Nation and World
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Fisher-Price kitchen toys recalled in US and Europe for choking risk
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mattel Inc. today recalled more than 172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys in the United States and Europe because several children choked and gagged on small,...
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Should U.S. use waterboarding?
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The nomination of Michael Mukasey to be our next attorney general has hung up on the issue of waterboarding and whether he would. as the national's chief l...
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Pakistan's turmoil threatens world
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- It has been called the most dangerous country in the world. And that was before Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule...
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Ex-president: Friendship with Bill won't aid Hillary
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former President George H.W. Bush says the post-White House friendship he has nurtured with the man who turned him out of office won't make him go any easi...
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Teacher accused of fleeing to Mexico with 13-year-old faces court hearing
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Neb. -- A middle school teacher accused of running away to Mexico with a 13-year-old boy when rumors started to swirl that they were having sex was due in cou...
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Astronauts relax after making repairs
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery and the international space station reveled Sunday in their successful solar wing repair, and prepared to close the ha...
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Thompson won't 'throw friend under bus'
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Republican Fred Thompson said Sunday he was unaware of the criminal past of an adviser to his presidential campaign, but that he wouldn't "throw my friend ...
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Hollywood writers begin first strike since 1988, citing Internet, DVDs revenue
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Film and TV writers resolved to put down their pens and take up picket signs after last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike. The first picket lines were ...
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Autism cases on rise
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. Both boys are bright. But Ryan, 11,...
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Educational TV for toddlers OK, but other shows linked to attention issues
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - "Arthur" and "Barney" are OK for toddler TV-watching. But not "Rugrats" and certainly not "Power Rangers," reports a new study of early TV-watching and future attention ...