Nation and World
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Good Samaritan's car stolen by 'victim'Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) -- So much for gratitude. James Scarabino was driving along New York's Long Island Expressway early Thursday when he stopped to help a motorist st...
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Britney's bodyguard facing battery chargesJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A bodyguard for Britney Spears must face a battery charge after he scuffled with two men trying to photograph the singer and her young sons at a Las Vegas Strip resort, ...
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Quick and quiet: electric dragsters aim for gas powered records
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine th...
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Wall Street continues decline
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its steep decline Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points over two days after investors gave in to mounti...
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News choppers collide; 4 killed
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground Friday, killing all four people on board in a plunge that v...
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Focus on Hillary's policies, not on her necklineJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Among the endless reasons I will never run for public office is a deep-seated fear of having my wardrobe subject to the fashion police. Excuse me, the fashion shrinks --...
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Indian doctor freedJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Indian doctor freed: BRISBANE, Australia -- An Indian doctor was set free Friday after Australia's chief prosecutor said a charge linking him to failed bombings in Brita...
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How to negotiate using the word 'no'Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - "No - The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home" by Jim Camp, Crown Business, $23. Can saying "No" build the foundation for getting what you want? It all ...
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Pining for the days of yore, like any cranky dinosaur surely mustJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Cranky, old dinosaurs live in the past. Or so succeeding generations claim, often legitimately. Thus news stories last week -- a barometer of a society in motion -- foun...
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Independent panel will leave investigations to NASA
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After drinking heavily, an astronaut flew on a Russian spacecraft and another was cleared to launch on a space shuttle, according to interviews b...