Nation and World
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Johnnie Carr, a giant of civil rights movement, dies
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to h...
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Inspired by a woman's leadership - as long as it's provided by a manFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, I got a sarcastic e-mail from a Hillary supporter. She forwarded a crack made by Howard Wolfson, Clinton's media man, about Obama. "Senator Clinton," he scof...
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Japan's oldest person dies
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Japan's oldest person has died at a hospital in southwestern Japan, her nursing home said Saturday. She was 113. Tsuneyo Toyonaga, who became the country's olde...
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Winning Mega ticket purchased at Georgia store
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - PORTAL, Ga. -- A small Georgia town is buzzing with activity after Georgia Lottery officials said Saturday that the winning ticket to the $270 million Mega Millions draw...
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Clinton lashes out over Obama mailings
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that a pair of mailings sent to voters by rival Barack Obama's campaign criticizing her health care plan and ...
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Do you remember when? This guy does
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - LA CROSSE, Wis. -- For as long as he can remember, Brad Williams has been able to recall the most trifling dates and details about his life. For example, he can tell you...
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Baghdad safer, but explosive volley hits Green Zone
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Extremists fired an explosive barrage Saturday into the capital's heavily protected Green Zone, targeting the heart of America's diplomatic and military missi...
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Serb leaders blame U.S. for violence
Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo -- Serbia's hard-line leaders Saturday called the U.S. "the main culprit" in the violence that has broken out since Kosovo declared independen...
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Gas prices jump, but supplies highFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Gas prices jumped Friday to their highest level since June. But, while crude oil futures have climbed to a new record above $101 a barrel recently, gas suppl...
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Serbs vow to keep Kosovo
Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo -- Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecracker...