CAPITOL HILL Flags are flying at half-staff on Capitol Hill in memory of Coretta Scott King.Lawmakers took the the floor of the House and Senate to praise Mrs.
WHITE HOUSE President Bush says "America is addicted to oil."Excerpts of his State of the Union speech show Bush will push technology tonight as "the best way" to break...
WHITE HOUSE President Bush is about to propose more money and advanced teacher training to propel the nation's economic power.In his fifth State of the Union speech, the...
WHITE HOUSE President Bush says "the future security of America" depends on the effort to spread democracy and face its enemies abroad.In advanced excerpts of tonight's...
SUPREME COURT The U-S Supreme Court has blocked the execution of a man who drowned a woman in her bathtub a decade ago.The court granted a stay that blocked the execution of...
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) today issued the following statements after the Senate cleared by voice vote Ben Bernanke for Chairman of the Federal Reserve and voted 58-42 to confirm Justice Samuel Alito as the newest justice of the United
What: California's leading civic and civil rights organizations are convening a one-day conference on the Voting Rights Act, which will be attended by 175 members of California's civic, community and grassroots leadership. The conference will feature ...
A preview of coming attractions, from the White House press office: STATE OF THE UNION EXCERPTS As Prepared for Delivery America is always at its best when we are shaping events, instead of being shaped by events. Tonight, the President
Before we get too giddy about poll numbers showing Republicans like Santorum and Burns in serious trouble, let's take a gander at their fundraising numbers in the top-tier races: Pennsylvania : Santorum (R) 4Q Fundraising: $2.6 million Casey (D) 4Q
Ridiculous . The January 31 TVNewser post, which detailed the State of the Union "coverage plans" for the major cable and broadcast news networks, indicated that CNN will feature former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett , former Bush
DFL candidate Kelly Doran leads the money chasein the Minnesota governor's race, thanks mainly to his own loans. In the Senate race, Mark Kennedy is outpacing DFLer Amy Klobuchar.
During the opening day of the Enron fraud trial, federal prosecutors in Houston lay out their case former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Defense lawyers also presented their opening statements. The energy giant collapsed in 2001, in the
After a 58-42 vote in the Senate to confirm his nomination, Samuel Alito is sworn in as the Supreme Court's 110th justice. It was one of the smallest margins of victory in recent history for a Supreme Court nominee, and
HOUSTON A judge in Houston today dismissed most charges against one defendant in a trial related to the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt.The...
MONTERREY, Mexico Assailants shot and killed a woman and gravely injured her husband today in a daylight attack on a street in Monterrey, Mexico.State police say...
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - A man who was stopped for driving erratically on a divided highway was distracted because he was looking at pornography, authorities said.
Super Bowl XL will, of course, be a make-or-break opportunity for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks - but also for pizza-delivery people around the country.
LAKE ARIEL, Pa. - An antiques dealer is being reacquainted with his past after a Utah family returned a wallet he lost at a gas station nearly 40 years ago.
