Nation and World
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Protesters set fire to U.S. Embassy in Belgrade; one body found
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - , Serbia -- Serb rioters set fire to an office inside the U.S. Embassy Thursday and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after a large demo...
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Clinton nomination: A mission impossible?
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama's lead, a daunting task requ...
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USDA: More than a third of recalled beef went to schools
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed,...
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British intelligence denies any role in death of Diana
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- The former head of MI6 denied Wednesday that the British intelligence agency was responsible for killing Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in 1997....
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Duke lacrosse players plan to sue over false rape allegations
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players claim in a lawsuit they suffered emotional distress during the furor over the now-discred...
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Strong quake strikes northeastern Nevada; some reports of damage
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - WELLS, Nev. -- Windows shattered and building facades and signs fell, but no one was seriously injured when a powerful earthquake shook this rural northeastern town on T...
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Court hammers GOP chairwoman's husbandFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - A federal court appeals panel chastised the husband of a Cook County commissioner Wednesday, saying his companies behaved "like a pack of weasels and can't expect any pa...
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McCain denies reports that he had personal relationship with lobbyist
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- John McCain emphatically denied a romantic relationship with a female telecommunications lobbyist on Thursday and said a report by The New York Times sug...
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Sears settles suit over unstable ovens
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. will install safety brackets on its stoves in millions of households or offer gift cards in settling an Illinois class-action lawsuit over the appli...
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Musharraf's defeat could offer some benefits to U.S.
Feb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- At first glance, the resounding defeat of President Pervez Musharraf's party in Pakistan's parliamentary elections might seem a setback to the U.S. fight a...