Nation and World
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FBI admits more abuses
Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In four years and scores of cases, the FBI stepped on privacy rights by improperly accessing Americans' personal telephone records, credit reports and Inte...
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One dead, one hurt in house explosion
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PLUM, Pa. -- An explosion flattened a house in suburban Pittsburgh today, killing one person, injuring at least one other and damaging at least eight neighboring homes, ...
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PAGE, Ariz. -- Twin torrents of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon today in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the eco...
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EPA chief defends inactivity
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year after being told to do so, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday he couldn't say when he would comply with a Supreme C...
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Muslim concerns lead Harvard to have women-only gym hours
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- In a test of Harvard's famed open-mindedness, the university has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who say i...
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Memphis police go door to door looking for tips into slaying of 6
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Residents prayed and officers went door to door looking for tips that could lead to a suspect or a motive in one of the city's biggest murder investiga...
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Venezuela moves troops to Colombian border
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CUCUTA, Colombia -- Venezuela moved troops toward Colombia and turned away cargo trucks at border crossings Tuesday as tensions mounted over Colombia's strike on a lefti...
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Brett Favre retires after 17 seasons
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre finally met the one person who could stop him. Himself. He won a Super Bowl and three MVPs. He set every record worth having for a quarter...
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Kucinich faces challenge
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Ohio politician who made two failed White House campaigns, fought Tuesday in the Democratic primary to keep his seat again...
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N. Ireland's Protestant leader says he'll retire
Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Ian Paisley, the fiery Protestant preacher who reversed a lifetime of stubbornness to embrace an unlikely peace, announced his retirement Tu...