Nation and World
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More dollars leads to less dusting, study concludes
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - AMHERST, Mass. -- Money may not buy love, but it might get some working wives a reprieve from the vacuum or overflowing laundry baskets. A new University of Massachusett...
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Historical cards stacked against Annapolis conference
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Next week's Mideast peace conference is unlike any previous U.S. attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because the price of failure has risen ...
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P&G promotes 'Beautiful' ads
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- There is a little-girl memory that Najoh Tita-Reid recounts as a way of explaining what is behind a new campaign by the nation's biggest advertiser. As you...
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Another Taser death in Canada
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A Canadian man died Saturday, four days after police used a Taser stun-gun on him because he reportedly was acting erratically in a store,...
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Justices to decide whether 401(k) plan can be sued for ignoring investors
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- James LaRue says he lost $150,000 when his instructions to his employer on where to invest money in his retirement plan were ignored. Now the Supreme Court...
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Wind-driven wildfire strikes Malibu again
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - MALIBU, Calif. -- Glen Sunyich has seen flames ravage the canyons and mountains above Malibu three times and has been thankful his home was spared. The fourth time, he w...
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Ex-reality show winner arrested
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - SEMINOLE, Fla. -- A former cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who was proposed to on the reality TV show "The Bachelor" was accused of punching a man she lives wit...
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U.N. report shows greenhouse gas at record high
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - GENEVA -- Two of the most important Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached a record high in 2006, and measurements show that one -- carbon dioxide -- is play...
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Geronimo's rifle sold at auctionNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A Springfield rifle owned by the famed Apache warrior Geronimo fetched $100,000 during an auction of Wild West guns and weapons that brought in more tha...
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Hillary Clinton wants free trade that doesn't hurt workersNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Where does Hillary Clinton stand on economic issues? Is she a "Clintonian," the heir to the pro-globalization views of her husband? Or is she part of the growing movemen...