Nation and World
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Rally for torture victim, justice
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Hundreds of people gathered at West Virginia's Capitol on Saturday to urge prosecutors to add hate crime charges against six white people arrested i...
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Obama takes shots at Bush, and both Clintons
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama told voters Saturday that in the wake of President Bush's "catastrophic failure of leadership" the nati...
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Georgia football fans told not to flush
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Ga. -- Fans who had their fill of beer at the University of Georgia's homecoming football game on Saturday were warned -- no flushing allowed. Earlier this week,...
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Kurds vow retaliation
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq -- A defiant spokesman for the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party said Saturday that if Turkey attacks the group's bases in Iraq's rugged northeastern...
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Alaskan village on alert after rabid wolf attack
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Children in the village of Marshall do not go out alone without an adult. They have been told to stay inside after dark. When night falls, three sen...
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U.S. urges Turkey to rethink move against Kurds
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - ANKARA, Turkey -- Faced with the prospect of another front opening in the already difficult Iraq war, the United States struggled Friday to persuade Turkey not to send i...
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China's coal industry attracts U.S. investors
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As China's appetite for coal is booming, American investors and businesses are cashing in. American pension and mutual fund money is being invested ...
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Stocks up on jobs growthNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Energy and computer companies rallied after a better-than-expected jobs report outweighed concern banks face mounting credit losses. Schlumberger Ltd. and Ha...
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Hidden danger in time switch
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by c...
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Teacher flees with student, may be in Mexico
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- A female teacher and a 13-year-old boy believed to be on the run may have crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said Friday. Pa...