Nation and World
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GOP candidates clash on immigration
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney accuses former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani of making his city a haven for illegal immigrants. Giuliani denies it, insisting he cracked down on...
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Tropical storm forms off Atlantic
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Dean formed in the open Atlantic on Tuesday, but remained far from land, forecasters said. At 11 a.m. EDT, the storm was centered about 1,490 mil...
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North Korea flood toll cited
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- Torrential rains in North Korea have forced thousands of families from their homes and left at least 200 people dead or missing, an aid official sa...
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Rutgers player sues Imus
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A member of the Rutgers women's basketball team sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality's sexist and racist comments about the team ...
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McDonald's executive arrested in Hong Kong
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HONG KONG -- The head of McDonald's Hong Kong branch has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from food suppliers in return for using their products, local newsp...
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Still no word from trapped miners in slow rescue
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods m...
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Wal-Mart cuts its annual earnings forecastAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday and cut its full-year earnings forecast, saying "economic pressures" like higher fuel...
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Still no word from trapped miners in slow rescue
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods m...
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Tunisia boots Arafat's widow
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia has stripped the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of Tunisian citizenship, officials said Tuesday. A formal decree published Au...
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Two key points emerge from woes in home mortgagesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Exactly a century ago, panic seized financial markets. The collateral for perhaps half the bank loans in New York was securities whose values had been inflated by specul...