Nation and World
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A glimpse of pre-Columbian Puerto Rico
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed light on virtu...
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10 anti-al-Qaida sheiks kidnapped
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks from their cars Sunday as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the governme...
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Latte era grinds downOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Brian Lacroix, a 34-year-old computer engineer, developed a taste for expensive coffees. Earlier this year, however, he stopped frequenting a French coffee shop in Dalla...
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Doctors urge autism screening for all toddlers
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies w...
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No evidence Iran working on nuclear weapons, U.N. watchdog says
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday he had no evidence Iran was working actively to build nuclear weapons and expressed concern that escal...
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Israeli leader Olmert says he has prostate cancer
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) _ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to perform his...
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Fire at S. Carolina beach house kills 7 students
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A weekend of fun vanished in a storm of fire and smoke that killed seven college friends and left behind a gutted beach house and an emotionally d...
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Drought leaves Georgia scrambling
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Despite plenty of warnings, critics say, Georgia never got around to developing a water management plan to handle a severe drought. Now that reservoirs alread...
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Capt. Underpants costumes last straw
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LONG BEACH, N.Y. -- Call it the Misadventure of Captain Underpants and the Peeved Principal. A Long Island high school has banned all Halloween costumes after three seni...
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News Corp., NBC launch online site as YouTube alternative
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- NBC and Fox are set to launch an advertising-supported online video site that hosts programming from varied entertainment companies in a bid to seize vie...