There will be no last-minute government intervention in the construction of controversial new overhead power lines in Tsawwassen and South Delta, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell told the CBC Monday.
The chair of Taser International defended his company's stun guns on Monday when he appeared at a public inquiry in Vancouver examining police use of the weapons.
USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore is traveling to the cyclone-stricken region of Southeast Asia in her capacity as the President's Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance. Briefing l Policy Podcast l More
Department Spokesman McCormack (May 12): "The Serbian people can be proud of an election, the recent election that took place. There were observers on the ground, and I haven't seen any reports of serious incidents that would call into question
Deputy Secretary Negroponte (May 12): "I look forward to the talks that we will have today which are aimed at strengthening the friendship and understanding between our two governments and countries. I look forward to discussing with you and your
Virgin America, the new California-based low-cost airline partly owned by British business magnate Richard Branson, will ask the Federation Aviation Administration on Thursday for two gates and eight arrival slots at O'Hare International Airport.
The University of Chicago has unveiled designs for a new glass-domed library designed by celebrated Chicago architect Helmut Jahn. The new building will be funded in part by a $25 million gift from U of C alumni Joe and Rika
A devastating earthquake that killed more than 8,700 people in China has left Chicagoans scrambling to reach their loved ones in and around the Sichuan province. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Refusing to preside over what he called a "kangaroo court," a judge Monday slapped a gag order on attorneys in the case of Anthony Abbate, the Chicago Police officer allegedly caught on video beating a bartender who refused to serve
The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly's hometown, a businessexecutive and a telecommunications company employee were the firstthree jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar's childpornography trial.
Wally Backman is hoping the three strikes rule only applies on the field in baseball. The former big league journeyman, who spent time managing in the White Sox farm system, is swinging at a blackball that's been placed on him,
A federal prosecutor scornfully denounced political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko on Monday as the engineer of millions of dollars worth of state government fraud who engaged in "the corrupt use of power and influence to benefit himself and his friends."
A Hobart, Ind., teacher and his wife are in mourning Monday after their 23-year-old son was killed in Iraq. CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones reports.
A Chicago man who spent 26 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit will have to wait a little longer to find out if the state will try him again. But as CBS 2's Mai Martinez
Jeff and Fafie Moore, real estate broker and owners of Realty Executives in Nevada, were recently honored by several hundred of their real estate broker and owner peers from around the world at the 2008 Realty Executives International convention in
You might have read our post the other day about a Duluth News Tribune "story that missed the story" about Ecumen's work in Duluth. Below is an op-ed authored by Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts and Lakeshore volunteer community board chair
The potential risk of lead poisoning from high-velocity bullets, whether to carrion-eating condors in the Grand Canyon or to food bank patrons in the Midwest, is the subject of a scientific conference next week.
