site for a high-rise condominium, killing two workers, injuring four and smashing into a home that the contractor had been us...
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Appeals court overturns law requiring airline passenger rights
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court today struck down a state law requiring airlines to give food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck in delayed plan...
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Social Security, Medicare providing update on finances of benefits
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The trustees of Social Security and Medicare are certain to kick off a fierce round of debate when they release their annual assessment of the fiscal healt...
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Iraq war dead are 'lives not lost in vain'
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush called it a day of reflection. He never explicitly said why, but the reason was clear: 4,000 U.S. dead in Iraq. That is the new toll of the ...
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Police: Burned body was Iowa man whose wife, 4 kids were found slain
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Investigators are focusing on a former bank executive who had been charged with embezzlement as they seek answers in the killings of his wife and four children, whose bo...
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Pentagon says it mistakenly shipped ballistic missile parts to Taiwan
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Pentagon says it mistakenly shipped ballistic missile parts to Taiwan WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has announced that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear ballistic missile ...
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Tibet says 140 dead in protests
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - DHARMSALA, India -- The Tibetan government in exile says the death toll from the demonstrations in Tibet is about 140. "While we have confirmed information on the death ...