Nation and World
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Arbitrators find Landis guilty of doping, rule he must forfeit 2006 title
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case today when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used ...
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Kroger now a money market
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Weekend grocery shopping list: • Milk, on sale at four half-gallons for $5. • Cookies, two packages-for-one at $3.99. • New $200,000 fixed-rate mortgage, 3...
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Gold medalists unveil new Olympic logo
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Rowdy Gaines unveiled Chicago's second attempt at an Olympic logo for its 2016 Summer Games bid Wednesday -- a white, s...
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Bowie donates $10,000 to teenagers' defense fund
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisian...
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Briefs: Prices may go up for food productsSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Charging more for Cheerios and Lucky Charms and Yoplait yogurt helped General Mills report an 8 percent increase in its first-quarter profit on Wednesday....
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How strong is Simpson's case?
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- In a scene of legal deja vu, a grayer, heavier O.J. Simpson stood handcuffed in court Wednesday to face charges that could put him behind bars for life. The...
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Did meteorite make local people sick?
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - LIMA, Peru -- A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fu...
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August consumer prices post rare decline
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices posted a rare decline in August while the battered housing industry saw construction fall to the slowest pace in 12 years. The new economic...
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Bush: Make eavesdropping law permanent
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT MEADE, Md. -- President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop witho...
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Army test to help doctors with injured soldiers
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Before leaving for Iraq, thousands of troops with the 101st Airborne Division line up at laptop computers to take a test: basic math, matching numb...