Nation and World
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Congress wants Tejada questioned
Jan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress began its public examination of the Mitchell Report into baseball's steroids era by calling Tuesday for the Justice Department to look into whethe...
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Suburbs seeing lots of tree clones as lovely as a treeJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The political nuttiness of this election season may leave you pining for a clone of Abe Lincoln. Would you settle for a cloned Lincoln tree? While New York City makes n...
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Self-taught tracker finds trove of dino prints in D.C. suburbs
Jan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Ray Stanford pulls into the lot of a fast-food restaurant on a suburban commercial strip and parks at the back. Wearing high rubber boots and carryi...
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Any Delta merger will face tough U.S. antitrust reviewJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Delta Air Lines would face an unprecedented airline antitrust review if it decides to propose a merger with either Northwest Airlines or United Airlines pa...
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Israeli PM: We'll do anything to stop Iran from getting nukes
Jan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a powerful parliamentary panel on Monday that Israel rejects "no options" to block Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a me...
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Obama's appeal is in the defying of racial stereotypesJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - In a thoughtful Atlantic Monthly essay touting Barack Obama last month, political commentator Andrew Sullivan revealed his disappointment with a speech the Illinois sena...
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Military chief wants to shut down Gitmo
Jan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The chief of the U.S. military said Sunday he favors closing the prison here as soon as possible because he believes negative publicit...
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'We hear your cries'
Jan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- President Bush gently nudged authoritarian Arab allies Sunday to satisfy frustrated desires for democracy in the Mideast and saved his...
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Feds offer $25K reward for Marine suspect
Jan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Federal authorities were posting billboards nationwide with the picture of a Marine wanted in the slaying of a pregnant colleague, and the sheriff ...
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Obama stimulus package emphasizes quick cash in hand
Jan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday unveiled an economic stimulus package costing up to $120 billion that his campaign said would put money in the hands of work...