Nation and World
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Baying and barking, Uno the beagle takes first winning steps at Westminster
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Uno the beagle turned Madison Square Garden into his own big, green backyard. He barked and bayed. He nipped at a newly printed sign. He tried to grab his le...
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Making online dating safer
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- As Valentine's Day approaches, all is not lovey-dovey in the high-stakes online dating industry. The contentious issue of the moment -- pitting one of the th...
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Investigation eyes SUV engine firesFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government is investigating reports of engine fires in General Motors' full-size sport utility vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administra...
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War on terror now going to trial
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The charges cannot be bigger, not in what is now known as the war against terror. Nor is there likely to be more global scrutiny of the White House's prose...
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Surprise! Even some with chronic disease can live to 100
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at ...
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Clinton remains confident of campaign
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WHITE MARSH, Md. -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton denied Monday her campaign is in trouble after losing to Sen. Barack Obama in four states this past weekend an...
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Yahoo board taking big gamble by rebuffing Microsoft's $44.6B bid
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.'s rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid left investors guessing the next move in a tense mating dance that may hatch a more...
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Gunmen make off with paintings worth millions
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - ZURICH, Switzerland -- Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the building, they hustled out ...
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Dow Jones updates its industrial average
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bank of America Corp. and Chevron Corp. will replace tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. in the Dow Jones industr...
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BlackBerry outage takes down e-mailFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - TORONTO -- Research In Motion's ubiquitous BlackBerry experienced a "critical severity outage" Monday afternoon that left users stranded without wireless e-mail access,...