Nation and World
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Union's endorsement delayed
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The Service Employees International Union has postponed its presidential endorsement until next month, underscoring divisions within the powerful labor group over fron...
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Milestone marker of civil rights fight
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Little Rock Nine, once barred from Central High School because they are black, arrived on its soggy campus in limousines Tuesday as the communit...
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Clear Channel sale clears hurdle
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN ANTONIO -- It took just about three weeks for the nation's biggest radio station operator, Clear Channel Communications, to accept a buyout offer after announcing la...
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Ahmadinejad declares end to nuke talks
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - UNITED NATIONS -- Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that Iran's disputed nuclear program is closed as a political issue and said Tehran will ignore a U...
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Unkind words cut deep in Iran
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranians expressed dismay Tuesday at the tough reception given to their president in New York, saying his host was rude and only fueled the image of the ...
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Media coverage of missing Madeleine McCann makes many people uneasy
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Madeleine McCann has been missing for more than four months, but the British girl's presence is everywhere. Millions of words have been written and broadcast a...
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Executions go to high court
Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further...
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N.Y. Times admits 'mistake' when it discounted controversial attack ad
Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The New York Times' ombudsman says the newspaper violated its standards when it gave the liberal activist group MoveOn.org a $77,508 price break on a full-pa...
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A man of peace?
Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Iran would not launch an attack on Israel or any other country, and he does not believe the U.S. is pr...
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'Action, action, action'
Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - UNITED NATIONS -- With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new urgency into ...