Nation and World
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United cancellations far exceed rivalsJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - United Airlines canceled dozens of flights Wednesday, adding to the more than 1,100 cancellations since Dec. 23 that the No. 2 U.S. carrier blamed on weather but its pil...
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Scotland Yard to assist in Bhutto death investigation
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that Scotland Yard will help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing his initial...
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Analysts speculate on impact of rising oil
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Record high crude oil prices will have an impact on consumers and the economy. Q. How will $100 oil affect the prices I pay for energy? A. Higher crude price...
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Don't read too much into the results of the caucuses in IowaJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One final reminder: When you're reading returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror. The outcom...
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Lawyer: Zoo delayed first response to tiger
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo that killed their friend were denied help for at least 30 minutes by...
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Rally portends more Kenyan bloodshed
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's opposition leader vowed to go ahead with a "million man" protest rally today that many fear could worsen a wave of political and ethnic violenc...
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Justice Dept. to investigate destruction of CIA tapes
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation Wednesday into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged...
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Chilly forecast worries Florida's citrus farmers
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- With all of Florida under a freeze warning, citrus and other farmers prepared Wednesday for possibly damaging temperatures into the teens and 20s. Flori...
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It's a caucus-watching party at North CentralJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Perhaps the largest television-viewing party at North Central College tonight won't center around a college football bowl game or "Grey's Anatomy" re-run. Instead, the s...
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The first vote of the 2008 campaign
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Tonight is caucus night in Iowa, when any registered Republican or Democrat who proves residency can gather in 1,784 precincts across the state to se...