Nation and World
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Homeowner assaulted, shoots burglarJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said. Willie ...
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House sends security bill to president
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Air travelers will be able to feel more assured there isn't a bomb in the cargo below their feet. Everyone will know there's less chance any ship entering ...
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Battles break out throughout AfghanistanJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A purported Taliban spokesman warned Friday that some of the 22 South Korean hostages were in bad health, saying hours after the kidnappers' l...
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Magruder suffered stroke before crashes
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder suffered a stroke that apparently led to crashes with two vehicles this week, police said Friday. Mag...
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Gorbachev critical of U.S. foreign policy
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Former President Mikhail Gorbachev said Friday that the fall of the Soviet Union, which he helped bring about, ushered in an era of U.S. imperialism responsibl...
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Lohan just sad in not-scary thriller
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - "I Know Who Killed Me" 2 1/2 stars out of four Opens today Starring As Lindsay Lohan Aubrey Flemming/Dakota Moss Garce...
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Economy has best showing in more than a year
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The economy popped out of its rut this spring and grew at the strongest pace in more than a year. The best barometer of the country's economic fitness -- g...
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Why not insure children of the working class?Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In "SiCKO," Michael Moore resurrects a fascinating bit of history. He found an old recording by Ronald Reagan, who was hired by the American Medical Association in the e...
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Big Dig contractor settles for $50 million
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) -- A concrete supplier for the Big Dig has agreed to pay $50 million to end civil and criminal investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete used...
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Violence follows mosque reopening
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at a hotel Friday after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capi...