Nation and World
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Anti-war rallies staged nationwide
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that read: "Wall...
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Turkey makes more threats after Iraq talks break downOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SIRNAK, Turkey -- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Saturday to order an incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish guerrillas after the failure of t...
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Not all fires contained, yet
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. -- Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but cloudy skies scattering occasional raindrops brought a welc...
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Variations in what the 'values voters' put their value inOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In retrospect, it was probably not the best way to reassure the faithful. When James Dobson, child psychologist turned political kingmaker, rose to speak at the Values V...
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Trading spaces -- outer space addition
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts swung open the door to their new space station addition Saturday and floated into the spacious and sparkling white room, formally chri...
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Doctor is hopeful for a malaria vaccineOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ROCKVILLE, Md. -- In a nondescript office park tucked between a hospital and a strip mall thrive hundreds of thousands of the most infectious malaria-carrying mosquitoes...
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Report: Grand jury investigating allegations magician raped, threatened Washington woman
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that magician David Copperfield raped and threatened a Washington state woman at his estate in the Bahamas, ...
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Iraqi women heeding country's call
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - RAMADI, Iraq -- The women received their first paychecks a few weeks ago -- about $500 for a month's work as police officers. They paid rent, bought food, wiped out debt...
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Burglars-in-a-box? Three charged in robberiesOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- Two men and a woman who used an ordinary cardboard box to break into over 200 Toronto area fast-food joints were caught by lucky timing, police said on Friday...
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Iraq security slowly taking back control
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area said, despi...