Nation and World
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Brown: It was wrong not to declare funds' source
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown, caught in a scandal over donations to his Labour Party and stung by a string of woes, insisted Tuesday voters would judge him on a...
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Fight over photos a growing trend
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - When Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison was putting the finishing touches on its seventh consecutive state high school football championship, the photographer assi...
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Red Cross ousts president amid scandal
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Plagued by turmoil at the top, the American Red Cross ousted its president, Mark Everson, on Tuesday for engaging in a "personal relationship" with one of h...
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Consumer confidence waning
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Just when the economy needs them the most, consumers are feeling less confident than they have since hurricanes Katrina and Rita pummeled the Gulf Coast two ...
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Wildlife service to reconsider status of seven species
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday reversed seven rulings that denied endangered species increased protection, after an investigation found the ...
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Rioters burn cars, buildings in France
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France -- Youths rampaged for a third night in the tough suburbs north of Paris and violence spread to a southern city late Tuesday as police struggled ...
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Sudan says they may release jailed British teacher
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A British teacher arrested for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad will probably be cleared and released soon, a spokesman for the Su...
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Russians say bosses are pressuring them to vote
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- With the Kremlin determined to see a high turnout in Sunday's election, many Russians say they are being pressured to vote at work under the watchful eyes of t...
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Chavez finding fewer friends after recent insults
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- Has Hugo Chavez become his own worst enemy? In the past few weeks, he has hurled insults at Colombia's president, Venezuela's Roman Catholic hierarch...
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Japanese crime leader, driver killed in brazen attack
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- A reputed organized crime leader was shot to death and his driver was fatally stabbed Tuesday in a brazen attack in southern Japan, police said, even as the cou...