With a blazing fast last lap, American Shani Davis successfully defended his 1,000-meter speedskating gold. The win makes him the first black athlete to win an individual gold in consecutive Winter Olympics. It’s the skater’s…
WILMINGTON, N.C. — An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review,…
WASHINGTON — Did the stimulus work or not? A year after Congress passed President Barack Obama’s huge economic revival plan, the results are mixed – and hardly final. Despite Obama’s bold promises, unemployment remains stubbornly…
Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the Senate by lamenting a “dysfunctional” political system riddled with…
WASHINGTONÂ — Former top US intelligence officials will become cyberwarriors on Tuesday in a simulation of how the US government would respond to a massive cyberattack on the United States. “The scenario itself is secret,”…
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia — If, by the end of the Vancouver Games, the Canadians remain desperate for the first gold medal in their history of hosting the Olympics, perhaps they can petition Hannah Kearney…
NEW YORKÂ — Don’t say we didn’t warn you. In January 2006, CNNMoney published a ranking of 299 U.S. housing markets, showing where home prices were most overvalued. Little was undervalued: Real estate was white-hot…
Forget red and blue – color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of…
BRAINTREE, Mass. — An Alabama university professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues at a faculty meeting this week shot her younger brother dead at their home in the Boston suburbs more than 20 years…
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. –Despite big wave warnings, two 20-foot walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving…
SISTANI, Afghanistan — In comes “The Joker.” That’s the nickname given by the crew to one of the 72-ton, 40-foot (12-meter)-long Assault Breacher Vehicles. Fitted with a plow and nearly 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of…
U.S. and allied commanders in Afghanistan are preparing for the biggest battle of the eight-year war, knowing that its outcome will reveal the chances of success for President Obama’s revamped Afghan strategy. About 20,000 U.S.,…
Eight ways to fix the Senate–and why they won’t happen. Calls for Senate reform peaked over the weekend after Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., put a “blanket hold” on more than 70 Obama nominees, not out…
Senate Republicans have succeeded in blocking President Barack Obama’s choice of a union lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board. The 52-33 vote to move forward with the nomination of Craig Becker fell short of…
As Democrats have pushed for a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s health system, much of their plans and rhetoric have focused on providing coverage for America’s uninsured. Although that effort stalled following Massachusetts Republican Scott…
Los Angeles, California — January 30, 2010 — Indonesia Media – A five year long legal dispute finally came to an end when the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…
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