Nation and World
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Candidates have chat on Senate floor
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Suddenly, unexpectedly, they were together, in a place where aides dare not follow. Eager to talk? Perhaps. Or maybe nowhere else to turn. Whatever, Barack...
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Jury clears 2 doctors of negligence in John Ritter's death
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - GLENDALE, Calif. _ A jury cleared a cardiologist and a radiologist Friday of negligence in the diagnosis and treatment of actor John Ritter, who died of a torn aorta in...
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Michigan close to new June 3 primary
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Michigan congresswoman said Friday that the state's Democrats are working on plans for a June 3 primary that would give them a say in the tight president...
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Recent killings raise campus safety issues
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Three murders in less than a week have sent three Southern college campuses into grief, and brought renewed attention to campus safety -- a topic already on the minds of...
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Clinton and Obama agree to disagree with trash-talking supporters
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ On this presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree: They sometimes disagree with their trash-talking supporters and will try to ...
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Gold tops $1,000 an ounce; jewelry costs to follow
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bargain-hunting at the local jewelry store just got harder. Gold, which has soared to record levels in the past year, hit a new milestone Thursday, rising to...
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Slaughterhouse exec. acknowledges illegal slaughter of ill cows
Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history acknowledged Wednesday that cattle were illegal...
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Ferraro quits Clinton campaign post after furor over Obama comments
Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Geraldine Ferraro stepped down Wednesday from an honorary post in Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign amid a controversy regarding her comments ...
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Baghdad 'violence has increased dramatically'
Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- In just a week, Baghdad has seen a spate of suicide bombings that have killed scores of Iraqis and five U.S. soldiers -- among 12 Americans who have fallen in...
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Sheriff: Kansas woman sat on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years
Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WICHITA, Kan. -- Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend's bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on th...