Nation and World
-
Corporate chiefs welcome Fed rate cutSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The leaders of U.S. companies welcomed the Federal Reserve's move to slash interest rates Tuesday, but one questioned whether it would be enough to revive a ...
-
Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...
-
Pavarotti spreads the wealth in his will
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ROME -- Luciano Pavarotti left half his estate to his second wife and half to his four daughters, including three from his first marriage, an attorney said Tuesday. In t...
-
Simpson released from jail after posting $125,000 bail
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - O.J. Simpson was released from jail today after posting $125,000 bail in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors at a Las Vegas hotel. Simpson...
-
Fed acts to jumpstart economy
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It took more than four years, but borrowers finally got some interest rate relief. In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a h...
-
Simpson charged with armed robbery, kidnapping
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Prosecutors filed formal charges Tuesday against O.J. Simpson, alleging the fallen football star committed 10 felonies, including kidnapping, in the armed r...
-
Tasered student has a penchant for practical jokes
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - GAINESVILLE, Florida -- Video of police Tasering a persistent questioner of Sen. John Kerry became an Internet and TV sensation Tuesday, generating fierce debate about f...
-
Attorney seeks O.J. Simpson's release
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- One of the new charges against O.J. Simpson could carry a possible life sentence, but the former American football star's immediate concern is getting out o...
-
Cyber 'smiley face' still alive, well after 25 years
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the ...
-
Hillary could stand to show more spine and less expediencySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If there is a phrase more closely associated with both Hillary and Bill Clinton than "the politics of personal destruction," it does not come to mind. All the others -- ...